Kids find summer fun in business school -- really
| August 12, 2008 |  View for printing |
Sure the kids looked sharp presenting their business plans to the jury of Silicon Valley investors.
And yes, the investors looked impressed sitting in the conference room at Microsoft's Silicon Valley campus. But me? All I could think was: It's summer. Shouldn't these middle-schoolers be out bouncing a ball? Or counting the clouds? Or rowing a boat across a lake?
I know. It's that kind of thinking that means I'll be working for one of these kids someday — and maybe soon. See, they're not much younger than Mark Zuckerberg was when he started Facebook. And maybe that's why it makes sense in Silicon Valley to spend $750 to send your kid to a two-week summer camp that focuses on market analysis, branding and talks on ROI rather than sack races, swim meets and talks on CPR.
By Mike Cassidy Mercury News
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