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title: "It's Your Business: Why Entrepreneurship for K-12 Matters"
description: Entrepreneurship isn’t just for starting a business but for developing the traits that will lead to a fulfilling career in any type of work.
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# It's Your Business: Why Entrepreneurship for K-12 Matters

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The Herald-Times, Bloomington, IN

*By: Pat East, Guest columnist on August 6, 2021*

Kindergarten to 12th-grade programming is one of the pillars at [The Mill](https://www.dimensionmill.org/).

"We want entrepreneurship to become a dinner table topic.  We focus on it for two reasons: 

While we can plant the seeds now, they take a long time to mature and for our community to see the compounding effects of new businesses. 

Even if you don’t want to start a business, the traits of entrepreneurs can be learned and can propel your career..."

[Read More](https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/business/2021/08/06/pat-east-talks-entrepreneurship-part-k-12-programming/5431734001/)

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