If you have seen people selling boba pins or dinosaur stickers around campus, you have seen our school’s entrepreneurs in action! These students are all part of our school’s Entrepreneurship program. A new batch of students take over each year to build real businesses from the ground up. Last year, we saw groups like Bake O’ Clock who sold bagels and Ing, who started a streetwear brand.
The class is based on the innovative 21st Century Project-Based Learning approach and the four C’s: critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication. Dr. Mercia, the Entrepreneurship teacher, provides the students with theoretical knowledge in areas like product development and marketing, which the students then have to apply to their businesses. They truly gain valuable real-world skills from learning how to pitch a business to investors or how to negotiate and close deals with other parties.
This year, the class produced five businesses: JEIM Collective, Nomi’s Hideaway, Omelette House, Soapops, and WAH!.
- JEIM Collective is an enamel pin brand which seeks to provide customers with a new avenue for creative expression. They offer a wide range of designs from animals to food to maybe even art from your favorite artists!
- Omelette House is an affordable stationary store that sells stickers, study planners, note pads, washi tape etc., with original characters and designs.
- NOMI’S HIDEAWAY is a company that provides rare and demanded drinks to the students in the name of providing them with a healthy and cheap alternative while educating them. Working with an NGO, they strive to save the world one drink at a time.
- Soapops is a company that provides high quality bath products at an affordable price
- WAH! is a socks supplying company that contacts different schools in Taipei to provide them with prestigious uniform socks that are comfortable, flexible, and fashionable.
Be sure to support them in their entrepreneurial ventures!
