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Rainmaking Kids is asking the question: “Why not empower our children to aspire to become job creators rather than job seekers?”
Today Rainmaking Kids took place at the coworking space Rainmaking Loft in Copenhagen with first and second grade schoolchildren from Frederiksberg Ny Skole.
By organising workshops about entrepreneurship, like the one today, Rainmaking Kids wants to familiarize children with the entrepreneurial world.
At a very early age children start fantasising about what they want to become when they grow up. Most often they dream about becoming fire workers, police officers, doctors or teachers etc. All in the category of wage earners. Only rarely they dream of going the entrepreneurial way creating their own careers. The main reason for that is a lack of knowledge. The term “entrepreneur” simply does not exist in their consciousness.
“The school system trains children to become wage earners – to go out and get a job. And earlier on entrepreneurship was for the “crazy types”, those who somehow did not fit into the system. With Rainmaking Kids we wish to familiarize the kids with the possibility of choosing the entrepreneurial way. We want to inspire, create knowledge and demystify the entrepreneurial world, so they can start embedding this possibility into their dreams,” says Martin Bjerregaard, partner in Rainmaking and international bestselling author of “The Great Idea”.
The headline of the day was The Great Idea. The goal was to teach the children about the various qualities of a good idea. Combining these qualities with their own interests and talents they had to come up with ideas for companies. The children were continuously activated with small tasks which they accepted enthusiastically.
One of the teachers accompanying the children was Helle Frandsen. She believes Rainmaking Kids is a great chance for the children to discover an alternative way of making your way in their future work life.
“The kids are allowed to think differently. Being here at a coworking space gives them a frame of reference, which they can relate the idea of entrepreneurship to. It is also great for them to experience other kinds of “workers” than teachers and pedagogues,” says Helle Frandsen.
The workshop today was the first in a number of workshops. Helle Frandsen believes that experiencing the various facets of the field on a continous basis is a crucial factor for the success of the concept.
