I spoke with the entire 5th grade at the AV-W elementary school

I spoke with the entire 5th grade at the AV-W elementary school today about business. They are doing a shark tank style project where they are building business plans, prototypes, and presenting them later this year.

During the presentation they asked me a bunch of questions, during which I made sure to mention:

• Fear is natural but let it push you forward instead of hold you back.
• Always try new things. If they do want to start a business, look within their passions and find a problem. Solve the problem. If it doesn’t work out, try something else. Don’t just give up. Mastery is a long road.
• Failure is ok as long as you learn from it… sometimes it’s even the best outcome when trying new things.
• Get mentors, there’s all sorts of people who have already done so much and a willing to give them the roadmap.

And answered many more questions about how apps make money, what apps I’ve built, and all sorts of cute questions about software. It was entertaining. (I also informed them websites are apps 🤯)

Their questions were very intelligent and they really impressed me. Kids these days are so smart!