This entrepreneurship camp empowers students to turn their creative ideas into an entrepreneurial endeavour. Throughout the camp, students will learn how to prototype their concepts, grasp the fundamentals of pricing, target audience, marketing, and understand what goes into creating a compelling pitch deck. Students will learn how to turn ideas into action, collaborate on projects, present to an audience of their peers, and much more.
Although this camp is a stand alone camp, consider also registering for the Maker Lab: Digital Design and Fabrication camp in which students learn how to design logos and produce swag for their businesses.
When and Where?
Monday July 28 - Friday August 1, 2025.
1:00-4:00pm.
Location: The Vancouver School for Science and Technology (VISST): 1490 West Broadway, Vancouver.
Who?
This camp is for students in grades 6-8.
Why should you attend?
Practice important skills you will use in all stages of your life including negotiation, collaboration, communication, brainstorming and presentation skills.
Learn something that is not taught in school: how to turn an idea into action, how people make decisions, how businesses manipulate customers, how money works, etc.
Earn a certificate of completion from the Vancouver Independent School for Science and Technology.
What will you learn?
Prototyping: Students learn the importance of prototyping and how to create a model of a product or process for testing and for gathering feedback.
Pricing: How do you determine the optimal price for a product and service? For example, why is a product priced at $1.99 sell better than the same product priced at $2?
Identifying your target audience: Students will delve into questions like “Who should you sell to?” and “Why is it important to identify a specific audience for your product?”
Marketing: Students will brainstorm ideas around how they will let their potential customers know about their products or services.
Developing a compelling pitch: By the end of the camp, students will have developed a final product or service and a professional pitch deck to present to potential stakeholders.
Camp Instructor
Wendy Tang
Wendy Tang holds a M.Ed in School Counselling and has nearly a decade of experience working with youth and adolescents, with a focus on fostering students' social-emotional development and academic growth. In 2019, she founded a youth entrepreneur program, where she designed and led a summer camp, teaching essential skills like financial literacy, social enterprise, and creative problem-solving. Wendy previously worked as an Intern Counsellor and offered learning support to high school students. Prior to that, she was the Administrative Coordinator and Operations Manager at an elementary school for gifted learners. Wendy is known for her active listening, empathy, and strong communication skills, which she combines with her expertise in learning support and social-emotional learning to create a safe and supportive environment.
Make it a Full-Day camp
If you want to make this a full day camp experience, you can register for this camp AND our Maker Lab: Digital Design and Fabrication camp from 9:00am-12:00noon (July 28-Aug 1) concurrently and save $40. Students who take both camps can stay at VISST from 12:00-1:00pm for lunch. Please bring your own lunch (no nuts or seafood).
Fees and Registration
If the fee is a barrier to your participation, a limited number of bursaries are available for eligible families - please email camps@visst.ca to inquire.
Refund policy: To request a refund, email camps@visst.ca. We will refund you for all remaining classes occurring at least 2 weeks after the date of the refund request.
Cancellation policy: VISST reserves the right to cancel camps and refund camp fees due to low enrolment. In this event, we will provide as much advance notice as possible.