MAKER2MARKET ™ SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM IN CANBERRA + QUEENSLAND
Our Maker2Market™ holiday program is for young people (aged 10-17) who are creative, love making things, have probably been tinkering for a while and have the aspiration to start their own business.
This business taster builds life skills and develops crucial 21st-century skills and entrepreneurial mindset through a real-world, intensive business life cycle experience.
Over three days participants explore their passion, create a business and test the value of their products and inventions with real customers.
Learn, develop and execute a range of skills:
- Problem-solving and key business concepts
- Identify an ideal customer
- Steps to take a product to market including general prototyping and then creating a hand-made product from scratch
- Logo creation using online software
- Pitching, critique, and market research skills
- Creating up to 20 products to take to market day through an intensive Maker session.
- Developing a product costing and honing financial literacy skills
- Developing merchandising and customer sales skills
- Participating in a real market day experience to test products with real customers at Old Bus Depot Markets (Cbr) or Eumundi Square (Sunshine Coast, QLD).
Cost of three-day program: $220 ( inc GST)
+ BYO your own materials or choose a materials package when completing the enrolment form so your young person has materials when developing their prototype and desired products/product range for market day.
Participants receive upon completion of the Maker2Market Taster program:
- Invitation to join the M2M Pick your path program to attend market and maker days throughout for 12 months at a reduced rate so you can continue to test skills and products.
For more information, contact: Charuni Weerasooriya on 0416094172 or email: admin@edii.com.au