Youth entrepreneurship

[wlmmyers]

FROM: heloewe@sneda.org

I should be grateful for best practices (what to do and what to avoid)
information on youth (ages 14 to 25) entrepreneurship. I'm aware of NFTE
and the Kauffman Foundation and have worked closely with RENEWAL's youth
entrepreneurship program.

Thanking you,
Eric Loewe
www.SNEDA.org




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[wlmmyers]

From: Shakoor Aljuwani <shakoor_aljuwani@yahoo.com>
I would also be eager to obtain information on youth
entrepreneurship best practice models and funding sources.. I am the
acting director and community organizer for the St' Luke's Home Coming
Center in New Orleans, LA. (St. Luke's is the oldest Black Episcopal
Church in LA, formed by freed Black slaves more than 150 years ago. Every
member of our congregation except one lost their home after Hurricane
Katrina.) The Home Coming Center is an innovative project to combine case
managers assisting evacuees to return home through the development of
personal recovery plans and community organizing to attack the systemic
issues that block their return and the rebuilding of safe, stable and
healthy communities, with a compassion center to build/rebuild community
social capital. A key part of our mission is the development of youth
leadership as a positive force in the rebuilding of New Orleans.
I am unfamiliar with much of the current practice around youth
entrepreneurial programs and would appreciate any assistance. Also,
William Myers, thank you for this listserv, even though I have up to now,
only played a role as one who "lurks" the discussion and from time to time
passes on information to those in my networks, the discussion has been
extremely informative and supportive, and deeply appreciated.
Shakoor Aljuwani
St. Luke's Home Coming Center
1222 N. Dorgenois Street
New Orleans, LA 70119
504-258-6741

From: "Dandridge, Jenny Taylor" <JTDandridge@FDIC.gov>
Try contacting the Center for Teaching Entrepreneurship in Milwaukee.
http://www.ceoofme.biz/
Jenny Dandridge
Community Affairs Specialist
312-382-6942 Fax 312-382-6945
jtdandridge@fdic.gov

From: "Jim Williams" <assetsmontco@bee.net>
Another resource worth checking out would be ED TECH from Camden NJ.
Contact George Walters at (856) 342-8277 or gwaters@eftecin.com
All the best,
Jim Williams

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FROM: heloewe@sneda.org
I should be grateful for best practices (what to do and what to avoid)
information on youth (ages 14 to 25) entrepreneurship. I'm aware of NFTE
and the Kauffman Foundation and have worked closely with RENEWAL's youth
entrepreneurship program.
Thanking you,
Eric Loewe
www.SNEDA.org

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I would point you to two best practices I know of: one is the REAL
Entrepreneurship, which is an entrepreneurship education curriculum
based on experiential learning - doing activities rather than reading
textbooks - which works especially well for youth learners. You can find
out more about the curriculum and trainings at www.realenterprises.org.
The other I would recommend, specifically for its focus on youth
leadership, is called HTC (HomeTown Competitiveness), which uses the
four pillars of entrepreneurship, youth, leadership, and charitable
assets to strengthen rural communities (I don't know for this reason if
it would be appropriate in your context, but it might be). Visit
http://www.htcnebraska.org/.

Emily Appel
CFED

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[wlmmyers]

Look up SOEP's - supervised occupational experience
programs under the FFA (future farmers of America),
program (and also you might want to look at program
called BOAC - Building our American Communities. There
are alway practical models from the National 4-H
program.
Lyalya Lyalya <lyalya_sari@yahoo.com>
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Those interested in youth leadership may want to look at the materials on
generational change at Building Movement into the Nonprofit Sector,
www.buildingmovement.org.
Katharine Kravetz <kkravet@american.edu>
Academic Director, Transforming Communities Semester
Washington Semester Program
Tenley Campus - Dunblane 111
American University
Washington, DC 20016-8083
Phone: 202-895-4931
Fax: 202-895-4939
www.transformingcommunities.net
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In response to your request for information on youth entrepreneurship,
I'm able to offer two Web site links for further information:
http://www.entre-ed.org/_arc/states-t.htm
*gives you a significant number of examples of best practices being used
by a variety (organized by state) of youth entrepreneurial programs;
most are associated with schools (just FYI).

http://consumerissues.cas.psu.edu/YouthFE.html
*is from Penn State's Extension program that details financial and
consumer literacy; this page lists a variety of programs, printed
publications, and Web sites that are quite helpful.

