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Why Teachers Make the Best Entrepreneurs Fast Company Articles 

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Why Teachers Make the Best Entrepreneurs Fast Company Articles 

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These days more teachers are launching their own startups and developing products that may transform the educational landscape for good.

Great educators, unhappy with outdated books and off-the-shelf products, are showing a fierce appetite for the sort of tech tools that are transforming every other aspect of our lives. And the interest in these tools is quickly growing-2014 alone saw more than $2.3 billion invested in education technology.

Apart from the growing need for these resources, there's another, much simpler reason the education technology market is taking off: the teachers pioneering this market make great entrepreneurs. Here are five reasons why:

Over the last few years, my company has evaluated hundreds of education technology companies and made several acquisitions. I've met founders who couldn't sell water in the desert. I've sat through dozens of awkward pitches from brilliant developers who have a hard time translating ideas into words. Not so for great teachers.

Like great teachers, Steve Jobs had mythical power to convince coworkers that the impossible was possible. He sold colleagues, investors, and customers on big ideas by convincing them to expect more and do better. There is a reason that the single most important factor in student achievement is the classroom teacher. Content is critical, but research suggests that non-cognitive factors like grit and perseverance are game-changers, particularly for low-income students.

Great teachers don't just teach; they make students believe that they can do it. They make it fun and make it matter. Ever try selling polynomials to a group of 13-year-old boys? Like great sales and marketing, the magic of great teaching is part substance, part entertainment-delivered live, every day, in 45-minute chunks.

Great teachers know how to get their kids what they need to succeed. Public funding covers the basics, but field trips, art projects, or a warm coat quietly delivered to a needy student often make a difference.

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Why Teachers Make The Best Entrepreneurs

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The best innovators, fundraisers, and problem solvers are often found at the front of a classroom.

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Brittney Sifford - Problem-Based Writing Article

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Brittney Sifford - Problem-Based Writing Article

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ShareOut-CoP Sparking Innovative and Entrepreneurial Mindset

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Who can be on my team? Team members can consist of anyone (fellow students, teachers, friends, parents...etc.) that you can collaborate with to create your vision of the future. They can also include resources that you might use to help you create the video, such as artists, video editors, etc...

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Stanford d. School Human-Centered Design Thinking Process

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Stanford d. School Human-Centered Design Thinking Process

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Design Project Guide — Stanford d.school

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This guide describes a cycle through a human-centered design process. It focuses on the front-end of a project: Discover new opportunities, better understand those for whom you are designing, and develop new potential concepts. Consider this as a useful guide to your first 20-100 hours of work on a

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Innovation Skills Resources developed by ASU Edson Institute as part of the ASU Blackstone LaunchPad

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Innovation Skills Resources developed by ASU Edson Institute as part of the ASU Blackstone LaunchPad

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Home - Training and Development resources

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Sparking Innovative & Entrepeneurialism Community Agreements

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John Spencer-The Creative Classroom Podcast

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John Spencer-The Creative Classroom Podcast

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Subscribe to the Creative Classroom Podcast The Creative Classroom podcast is consistently ranked in the top 10 K-12 podcasts on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe below to get equipped and inspired to boost creativity and spark innovation in

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The Beer Game- Supply Change Management and Critical Thinking

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The Beer Game- Supply Change Management and Critical Thinking

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This is a game that replicates the supply chain and production of a resource to show how costs of production and storage are influenced by minor shifts in demand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7eYsv7rg98

https://maricopa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MARICOPA_INST/83pggn/cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_753658816

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 Asynchronous Learning Made Easy by Carolyn Wesley and Rachel DeAlejandro

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 Asynchronous Learning Made Easy by Carolyn Wesley and Rachel DeAlejandro

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Twenty minute presentation and ten minute Q&R

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Word Cloud | Sparking Innovation & Entrepreneurial presentation

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Brainstorming Mural Activity Presented by Liz

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Brainstorming Mural Activity Presented by Liz

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Mural Collaboration--Free option limited to 3 murals

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Mural Collaboration--Free option limited to 3 murals

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Ashoka envisions a world in which everyone is a cha | Ashoka

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Ashoka identifies and supports the world’s leading social entrepreneurs, learns from the patterns in their innovations, and mobilizes a global community that…