Youth Entrepreneurs
Not an adult yet but have tons of ideas for a successful business? No problem. Youth today are starting their own websites, programming applications for Facebook and posting YouTube videos about their favorite products. Connection Corner’s resource area helps you connect with the business world and is chalk-full of games, website links and educational content - perfect for tomorrow’s CEOs!
For Kids!
Wisconsin Youth Entrepreneur Camp
Learn real-world business skills: team building, leadership development, financial management, verbal communication, and business etiquette through a fun and exciting camp experience.
http://exed.wisc.edu/sbdc/specialprograms/yec/default.asp
Disney Hot Shots Game:
Forget blasting space aliens! This game gives you skills you can use for the rest of you life! Hot Shots is a fast-paced simulation game for budding entrepreneurs where you can open their own pet shop, spa, skateboard factory or comic shop!
http://disney.go.com/hotshot/hsb2/index.html
The Mint: Be Your Own Boss
This site provides middle and high school students with helpful advice, interactive quizzes and fun resources related to money management. There is also information specifically for parents and teachers.
http://www.themint.org/kids/be-your-own-boss.html
Johnny Money: Online Game
Johnny Money Online Game is a FREE Internet-based small business simulation game that helps you explore the risks and rewards of business ownership. http://game.johnnymoney.com/
For Teens and College Students!
College Startup
A blog with helpful information and advice for entrepreneurs in college.
http://www.college-startup.com/
Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO)
The Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization encourages college students to seek opportunity through enterprise creation.
http://www.c-e-o.org/page.php?mode=privateview&pageID=124
DECA
DECA/Delta Epsilon Chi is an international association of high school and college students studying marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, marketing sales and service.
http://www.deltaepsilonchi.org/
Global Student Entrepreneur Awards
The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards has amazing prize packages available to the student entrepreneurs who can impress the judges and win the regional and Global Finals competitions! The total prize package for the 2008 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards is estimated at over $100,000 in cash and business products and services donated by Entrepreneurs’ Organization members.
http://www.gsea.org/
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
The NCIIA is an alliance of faculty and students working to advance invention and innovation in higher education. Its mission is to nurture a new generation of innovators by promoting curricula to teach creativity, invention and entrepreneurship.
http://www.nciia.org/
For Educators!
Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
Site provides information on small business design & management, micro-enterprise, home-based business, self employment and just plain business start up.
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/external/conentreped
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
NFTE's mission is to teach entrepreneurship to low-income young people, ages 11-18, so they can become economically productive members of society by improving their academic, business, technology and life skills.
http://www.nfte.com/
For Everyone!
Edward Lowe Foundation - Entrepreneurial Resource Center
Hundreds of articles and briefs — solutions gleaned from CEOs, presidents and business owners.
http://www.edwardlowe.org/
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
The Kauffman Foundation has resources and programs for youth entrepreneurs – from kids through college. It also has an Entrepreneurship Internship Program (KEIP), which immerses students in the day-to-day reality of starting and managing a business.
http://www.kauffman.org/
Future Business Leaders of America
A quarter of a million high school and middle school students, college and university students, faculty, educators, administrators, and business professionals have chosen to be members of this business education association which prepares students for careers in business. http://www.fbla-pbl.org/
Gen-X Idea Café
Idea Café caters to the business needs of Generation X entrepreneurs with hot stuff -- info, advice, and fun to feed your mind AND your biz. They welcome biz fans of every age.
http://www.businessownersideacafe.com/genx/
Global Student Entrepreneur Awards
The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards has amazing prize packages available to the student entrepreneurs who can impress the judges and win the regional and Global Finals competitions! The total prize package for the 2008 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards is estimated at over $100,000 in cash and business products and services donated by Entrepreneurs’ Organization members.
http://www.gsea.org/
Ideas for Young Entrepreneurs Blog
This blog provides frequently updated ideas, advice and information for young entrepreneurs.
http://www.frankteam.com.au/blog/
Inc.’s Young Entrepreneur’s Survival Kit
This is a crash course in developing entrepreneurial savvy while juggling the demands of school. Here, you will find profiles of business owners who started their businesses while students, along with resources about building a business, links to academic programs worth looking into and ideas on networking with your peers..
http://www.inc.com/guides/growth/20808.html
Independent Means Inc.
A provider of products and services for youth financial independence, this site offers know-how on starting a business as well as making, saving, giving and growing money. Site also holds an annual business plan competition with $1,000 cash prize.
http://www.independentmeans.com/imi/index.php
JA Titan 3.0
A fun and interactive game in which visitors can test their skills running a business in this ultimate business simulation. Players are CEO’s who must run a manufacturing company and master six key business decisions.
http://titan.ja.org/
Junior Achievement (JA)
Junior Achievement seeks to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business and economics in order to better prepare students for their future.
http://www.ja.org/
McKelvey Foundation
The McKelvey Foundation awards a total of $40,000 in scholarships annually for young entrepreneurs to attend any four-year college within the United States.
http://www.mckelveyfoundation.org/
Mind Your Own Business
Sponsored by the SBA and Junior Achievement, this site is designed to support interest in entrepreneurship among teens. It serves as a small business portal for young entrepreneurs by providing essential resources and information.
http://www.mindyourownbiz.org/default.shtml
Starve Ups
A non-profit entrepreneurial support organization that is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs create and sustain successful businesses. The organization sponsors business and networking events and also provides resources and a job listing.
http://www.starveups.com/starveups/
