The idea comes last. The way you actually prepare is by learning how to build things.
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Preparing kids to become startup founders by having them do pitch contests is like preparing kids to become pilots by having them run around the room with their arms stuck out, making whooshing noises.
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Pitch contests are not merely useless, but actively misleading, because they train people that the audience they have to convince is investors, when actually it's customers.
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I've had to tell a lot of founders not to care so much about investors' opinion of them. I have never once told a founder not to care so much about customers' opinion of them.
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At least they got the marketing right :-)
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Simulation
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MBA programs take note
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Don’t get me started... engaged to develop & deliver “technology, innovation & commercialisation” module. Then students were graded on the same academic schema as accounting or ops management
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Kinda. But, don't you think there is some material benefit to getting people acclimatised to public speaking and selling (even if in a basic form)?
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I think that's over-stating it. Is it a 1:1 experience? Probably not. But I think when teaching kids to become startup Founders it's just as important for them to experience the thought process early on. They can worry about the details if they are truly interested.
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It will help their public speaking for sure
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