Our session at INACAP was one of my favorite meetings on this trip. Not only were the Weatherhead students given the opportunity to work together in different groups, but getting feedback and thoughts from Chilean students firsthand was invaluable and provided everyone with new perspectives.
Our group featured two Chilean students enrolled at INACAP Santiago. One, Jorge, was very familiar with entrepreneurship already. His family owned a restaurant, so he was familiar with the business and worked there himself when he wasn't pursuing a part-time career as a musician. The other student, Umberto, was a younger business student.
Both had been educated solely in Chile and felt that they needed exposure to entrepreneurship education much earlier in their schooling. Umberto suggested that high school (or earlier) was approximately the right time to introduce these topics and encourage creative thinking in young people. To me, this comment brought our experience full circle, because it immediately reminded me of Julie McPherson's remarks on Monday. Like these students, Julie felt that an emphasis on creative thinking was the missing piece in creating the next generation of Chilean businesspersons and entrepreneurs.
Neither student was too keen on LinkedIn, so we exchanged contact information via business cards and Facebook. I'm looking forward to learning more about the changing Chilean economic environment as it unfolds through their eyes and voices.
Our group featured two Chilean students enrolled at INACAP Santiago. One, Jorge, was very familiar with entrepreneurship already. His family owned a restaurant, so he was familiar with the business and worked there himself when he wasn't pursuing a part-time career as a musician. The other student, Umberto, was a younger business student.
Both had been educated solely in Chile and felt that they needed exposure to entrepreneurship education much earlier in their schooling. Umberto suggested that high school (or earlier) was approximately the right time to introduce these topics and encourage creative thinking in young people. To me, this comment brought our experience full circle, because it immediately reminded me of Julie McPherson's remarks on Monday. Like these students, Julie felt that an emphasis on creative thinking was the missing piece in creating the next generation of Chilean businesspersons and entrepreneurs.
Neither student was too keen on LinkedIn, so we exchanged contact information via business cards and Facebook. I'm looking forward to learning more about the changing Chilean economic environment as it unfolds through their eyes and voices.