Entrepreneurship in Politics — by Emma Boyd
Before getting involved in yCITIES in seventh grade, I had absolutely no idea what entrepreneurship was. I had barely heard the word used before and what little grasp on the concept I had was made up of mental images of men with briefcases, talk of investment and stocks, and a focus on STEM. It didn’t seem like something that would interest me, a thirteen year old who was more interested in literature and politics. However, that perspective quickly changed: over the past six years, I have been involved with yCITIES as a competitor, a volunteer, and now as the communications manager. The extent of what I’ve learned over the past years cannot be condensed into a column in a newsletter, but the slew of new knowledge in entrepreneurship, public speaking,…
