Bay Area Student Entrepreneurs and Planet of the Kids gave an introductory Web Development workshop at Diversity Fuels Innovation, an event put on by Planet of the Kids and TeenTechSF that emphasized introducing people from a variety of backgrounds to technology, business, and entrepreneurship. Checkout some pictures of the workshop down below! #teenageentrepreneur #computerscience #planetofthekids

Checkout Planet of the Kids at TTSF@ISTP (International School of the Peninsula). FOr this event Tony Fadell (CEO of Nest) spoke in a fireside chat with Marc, the President of TTSF, about technology and innovation in Silicon Valley. There were numerous workshops from introductions to Python and Arduino to a hands-on making experience with MakeX, a student-led organization based out of Palo Alto that enables teenagers to be exposed to 3D Printing, Laser cutting, and other swee

This weekend Bay Area Student Entrepreneurs and Planet of the Kids helped sponsor and organize TeenHackthon, a hackathon at the Paypal Global Townhall exclusively for teenagers! There were a variety of awesome hacks done this weekend, including a fully functioning hovercraft (checkout picture 5), a non-newtonian space simulator, and a whole plethora of other sweet projects! During the event, Alex and the rest of the BASE team gave workshops on How-To-Pitch, Intro to HTML/CSS,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuUmPnQ7jJg Checkout this awesome video about Kiran Sridhar, one of the teenage entrepreneurs we have interviewed for Planet of the Kids! You can read his interview at http://bit.ly/1qf02lH Congratulations to Kiran and Waste No Food! #socialentrepreneurship #impact #entrepreneurship #changetheworld #teenageentrepreneur

4 life lessons from a fellow teen entrepreneur that are applicable for everyone! 1. Follow your passion and your heart! 2. Do something bigger than yourself! 3. Discover ideas from problems and make challenges opportunities ! 4. Reject limits! #changetheworld #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurshipadvice #teenageentrepreneur #youngentrepreneurs

On October 2nd, Alex Sahai and Planet of the Kids helped organized and presented at Foundation Capital Teen Tech Talks (FCT3). The event brought together teens from 7 different Bay Area schools to discuss the "Future of Technology." The presenters shared their projects, ideas, perspectives, and aspirations on topics ranging from Enviro-tech (Lick-Wilmerding High School) to Bitcoin (Menlo-Atherton High School) to The Future of Technology and Education (Summit Preparatory High

19 year old John Meyer turned down Apple's invitation to him for an internship. His reasoning behind turning down a position many would LOVE to have was that he said "I am, at heart, an entrepreneur. I won’t be happy working for someone else." John has coded more than 40 apps and started program in his freshmen year of high school. His new project is Fresco News and he has dropped out of a prestigious computer science program at NYU to work on Fresco News. Read more: http://w

Alex recently had the privilege of attending the World Affairs Council Alumni Reunion where fellow World Affairs Council student ambassador alumnus, entrepreneur, and author Ben Casnocha (#1 NYTimes bestseller "The Start Up of You" co-authored with LinkedIn founder, Reid Hoffman) returned to the annual WAC education program reunion as the featured speaker. Ben Casnocha founded Comcate, Inc., a leading e-government software company at age 14, was a 2006 WAC student ambassador

Luke Li is a 19 year old computer science major at Princeton. Alex Sahai: Luke, could you tell me a little bit about your background and your experience with entrepreneurship? Luke Li: Sure! I'm a rising sophomore majoring in computer science at Princeton, and I'm currently 19 years old. I started and fell in love with programming since 7th grade, and have a similar entrepreneurial interest that thrived with that. I'm very interested in finding and solving tough, practical pr

Diego Sandoval, a rising senior studying at the American School of Lima Peru where he has started a Social Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow Club! Alex Sahai: Diego could you tell us a little bit about who you are, what you have done, what you hope to do, and what you are passionate about? Diego Sandoval: I am currently a rising senior at the American School of Peru in the International Baccalaureate program, but I was born in Florida and raised in North Carolina, where I had the for