GS adVENTUREs
Embark on an entrepreneurship journey from idea to business.
Combining the existing Girl Scouts curriculum with design thinking activities, business education, and hands-on learning experiences, GS adVENTUREs expands the entrepreneurship experience into a fluid and flexible program perfect for older Girl Scouts. A Girl Scout Leadership Experience unlike any other, participants walk away with confidence, new entrepreneurship skills, and a business-creation experience.
Adventurers (GS adVENTUREs participants) are in for an exhilarating journey as they embark on a thrilling design sprint challenge!
A design sprint is a fun teamwork adventure where we use our imagination to make something cool! We brainstorm ideas, get feedback, pick the best ideas, plan how to make them, build them, and then share them with others!
Over the course of the program, Adventurers will…
- Earn a level-appropriate entrepreneurship Girl Scouts badge and our council-exclusive GS adVENTUREs patch
- Have the opportunity to go on field trips to local businesses, makerspaces, or entrepreneurial events
- Learn how to create a business canvas (a visual business plan)
- Prepare a pitch presentation to share their ideas
- Meet and work with local mentors
- Develop their Entrepreneurial Mindset and Design Thinking
Want to try GS adVENTUREs in your troop? Check out the GS adVENTUREs Virtual Toolkit (coming soon).
Pilot 1 Adventurers attended SVP’s Fast Pitch event and Pilot 2
Adventurers attended Startup Tucson’s TENWEST 2023 IdeaFunding Pitch
competition to see how it’s done in preparation for their pitch days.
Adventurers also visited local businesses, such as Pam’s Fizzy Factory
and Custom BackOffice Solutions to get a behind-the-scenes look at
entrepreneurship in action.
Adventurers visited CATalyst Studios, a Makerspace at the University of
Arizona, where student workers helped them bring their prototype ideas
to life! Throughout the program, Adventurers also work with their
mentors, local professionals who volunteer their time to help guide the
next generation of entrepreneurs.
Pilot 1 Adventurers confidently pitched their business ideas twice. First, they presented to judges, who then decided which three of the five ideas moved forward. The remaining ideas were refined and then presented to a potential investor.
Pilot 2 Adventurers also competed by presenting their ideas at Pitch It!, the GS adVENTUREs pitch competition. The Adventurers developed prototypes from some of those initial ideas and presented them at an Innovation Expo with nearly 100 visitors.
