NextGen Entrepreneur

Do you dream of starting your own business one day? Want to take your lemonade stand, cookie booth, or jewelry shop to the next level? We’ve got just the workshop for you! Learn how to find opportunities, build business solutions, and shift your entrepreneurial thinking into overdrive. You will work alongside other Girl Scouts to plan future enterprises – everything from creative cookie sales strategies to the business of your dreams. The choice is yours!

Girl Scout Juniors through Ambassadors are invited to learn about entrepreneurship at our one-day interactive workshops. Earn your age level Entrepreneurship badge at a regional workshop near you. You’ll also get a copy of the book Who Owns the Ice House?, a certificate for completing the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program, opportunities to meet local entrepreneurs, and more.

Lunch and badge are included. Workshops hosted in partnership with local entrepreneurs and NC IDEA.

Bonus! Parents, grandparents, guardians, aunts, uncles, and other adults in your circle are welcome to attend, too. Local Small Business Centers are hosting concurrent workshops for family and friends 18 and older. Adults must remain onsite; this is not a drop off event. Choose between attending your own workshop or serving as an adult chaperone for the Girl Scout workshop.

At the workshop, you will get a roadmap for building your business idea. The roadmap culminates in creating a display and presentation to showcase your work. Between January and April 2024, you can participate in a virtual prep session to help you showcase and pitch your idea using the roadmap. Then, you’re challenged to tap into your self-esteem and rock your confidence by pitching your idea in front of fellow Girl Scouts, entrepreneurs, family, and friends at the NextGen Business Fair on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at Cape Fear Community College. Girl Scouts who participate in the NextGen Business Fair will receive an event patch. There is no additional fee to participate in the business fair. You do not have to participate in the business fair to attend the workshop. At least three individuals will be selected to pitch their idea on the main stage.

Fees GSNCCP Member: $5 per Girl Scout/ $0 per adult

Where When Registration

Halifax Community College, Halifax County Zip Code: 27890

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Now-September 12, 2023

Where When Now-September 19, 2023 Registration

Durham Tech Community College, Durham County Zip Code: 27703

Saturday, September 30, 2023

Where When Registration

Where When Registration

Where When Registration

Where When Registration

Robeson Community College, Robeson County

Zip Code: 28360

Saturday, October 7, 2023

Now-September 26, 2023

Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library, Lenoir County Zip Code: 28501

Saturday, November 4, 2023

Now-October 24, 2023

Wake Technical Community College, Wake County Zip Code: 27518

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Now-October 31, 2023

Cape Fear Community College, Pender County

Zip Code: 28401

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Now-November 7, 2023

During the 2023-2024 membership year, individually registered Girl Scouts, called Juliettes, and troops will have the opportunity to participate in two council-sponsored money-earning activities. The Fall Product Program and Girl Scout Cookie Program provide Girl Scouts the chance to run their own businesses and earn proceeds for their troop or program experience. For more information about participating as a Juliette, visit nccoastalpines.org > GetInvolved > IndividuallyRegisteredMembers