Jason Saves the Environment with Entrepreneurship - Couverture souple

Swallow, Erica

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1946984086 ISBN 13 : 9781946984081

Editeur : Southern Swallow, 2017

Synopsis

Problem-solver Jason Li has been on a mission to pay for his own lunch since he started school, and he's finally found an idea that helps him do just that while saving the planet. Follow Jason’s Little Launchers story to see how he does it! “Jason Saves the Environment with Entrepreneurship” is the story of teen entrepreneur Jason Li, who at the age of 14 founded iReTron, a social enterprise that buys, refurbishes, resells, and donates used electronics. The Little Launchers book series showcases the true stories of real kid entrepreneurs who have started and continue to manage real businesses. The goal of the series is to inspire children everywhere to think creatively and solve the problems they see around them. This book, about Gabby Goodwin, is one of four in the series!ADVANCE PRAISE:A heartening story of young idealism and ambition. This delightful book series embodies Erica's unique genius, her heady meld of entrepreneurial zeal and inner-child connectedness. Inspire your kids to prepare for tomorrow's digital future of work. — Arun Sundararajan. professor, New York University and author, "The Sharing Economy" "An incredibly inspiring book for kids 0 to 100! We are taken along Jason's journey through the highs and lows that come with stepping outside of one's comfort zone. Jason comes out of his trials as a successful entrepreneur with a big heart!"— Bita Diomande, Founder and CEO, Sampa "For kid entrepreneur Jason Li, one small, stubborn goal — earning his own lunch money — turned into a multi-million dollar company. Jason's story reminds us all that you don't have to set the goalpost very far to accomplish something amazing. In fact, sometimes it is better to have more modest aspirations that organically evolve into something much bigger." — Danny Wong, Co-founder, Blank Label

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Erica Swallow is an award-winning journalist and entrepreneur. A first-generation college student, she was raised in Arkansas and holds degrees from New York University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a recipient of the Highlight Foundation's 2017 James Cross Giblin Scholarship for her debut children's book series, Entrepreneur Kid, and was a finalist in the 2017 San Francisco Writers Conference Writing Contest for her book "Sebastian Creates a Sock Company," one of four books in the series. Erica is focused on using her background in business to affect change in education. She is the founder of Southern Swallow digital consultancy and her words have appeared in Entrepreneur, Forbes, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. Erica is excited to make her debut in children’s books with the Entrepreneur Kid book series. She currently serves as director of content marketing at Summit Public Schools. Prior to her work in education and as a children's book author, Erica served as director of community for tech startup Contently, where she managed online and offline community building. She also previously managed the highly successful supported content program for tech news site Mashable and assisted in developing and implementing the social media marketing strategy for The New York Times. Beyond her roles at these organizations, she has worked on a number of high-energy projects with teams at TechStars, WeHostels, Saatchi & Saatchi, New York University, and Noble Impact.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Southern Swallow
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1946984086
• ISBN 13: 9781946984081
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Zeng Li
• Nombre de pages: 36
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg