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How about some great news to start the day? On Thursday the 21st of November I will be in #Brechin at Brechin High School delivering the #StepUpwith Enterprise programme in partnership with the school and the great people of DYW Tay Cities (Developing the Young Workforce) As you may have seen from previous posts I have recently been around a few Tay Cities schools with more to come however this one in Brechin in November is during Global Entrepreneurship Week #GEW2024 #GEWUK Why not come along? We are expecting around 150 young people who will start a business, learn about jobs and trade, who knows they may even turn their start up loan into profit. Great fun planned as we work together encouraging young people through #entrepreneurship DM me or Vicky Cosgrove for more details, you would be very welcome.

Here's my 2024 LinkedIn Rewind, by Coauthor.studio: 2024 showed us again that when young people learn entrepreneurship and giving, incredible things happen. entrepreneur me education Some numbers that tell our story: • 56 Step Up with Enterprise programs reaching over 9,000 young people • 51 schools participated in our 8-week Do Good Entrepreneurship programme • Young entrepreneurs turned £8,303 in loans into £40,515 in profits • £32,212 contributed back to local communities through student enterprises Three posts that captured what matters most: "Kids love learning about business and kindness..." watching young people turn a £76 loan into £355 and give £259 to help their community. https://lnkd.in/eSdsNf4W "The more I learn about Andrew Carnegie, the more determined I become to encourage entrepreneurship that is more than personal gain." On building a better model of enterprise education. https://lnkd.in/epKTNs_g "Nobody has ever told me this before..." A 17-year-old discovering that attitude and enterprise can change everything. https://lnkd.in/ejcSiesF Looking ahead to 2025: we're set to reach more young people than ever, with ambitious plans.The need for youth enterprise education that builds both skills and community spirit has never been greater. To every young person who showed us that success means more when shared, to every teacher and partner who supported our mission, and to everyone who believes in the power of entrepreneurship to transform communities: thank you for an incredible 2024. After 22 years, I'm more convinced than ever: when we encourage young people to succeed and give back, anything is possible. 😀 Kind regards, Matt

In advance of today's Scottish Budget entrepreneur me education have written to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance to make the case for wealth creation. From our recent research we have found that the continued focus on "cuts" and the mentality of "we can't afford it" is frustrating the economy whilst creating an environment of fear. Today we ask for a Growth Minded budget that puts Wealth Creation at the forefront of all activity. #APositiveMindedScottishBudget.

Yesterday I had the great privilege of visiting St Andrews Hospice in my home town of Airdrie. I started my visit by attending a lovely Church service and was greeted by many smiling faced staff, patients and members of the community. The feeling of love and care was evident from the moment I entered the building. After the service I met with Andrew Flynn and we chatted about the great and continual work the fund raising team do to keep providing the care that they do. As you may know NHS funding is under pressure and palliative care is severely underfunded. We chatted more about the upcoming school enterprise activity "Business Bears" and how entrepreneur me education will team up with the Hospice to provide younger school pupils an entrepreneurial experience that helps them learn whilst being #gogivers who contribute profits to help others. Should you wish more details please get in touch, certainly please connect with Andrew and the wider team St Andrew's Hospice (Lanarkshire) they are magnificent, full of compassion, care and love for others. #WeareGoGivers

At 16 years of age I was unqualified and unemployed and had a idea.... I would sell books door to door. I would get up early and take the bus to various towns and cities and walk around business premises and houses knocking on doors, selling and talking to anyone who would listen. I had a case full of books with titles like. *Success through a Positive Mental Attititude. *You Can if you Think you Can. *The Power of Positive Thinking. *Think and Grow Rich. I loved it For anyone who would talk to me, I really gave them the full story of why #attitudematters and how inside all of us there is unlimited potential. I would sell everything before heading home with some nights it being 9 or 10pm and I'd done what I set out to do. Then at 17 I attended a seminar by Norman VP and everything changed for me, I went from an unqualified kid to an adult on a mission. And I've not stopped. Books by Jim Rohn, Dale Carnegie, Zig Ziglar, Napoleon Hill, W Clement Stone and Norman Vincent Peale inspired me. 40+ years on and I'm still selling the idea that inside all of us there is greatness, all we have to do is study and apply the principles of positivity, possibility and our natural potential. Greatness is within us all. Have a look at the picture below from 2004 and me talking to a group of young people along with a quote from Andrew Carnegie. “There is a power under your control that is greater than poverty, greater than the lack of education, greater than all your fears. It is the power to take possession of your own mind and direct it to whatever ends you may desire.” Andrew Carnegie Happy days indeed.