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TOP LEADERS ARE SAYING YES! TO YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN AMERICA’S SCHOOLS
What Students and Teachers are Saying… (as of 1/09)
My Dream is Not to Die in Poverty, But to Have Poverty Die in Me.
– Michelle Araujo,President
A’La Mode Fashions., NFTE alumna
I realized that I had goals and plans for my future. I realized that I wasn’t going to let anyone or anything get in the way of my dreams. Entrepreneurship is no longer a hidden talent of mine, but is my reality. Now I’m on my way to studying business in college.
– Braulio Salas, CEO & President
Virtual Art Gallery, Inc.
I a sixteen year-old junior at the Marymount School in New York. I used to associate entrepreneurship with “Wall Street Types,” those men and women in great suits who seemed to be the brains behind the world’s newest and most innovative products and services. Through my entrepreneurship class in Summer 2007 sponsored by Goldman Sachs at Prep for Prep, I began to grasp a true understanding of what it means to be an entrepreneur. I was right, initially, to believe that entrepreneurs were the harbingers of skillful innovation. They are not, however, concentrated only in the Wall Street area but instead are from all over, and come from various walks of life. The local delis and supermarkets, that chic boutique that has all this season’s “must-haves”, and even the hot-dog cart on the street are all entrepreneurial enterprises. Sooner or later, I knew I was going to join that group.
-Gabrielle Green, President
Longevi-Teas™
What Government Leaders are Saying… (more…)
BE-THE-E (Entrepreneur) 