PitchTeen: Why student entrepreneurs should be encouraged?

We all have joked about not working 9-to-5 or starting your own business over a cup of ramen with your roommates while typing the 5000th line of our assignment that has a deadline in the next 4 hours. But, we never gave it a shot, right?

Studentpreneurs have always intrigued me. Imagine being working and paying off all your bills at such a young age — we all love that life even though, it comes with a lot of hard work. Not just that, studentpreneurs do have advantages:

1. The obvious one — young age: Studentpreneurs are young, probably halfway into college or high school. They have a lot of enthusiasm and time ahead of them. If things go south, they can afford to make a mistake right now and they don’t, then win-win for everyone.
2. You gain experience: While running a business, you don’t only learn how to pitch and lead teams. But at the same moment, you inculcate skills like communication, taking criticism, and using it in a constructive positive way. You learn why things are the way there are.
3. You network with people: You walk into a room, full of people you don’t know to pitch your idea (might have stalked them on LinkedIn). You talk, you pitch and you talk again. Even without knowing, you are networking with people — in the same industry.

So, give it a try and know, failing is okay.

— Anjali Chaturvedi, Pitchteen