"I have been trying to avoid educational startups", said an investor to me few days back and added kindly "so far". Investing into education is still a black hole to many investors. Even though many families globally invest significant amounts of their income to educate their kids properly. In many countries it cuts one of the biggest pieces from the budget. Nevertheless the system outcome does not meet minimum goals. Many drop out from educational path, are left unemployed a

Polkuni is a proud platinum sponsor of Educational XcitED event during the first Slush day. We are excited to test how life long learning resonates among investors, corporates and educational professionals in the biggest entrepreneurship event in Finland. For us it's all in for educational change for the better world. But Why? Let's face it. We, the humans, are destroying our planet in a rapidly increasing pace. The optimistic scenarios of our future have become dreams and we

Anne Tham Founder and CEO of ACE EdVenture group (The teacher) Anne receiving the "Her World’s Woman of the Year 2016" award in Malaysia (The Entrepreneur) The Journey… Taking with Anne she observed a HUGE problem when she was teaching in college: the traditional/local education system wasn’t preparing students for the real world at all. Wanting better for her daughters, she started giving tuition classes from her humble dining room in 1995, this was the start of her jour

Daily Oxford High Performance Leadership Program Menu from Sunday to Friday.: Breakfast: Starting with Mindfulness/Yoga early in the morning. Followed by interactive lectures and group work of leadership issues. Lunch: Staying awake with help of shared personal leadership stories. Coaching individually on your specific leadership problem 1to1 and in group based on your 360. Dinner: More science based interactive lectures on leadership with self-reflection and sharing. Late s

The two statements don't appear to fit together, eight year old and entrepreneur !! We always think of entrepreneurs as much older and experienced, or perhaps the modern day entrepreneurs who dropped out of school to become entrepreneurs because the school system did not fit their needs. But what about if we had an education approach that built the mindset of an entrepreneur into every child, to help support them to find their passion, whatever that was, at the same time give

XcitED at first day of Slush (30.11) starting at 14 will be kicked off by session about entrepreneurship in education. 1.Anne Tham of Dwi Emas entrepreneurial school in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia will tell about the magic of her school and why she is expanding rapidly in Asia. Why do her students like staying in school after lessons? 2. Panel discussion will follow with Saku Tuominen, Jussi Hinkkanen, Pekka Peura and Anne Tham. Why creating entrepreneurship spirit is important in

Definition of entrepreneurship by Sir Richard will be my guiding light during Slush. Polkuni will be sponsoring educational event XcitED in collaboration with Slush during the first day of Slush next door at Kokoustamo from 14-19. Last year Polkuni organised the first pre-Slush educational event and now we are ready to take the next step. But WHY ? - Learning will be lifelong and therefore it should be fun and personal to start with. If school as a system is not able to full

Over the weekend I had the real pleasure of attending the first "Trade Fair"at Dwi Emas school Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (www.dwiemas.edu.my). Dwi Emas is the first Entrepreneurial school in Malaysia, it focuses on building an entrepreneurial mindset in young students so they are ready to make a positive difference in the world. The trade fair was the first the school has held to allow the students to showcase their business ideas, in many cases these ideas are no longer on the