Jenny Young, founder of Brooklyn Robot Foundry, had an atypical upbringing. Hers was a childhood filled with exotic, behind the scenes ‘how’s it done or made’ adventures. Failure was encouraged, applauded and even fun for Jenny. It was all about the process of exploration, building and making rather than perfection. Seems seeing failure as fun is a vital ingredient to being a mechanical engineer and robot designer and builder.
In this episode, Jenny Young joins Rebecca Monet and Tracy Kawa on The Franchise Woman podcast: Where Passion & Purpose Collide. She shares the story behind Brooklyn Robot Foundry and its philosophy for inspiring children and adults to push the boundaries of their imagination, discover the fun in failure all while building some really cool robots.
Meet Jenny Young
Jenny Young is the founder and CEO of Brooklyn Robot Foundry. Jenny started Brooklyn Robot Foundry in 2011 and she has had an amazing time building with the students, and building up their franchise systems. Brooklyn Robot Foundry has an incredible team designing robots, planning curricula, assembling lesson plans, and prepping materials. They also have a marvelous onboarding team that helps get their franchisees ready for success, plus they have wonderful people available for continuous support.
Jenny’s favorite parts of franchising are:
- making small business ownership possible, by sharing their systems for success
- facilitating sharing the joy of building throughout the country
- building a diverse and inclusive franchise network
- empowering children with knowledge and creativity
Learn more about Jenny Young
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