Getting the youth into entrepreneurship can be easy if you find creative ways to do it.
At Lake Belton High School, teachers tap into that creativity by organizing a "Shark Tank Style Biz Pitch" competition.
“This is one of my favorite classes, my entrepreneurship class," said J'Nata Pass-Walker, a teacher at the school. "Here students are learning pretty much how to start and run their own business. They learn the principles of running a business, and how to actually keep it running and surviving.”
The US Small Business Association found roughly 20 percent of new businesses survive their first year.
That's even more of a reason to instill business skills into our youth early on — skills students will need if they don't want to take the 9-5 route.
"If you wanna become an entrepreneur, you gotta have the grit to do it to persevere through the hard times, and if you get stuck between a hard place, look for that little leverage to get out," said Julia Broadrick, one of many students competing in the competition,
The winning group walked away with a $4,000 prize donated by a local entrepreneur.
