Ka-Ching! makes the papers (and GOOGLE's top website) I am sure most of you would have read the Business Day this morning. Just incase you missed it I have re-produced their article about Ka-Ching! "Ka-Ching! Gets Kids Off to a Good Start - by Wendy Hall, Business Day, 20 March 2006 GOVERNMENT has identified small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as a key driver in its target for 6% economic growth and, despite various efforts, research shows entrepreneurship in SA still lags other developing countries. March 20, 2006: Issue 8 Ka-Ching! in Business Day. GOOGLE happy too! FREE downloads available to you right now Visit Our Newsroom for latest articles Tell Us What You Think! In the University of Cape Town’s Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) of 2004, SA ranked 24th out of 34 countries surveyed for their entrepreneurship activity. The survey acknowledges “entrepreneurship is a vital ingredient in national economic growth and development” but recommends dramatic improvements in the quality of education and appropriate entrepreneurship education be offered in schools. Entrepreneur Greg Bunyard has moved to address this through Ka-Ching, a course for children between the ages of six and 17, to complement entrepreneurship being taught in schools as part of the economic and management science curriculum. Bunyard has approached a number of schools in Cape Town and the course has been integrated with the existing curriculum. It encourages parents and teachers to become involved in the development of their children’s education by helping them set up a business. “Our philosophy is Ka-Ching is not a board game or a text book, but is designed for use in a school and home environment to set up a real-life business,” Bunyard says. He came up with the idea for Ka-Ching, a name meant to emulate the sound of an opening cash register, with the help of his step-father, Midge Hilton-Green, who pioneered the introduction of entrepreneurship and financial awareness programmes to the formal school curriculum while he was headmaster of Kingswood Junior School in Grahamstown in the 1980s. “Seeing the passion of youngsters setting up real businesses in a school environment inspired me to develop course material in order to pass it on to parents,” Bunyard says. The Shuttleworth Foundation, which supports concepts for the development of maths, science, technology and entrepreneurship, is the sole sponsor and provided R350000 to develop and package the course and set up a website. Bunyard says Ka-Ching is aimed at younger children as they derive the maximum benefit. As GEM suggests, entrepreneurship education, especially at primary school level, can have a significant influence on pupils’ desire to start a business and their understanding of business issues. “The course helps to generate enthusiasm create the discipline needed to run a business, for example how to handle money and how to accurately record business transactions,” Bunyard says. The business projects suggested as suitable for young entrepreneurs include retail — buying a product and reselling it at a profit; service — doing tasks for people at an agreed fee, such as a gardening service; or manufacturing a product and selling it at a profit." Click here to read the Business Day article. Internet feedback: NUMBER ONE WITH GOOGLE You might like to join me in congratulating our Internet marketing team for getting our website to number 1 with GOOGLE Out of 2,860,000 results, they managed to get us to number one. The best part is we didn’t have to pay GOOGLE a cent for getting this great ranking. There has been no need for any sponsored links, 'pay-per-click' or anything potentially costly like that. By entering the words 'entrepreneurship children course' into GOOGLE.com, you should find us (www.ka-chingworld.com) right up there. Rankings with search engines change all the time - but here's a little pat on the back for our team. Thanks guys! To see the GOOGLE image please Click here FREE DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE TO YOU RIGHT NOW Please feel free to download a sample of forms from the Ka-Ching! Business Parenting course after filling in the simple online registration form. These forms make up a very small part the course, but will give you an idea of how it all works. Remember, anyone can download them! After the simple registration process, you can start: - Empowering your child to be better equipped to cope with the challenging world of work - Interacting effectively with your child - Building a closer family bond To get these FREE downloads, to help you start right away visit our website on http://www.ka-chingworld.com/recources/ VISIT OUR NEWSROOM FOR OUR LATEST ARTICLES   Did you miss an article? Want to review an article you really enjoyed? Be sure to check our list of topics at: http://www.ka-chingworld.com/news/ TELL US WHAT YOU THINK!   We'd love to hear what you think of this issue! Please send your comments, questions, and ideas for upcoming issues to us at: newslettersuggestions@ka-chingworld.com Your feedback matters to us! 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