{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67bde1122dbc20e82c437cd2/69230add00a96fa12baff174?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How To Become A... Entrepreneur in the Education Sector","description":"<p>How do you turn years in the classroom into a business that actually helps kids?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of <em>How To Become A…</em>, Grace talks with Ramita, a former middle-years teacher who founded <strong>Elevate</strong>, a curriculum and mentoring platform that supports pre-teens (especially girls) with resilience, confidence and social skills.</p><p><br></p><p>Ramita walks us through:</p><ul><li>Her original path (pre-med → genetics → a life-changing volunteer teaching stint)</li><li>Why she loved teaching and why teacher burnout is real</li><li>The moment she decided to build something outside school: designing an 8-week curriculum for tweens</li><li>How Elevate launched in Singapore, then pivoted online during COVID to reach kids worldwide</li><li>What the Elevate workshops and school programmes actually cover (resilience, social skills, transition support, online wellbeing)</li><li>How she built the Elevate Festival, turning curriculum pillars into hands-on experiences for girls</li><li>Business realities: juggling teaching + entrepreneurship, finding funding/customers, and dealing with feedback</li><li>Practical advice for educators who want to start a venture: test ideas, lean on your network, iterate, and accept that “failure” teaches you the next move</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Resources:</p><p>https://www.elevate-ra.com/</p>","author_name":"Grace Stevens"}