Enterprise Day: Build it. Test it. Pitch it.
In short
The Pioneers Enterprise Day takes a class of 9-11 year olds from 'what is an entrepreneur?' to a team pitch in one school day. Teams of 4-5 explore founder stories, spot a problem, vote on an idea, build a simple prototype, test it with another team and improve it, cost and price it, build a brand and pitch it at an afternoon showcase.
Included in the £49 educator licence. One zip file, about 8.1 MB.
- Time
- 09:00-15:15, with two breaks and lunch
- Group
- A class in teams of 4-5
- Prep
- About two hours
- Screen
- Optional
Look inside
Real pages from this kit. Have a flick through.
Slides children can read from the back row, a guide with every word you need and printables that look great in black and white.
Count the Costs slide: what does one cookie cost?
A worked cookie business. Children add up the costs counted so far for one cookie, and maths suddenly has a point. A garden crew shows how a service's costs work.
What children make and take home
- A prototype, tested with another team and improved
- Costs, a price and the money left from each sale, worked out themselves
- A business name, logo and slogan
- A 90-second pitch that everyone contributes to
Why it works in a real classroom
- Every mission fits on one page of the guide, with the words to say
- Money taught through a product and a service example, then their own idea
- A timing rescue page for when the morning runs over
- An award for every team, so the day ends on a high
Get the kit
How to download the Enterprise Day
Four quick steps. Everything comes as one zip file with numbered folders, so you always know what to open first.
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Unlock with the £49 licence
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- 3
Download the zip
One file, about 8.1 MB, with everything in numbered folders.
- 4
Unzip and open folder 01
Windows: right-click, Extract All. Mac or iPad: double-click or tap. Then open 01 Start here.
The whole kit, in one download
Slides, guide and every printable · zip file · 8.1 MB
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09:00-15:15
The day
09:00
Kick-off · Mission 1 · Meet the Founders
Team Strengths cards, Rikke's story and Founder Match.
09:20
Mission 2 · Problem Detective
Problem Safari and a problem check.
09:45
Mission 3 · Idea Lab
Every idea in the mix, then a vote.
10:10 · Break
10:25
Mission 4 · Meet Your Customer
A Customer Card: who uses it, and who pays.
10:35
Mission 5 · Build and Test
Build the simplest version, test it with another team, then improve it.
11:30
Mission 6 · Count the Costs
Worked examples: the Cookie Crew (a product) and the Garden Crew (a service).
12:00 · Lunch
13:00
Mission 7 · Money Matters
Things bought once, the cost of each one, a fair price, money left and four jars.
13:30
Mission 8 · Brand It
Name the business, one logo, colours and a slogan.
13:50 · Break
14:00
Mission 9 · Pitch It
Cue cards and two practices.
14:25
The Showcase
Pitches with prototypes, awards for every team and certificates.
What's in the zip
Everything you need, in numbered folders
Open folder 01 and it tells you what to print, what to read and what to press. No hunting through files the night before.
01 Start here
- One-page checklist
02 Facilitator guide
- 23 pages: every mission on one page, a minimum-print list, timing rescue, money talk, curriculum, a timed local entrepreneur option
03 Slides
- 44 slides plus optional extras, editable and present-anywhere, with the script in the speaker notes
04 Print
- Team Board (A3)
- Team Strengths cards
- Founder Match cards
- Problem Safari Spotter Sheet and Problem Picture Cards
- Spark Cards and Sweet spot map
- Customer Card and Question Cards
- Service and tech prototype sheets
- Worked examples: the Cookie Crew and the Garden Crew
- Money Matters sheet
- Brand Sketch Sheet
- Pitch Cue Cards
- Team Award and Young Founder certificates
- Postcards home
Real UK founders
Founders children will meet
Real people who started with a simple idea, some while they were still at school. Every fact is checked against a published source, and the guide shows you how to invite a local entrepreneur too.
Rikke Rosenlund
BorrowMyDoggy
Matches dog owners with dog lovers nearby.
Solveiga Pakštaitė
Mimica
A food label that turns bumpy when food has gone off.
Tessa Clarke & Saasha Celestial-One
Olio
An app where neighbours share spare food.
Ben Francis
Gymshark
Gym clothes, first made in his parents' garage.
Kim Innes
Humble Crumble
Crumbles, from a market stall to bakeries.
Pip Murray
Pip & Nut
Nut butters, first blitzed in her own kitchen.
Honor & Cat Black
Maiden Cricket
Cricket kit designed for girls and women.
Lucie Macleod
Hair Syrup
Hair oils, first mixed in her student kitchen.
Cross-curricular
Curriculum links, life skills and tools
Curriculum links
- England KS2: D&T (design, make, evaluate), maths (money, statistics), English spoken language, PSHE Living in the wider world
- Wales: enterprising, creative contributors; Careers and Work-Related Experiences
- Scotland: effective contributors; Career Education Standard 3-18
- Northern Ireland: Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities; Using Mathematics
Life skills it builds (Skills Builder)
Optional tools on a screen
The kit runs on paper. These free tools add a bit of magic on the big screen.
AI · Kit Add-on Studio
Add exactly what your group needs
A warm-up, a themed version, a stretch task or an adaptation for one child. Describe it and the studio writes it to fit the enterprise day, ready to print.
AI · Kit Add-on Studio
Ask for exactly what your group needs
A warm-up, an adaptation, a themed version or an extension. It's drafted inside the kit's rules: teams of 4-5, no pretend money, low-ink printables, UK English.
Free account: 3 a day. Never include pupils' names.
What you'll get
- Where it fits in the kit, and how long it takes
- Timed steps with words to say
- What to gather, and a low-ink printable if it helps
- Ways to support and stretch, and what success looks like
Print it, or copy it straight into your plan.
More for ages 9-11
The same story, other lengths
Answers
Questions about this kit
Neither. Money is taught through talk and two worked examples, a cookie business and a gardening service, then each team's own idea: things bought once, the cost of each one, a fair price, the money left and four jars (spend, save, share, invest).
They practise teamwork, problem solving and communicating, build and improve a prototype, use real maths to cost and price an idea, and design a brand. Every child contributes to a pitch, by speaking, showing or pointing, and for some it's the first time they've argued for an idea of their own.
Yes. Mission 5 is Build and Test: teams build the simplest version of their idea, test it with another team and make one improvement. A labelled drawing counts, so no team is held back by materials.
The guide has a timing rescue page with a cut for every mission. Never cut the showcase: it is the part everyone remembers.
Pricing
Free taster, then £49 once for your setting
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Free
Taster lesson, with a free account
- A complete one-hour lesson, not a cut-down sample
- Slides, a word-for-word guide and every printable
- Founder Match cards and a Problem Safari
- A certificate for every child
Educator licence
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Every teacher and leader in your school, club or group. No subscription.
- Every kit, in every format, for every age group as it's released
- Editable slides, word-for-word guides and every printable
- Unlimited Kit Add-on Studio
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