How to Raise the Next Generation of Innovators and Entrepreneurs

After watching a documentary on the health effects of obesity, Estrella Hernandez felt hopeless for the prospects of America’s youth.

But after pondering it for a few weeks, she also felt inspired. And soon, she had an idea that might help solve the problem: an app that fights childhood obesity by gamifying physical activity and healthShe got to work — and now, her app We Walk has received more than $200,000 in funding and is set to launch in the Apple store this spring.

Oh, and Hernandez is 13.

As this young developer shows, an entrepreneurial spirit isn’t just something you find in adults with startup companies and well-seasoned careers; it’s something we should be encouraging in our children and students from a very young age. After all, if we want the kids of today to create new inventions and technologies, improve our society, and affect real, viable change, then we need to not only inspire their creative thinking and innovation, but also give them avenues to turn that into to actionable tools. Read more...