YOU CAN DO BUSINESS | Innovate Moravia

Czech informal educational programme YOU CAN ENTERPRISE. The community of businessmen and women is united by an interest in participating in the direction of the next generation. Intergenerational sharing is the oldest and most natural form of learning. Inspiring entrepreneurship is one way to show students that they too can come up with new ideas that will not only succeed in the job market, but that will change and improve our society.

“We connect education with business experts We inspire stories of entrepreneurs to business entrepreneurship.”

The idea of doing something useful for students was born in Zlín in the spring of 2012, when businessmen gathered at the Bata Institute on the occasion of a film screening with Bata’s memorabilia. Several entrepreneurs, led by Miroslav Hofman and Jaroslav Řasa, decided to start inspiring students with their stories of entrepreneurship.

Thus, the YOU CAN ENTERPRISE educational programme was created, and other businessmen and women gradually joined in. The first seminars took place in spring 2012, since then more than 66,000 students have gone through the programme and every 4th high school in the Czech Republic incorporates the programme into its teaching. Intergenerational experience sharing has proven to be a great way of informal learning that is appreciated by students and teachers alike and gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to participate in the development of entrepreneurship in young people.

Hundreds of volunteers from all over the Czech Republic participate in the implementation of the YOU CAN ENTERPRISE educational programme: secondary and primary school teachers, entrepreneurs, the implementation team and the Board of Trustees. Their activities are based on the personal initiative and activity of all collaborators and can be implemented thanks to the membership contributions of speakers, financial support from private and corporate donors, including grants.

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