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IDEAYALA 2023: A Journey of Innovation and Creativity Among Kiddie Entrepreneurs

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IDEAYALA 2023: A Journey of Innovation and Creativity Among Kiddie Entrepreneurs

Hundreds of kids launched their businesses through IDEAYALA | Ayala Malls IDEA’YALA Kiddo-preneur event at Greenbelt Gallery in partnership with BPI

IDEAYALA 2023 offers a thrilling opportunity for the next generation of entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative business ideas and turn them into action. In addition to encouraging the youth’s creative thinking and problem-solving skills, the affair also aims to instill in them a sense of confidence and determination to pursue their dreams. Spearheaded by Ayala Malls in partnership with Kiddo-preneur, IDEAYALA’s commitment to supporting and recognizing the potential of these young minds exemplifies the group’s dedication to nurturing the next generation of business leaders in the Philippines. 

 

IDEAYALA 2023: A Journey of Innovation and Creativity Among Kiddie Entrepreneurs

Mary Grace Dimacali, Ato Tanmantiong, and Maiki Oreta with kiddo-preneurs at Ayala Malls IDEA’YALA event in partnership with BPI

Following the launch at Greenbelt earlier this year, Ayala Malls and Kiddo-preneur continue to empower the youth, aged 5 to 17, as they makes rounds at various Ayala Malls in the coming weeks and months: Alabang Town Center on August 5 and 6, Ayala Malls Manila Bay on August 19 and 20, Market! Market! on August 26 and 27, Ayala Malls Circuit on September 2 and 3, Glorietta on September 23 and 24, Ayala Malls Solenad on October 7 and 8, Ayala Malls The 30th on October 21 and 22, Ayala Malls Feliz on November 11 and 12, and Ayala Malls Marikina on November 18 and 19.

IDEAYALA 2023: A Journey of Innovation and Creativity Among Kiddie Entrepreneurs

#Affirmation selling booth

Shaping future business leaders

Launched in 2014 as the brainchild of Mariana Zobel de Ayala and Paloma U. Zobel, IDEAYALA is a visionary project that aims to inspire, train, and challenge young minds to innovate and create viable, sustainable, and market-inclusive mall experiences or entrepreneurial concepts. Seeking to envision the “mall of the future,” some of these ideas may even hold the potential to address the country’s social and environmental concerns.

Previously, IDEAYALA mostly engaged college students through talks, mentorship programs, and competitions. After seeing how the pandemic affected numerous businesses, particularly MSMEs, IDEAYALA took on a different shape. This year’s IDEAYALA initiative focused on developing a new generation of strong business leaders by engaging entrepreneurs as young as five years old!

IDEAYALA 2023: A Journey of Innovation and Creativity Among Kiddie Entrepreneurs

Science in a Jar selling booth

This shift in approach sparked a partnership between IDEAYALA and Kiddo-preneur, a socially oriented non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing entrepreneurship among the youth. Together with Ayala Malls, Kiddo-preneur is driving meaningful change by propelling the next generation of young entrepreneurs forward.

“IDEAYALA was created by our need to define the “mall for the future,” shared Mark Sablan, Vice President and Head of Leasing of Ayala Malls. “Fast forward to today, after the pandemic, we revisited the concept of IDEAYALA together with Kiddo-prener because we believe these young minds will be the source of inspiration and new concepts that we’ll be discovering in the next coming years.” 

IDEAYALA 2023: A Journey of Innovation and Creativity Among Kiddie Entrepreneurs

Forest of Fun selling booth

IDEAYALA co-founder Mariana Zobel furthered, “It’s exciting to be in the midst of all this creativity. It’s also impressive to see kids this young conceptualizing and executing fresh ideas and new solutions. Our goal now at IDEAYALA is to nurture this mindset and encourage the kids to keep imagining new and sustainable business models and ideas for the future.”

Transforming ideas into real-world opportunities

Hundreds of kids launched their businesses through IDEAYALA. Some of the businesses showcased at recently concluded events in Greenbelt, TriNoma, and Fairview Terraces were eight-year-old Mariella Oreta’s Science in a Jar, an education-oriented business that sold live caterpillars; Zara, Zree, and Zac Chua’s Cafe de Slime, which sold slime sets; and siblings Vino and Bella Bugayong’s VB Pantry, which sold treats and refreshments to hungry mall goers. 

IDEAYALA 2023: A Journey of Innovation and Creativity Among Kiddie Entrepreneurs

Reese & Chelsea’s Magical Book selling booth

Other notable highlights were the Build-A-Brand Workshop, where 50 young kiddo-preneurs were challenged to get creative and create and present their very own shampoo brand. The kids also got the chance to listen and learn from industry titans: Jollibee Foods Corporation President and CEO, Ato Tanmantiong, and the founder and namesake of the well-loved Mary Grace Café, Mary Grace Dimacali, who shared their humble beginnings and how they grew their businesses into the empires they are today.

For more information, visit https://www.ayalamalls.com/ or head to their social media pages at https://www.facebook.com/AyalaMalls360/ and https://www.instagram.com/iloveayalamalls/ on Instagram.

 

This is a press release distributed by Visions and Expressions

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