How to Turn Screen Time Into Business Skills and Raise Future Entrepreneurs | Krystal Popov

What if your child could launch a real business before reaching high school—and learn confidence, responsibility, and money management along the way?In this episode of Executive Connect, Melissa Aarskaug sits down with Krystal Popov, entrepreneur, mother of three, and founder of Futurepreneur. Krystal shares how she moved from corporate engineering into entrepreneurship and why she believes children should begin developing business skills while they are still young, curious, and willing to experiment.Krystal explains how hands-on business challenges help children create offers, set prices, manage costs, talk to customers, collaborate with partners, and earn their first sale. She also explores technology’s double edge: children can use it to build, design, and market—or lose hours endlessly consuming content.This conversation offers a practical look at raising creative, capable, and financially aware children. Parents will learn how to redirect screen time toward creation, introduce entrepreneurship without being business experts themselves, and use simple projects to prepare their children for an increasingly independent future.What You Will LearnWhy Krystal left corporate engineering and entered entrepreneurshipHow entrepreneurship can build confidence, resilience, and independence in childrenWhy technology can either support creativity or encourage passive consumptionWhat children may not learn about business in a traditional classroomHow Futurepreneur’s challenge-based learning model worksWhat a home pizzeria can teach about pricing, expenses, and partnershipsHow a T-shirt business teaches marketing and customer serviceWhy children value money differently when they earn it themselvesHow young people can turn technology skills into paid servicesWays parents can create healthier boundaries around phones and social mediaWhy entrepreneurial communities and live events can expand a child’s visionHow busy parents can make time for meaningful business projects with their childrenChapters(0:18) Meet Krystal and the mission behind Futurepreneur(1:01) Leaving corporate engineering for entrepreneurship(2:18) Why children should learn business skills early(5:03) Technology’s double edge for the next generation(7:21) What traditional education may miss about entrepreneurship(8:45) How Futurepreneur’s business challenges work(9:43) What children learn by opening a home pizzeria(11:21) Building a T-shirt shop and serving real customers(12:56) Teaching responsibility, discipline, and money management(15:20) Turning technology skills into legitimate businesses(16:39) Helping children create instead of endlessly consume(24:27) The larger vision behind the Futurepreneur movement(25:30) Why entrepreneurial events can reshape a child’s mindset(31:21) Krystal’s advice for busy parents(35:38) Where to connect with Krystal and FuturepreneurKrystal Popov is an entrepreneur, mother of three, and the founder of Futurepreneur, a platform that helps children and teenagers build real businesses through guided, hands-on challenges. After leaving corporate engineering, Krystal built multiple companies designed to support entrepreneurs, including coworking and flexible retail spaces. She now applies that experience to helping young people develop creativity, confidence, financial responsibility, sales skills, and an ownership mindset.CONNECT with Krystal PopovWebsite: https://futurepreneur.com/Email: [email protected]: https://www.instagram.com/krystalpopov/CONNECT with Executive ConnectWebsite: https://www.executiveconnectexperience.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/my-executive-connect/Watch the full episode (and more) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@ExecutiveConnect⁩Get The Full Executive BriefStrategies and insights for leaders who refuse to settle – plus the Maverick Test to discover your archetype.https://executiveconnectexperience.com/get-the-full-briefIf you like the content, please do share, subscribe, and like the channel.