Bizstart entrepreneurship program - youth employment services canada
Understanding the problem before crafting a solution.
$1,000,000
The potential lifetime burden to society of just one (1) youth remaining unemployed
BizStart is an Entrepreneurship training program that assists youth to start a business. Training is provided in areas of Marketing, Business Planning, Management, Web Design and other business related topics.
Omer led a series of Design Thinking workshops for 30+ BizStart students. The purpose was to introduce them to the principles of Design Thinking and provide them with the tools to empathize with their end-users to deeply understand the problem before jumping to designing a solution.
“The workshop really helped me validate my entire business idea from the customer’s perspective. Now, I feel more confident about it!”
Collaboration is key: The workshops encouraged teams to not just work collaboratively with each other but also with the customers