inspirED Social Entrepreneurship Program 2014

was an 11-day boot camp based in CoCoon, a spacious and vibrant coworking space for startups and entrepreneurs.  This rigorous yet fun program teaches you relevant business and communication skills that empower you to design your own high-impact service project.

The course incorporates Harvard Project Zero & Stanford Design School learning and thinking strategies as well as TED talk-style presentations; we will also apply the HBS case method to teach leadership and social entrepreneurship.   Students work directly with underprivileged children from one of our partners, Changing Young Lives Foundation, to develop knowledge and awareness about important social issues in HK.  

Through activities ranging from volunteering and a team-building and leadership retreat to social enterprise case studies and project design, students learn how to develop an idea into a mission-driven project that can enrich their personal portfolios and jumpstart their IB CAS or MYP Personal Project. 

Students are immersed in the stimulating environment of CoCoon’s startup community, and almost every day, meet successful social entrepreneurs and leaders in the business and non-profit community and gain exposure to creative and sustainable solutions.

Designed and taught by Renée Boey (Harvard, Cambridge) and Ada Chu (Cambridge, Harvard Business School).  11 days, 7 hrs a day.  Rising G9 to G12 students.