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Startup No 179 - StartupRealities 2020 series ChildhoodEntrepreneurship is a school franchise that teaches school children and university students how to become entrepreneurs. Six different levels of the curriculum exist for kindergarten kids, primary, middle and high school students, and bachelor and masters students. The curriculum applies the Shang/上   methodology of developing a broad foundation, an aspirational specialisation and soft skills (social acumen) primarily through experiential exercises. Business Planning is taught from middle school onwards but basic concepts such as profit are developed from as early as kindergarten (nursery/daycare). CEO QUOTE "We sometimes get accused of inflating an entrepreneurial bubble by encouraging children and young people of all ages and backgrounds to start up companies. But this is far from the truth. We help children and young adults develop an enrepreneurial mindset, which would be useful for them in any vocation and industry. ...

StartupRealities No 166 StudentSocietySeeder is a franchise-model operator of university student societies organised around career trajectories and disciplines. The company sets up students societies in areas that are missing at a university campus and supports volunteer students in the governance and operation of these societies. STRUCTURE The company draws its distinctiveness from the granularity of the industry and discipline areas in which it organises the students societies. For example, there isn't just a Marketing Society; instead, there is a: - Digital Marketing Society - Guerrilla Marketing Society - B2B (Business to Business) Marketing Society - B2C (Business to Consumer) Marketing Society. Similarly, in the field of Finance, the societies are organised as: - Commercial Banking Society - Investment Banking Society - Wealth Management Society - Venture Capital and Private Equity Society - Corporate Finance Society. CEO QUOTE "We create industry-spec...

StartupRealities No 5 EatTheFlowers Limited is a global franchise of gourmet restaurants serving cooked or fresh flowers as high-end food. --- THE SCIENCE BEHIND The company's research unit has carried out a range of research projects that have tripled the number of edible flower species known to humans ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_flower ), as well as discovering valuable nutrients in some flowers. --- HAUTE CUISINE EatTheFlowers restaurants have developed over 10,000 recipes with a variety of flowers: A) Bland flowers such as courgette (typically cooked in the South of France) are usually served batter-fried as Japanese tempura. B) Fragrant flowers are most often served as salads or in dessert recipes. Fruit Salad (Source:  Wikipedia ) --- MARKETING & DISTINCTIVENESS A) The restaurant group has developed the first #FlowerSushi recipes in the world. B) For special occasions, a specialist chef at each restaurant can procure the ingredients for an...