James Cleveland, a social entrepreneur, created Jumpstart, a program that is intended to help young children improve their cognitive and emotional development. Social entrepreneurship, a type of business that was explained in class, has many similarities to traditional entrepreneurial companies but the main detail that separates the two businesses is profit. Traditional entrepreneurial companies want to make profit whereas social entrepreneurial companies have a vision to help societies. Jumpstart’s target demographic is children who live in low-income communities. One of Jumpstart’s beliefs is that, “regardless of social or economic circumstance — enter the world with potential and deserve an equal chance for success in school and in life”. One of Jumpstarts tactics for teaching their children is to give them one-on-one assistance with an adult mentor. This kind of help allows children to receive assistance that suits their learning needs. Moreover, the company has looked into several statistics concerning children, particularly in America, and how they are unprepared to learn when entering school. Jumpstart hopes that by teaching children how to read, learn, and socialize before they enter kindergarten it will result in these children receiving better jobs in the future. So far, Jumpstart children have shown to have significantly, “greater progress in language, literacy, and social skills than children who are not enrolled in Jumpstart”.
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