I'm with Search Institute in Minneapolis which is a research
organization focused on youth development. Our work centers around 40
Developmental Assets(r), aka 'building blocks', that help kids thrive.
We have one publication (referenced on Penn State's site) titled "An
Asset Builder's Guide to Youth and Money" which is a practical guide
that helps youth understand various financial areas including planning,
saving, spending, and investing. Not exactly entrepreneurship, but
certainly related issues!

On a related note, we also publish a book called "Mentoring for
Meaningful Results" which, along with being a personal favorite of mine,
is quite unique in that it has sections not only for the mentors and the
mentees, but also for the parents of the mentees (so boundaries and
expectations are clear), and the program coordinators (for setting
outcomes and other measurable standards). It follows best practices as
adhered to by the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Twin Cities.

Best of luck with the work you're doing with youth and business. It's a
great thing to be involved with!

Sincerely,
Betsy Gabler mailto:betsyg@search-institute.org
Publishing Sales Manager, Search Institute
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Another is Junior Achievement http://ja.org/
Barb Kachelski, CAE
SVP/Chief Information Officer
CUES
P.O. Box 14167
Madison, WI 53708-0167
barb@cues.org; www.cues.org
800.252.2664 ext 5318 or 608.288.5318
fax: 608.441.3418
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Have you heard about this conference and about Making Cents? Making Cents
has strong capacity in youth entrepreneurship, and in training of trainers.
They offer very practical curricula in entrepreneurship and in a using
computers and MIS in small buisnesses. The conference announcement is below
and they can be found at http://www.makingcents.com .
It is a small consulting company run by a woman entrepreneur who
recently won an entrepreneurship award herself.
Mary McVay <mary@mcvay.us>
Consultant in Small Business Development
708-660-8140 (USA)
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Regarding your inquiry about youth entrepreneurship, there are two
programs in the San Francisco Bay area that may be of interest to you. One
is a program called BUILD (www.build.org) that has a wonderful model and
has also successfully brought in venture capital and financial
institutions as supporters.

Another program in San Francisco, BAYCAT (http://www.baycat.org/), focuses
specifically on developing multimedia technology skills and helps the
youth in the program to get projects with local companies for paid work.

Lena Lena.Robinson@sf.frb.org
Regional Manager, Northern California
Community Development
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
phone: 415/974-2717
fax: 415/393-1920
http://www.frbsf.org/community/index.html




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The program we have used in the past for Youth Entrepreneurship is provided through an organization called NxLevel. The curriculum is title "Buzz Biz" guide for enterprising youth.

Brian Martin
Business Development Director
CAC of Pike County
Piketon, Ohio



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From: bounce-1118664-5194516@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Emily Appel
Sent: Wed, 2/14/2007 1:04pm
To: communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: Youth entrepreneurship


I would point you to two best practices I know of: one is the REAL
Entrepreneurship, which is an entrepreneurship education curriculum
based on experiential learning - doing activities rather than reading
textbooks - which works especially well for youth learners. You can find
out more about the curriculum and trainings at www.realenterprises.org.
The other I would recommend, specifically for its focus on youth
leadership, is called HTC (HomeTown Competitiveness), which uses the
four pillars of entrepreneurship, youth, leadership, and charitable
assets to strengthen rural communities (I don't know for this reason if
it would be appropriate in your context, but it might be). Visit
http://www.htcnebraska.org/.

Emily Appel
CFED

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[Scott Reznick]

We’ve had success with EnterprisePrep™, a real business ownership curriculum we prototyped in Philadelphia.* It is a simple but authentic opportunity for young people to own a business and be responsible for its tangible success, profits they get to take home.* It is a foundation experience real entrepreneurs invariably have, and is an appropriate starting point for teaching entrepreneurship to underprivileged youth.
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EnterprisePrep™ students own, operate, and manage a simple retail kiosk in school.* They contract among themselves to create the business, invest their own money, make bottom-line decisions and solve consequential problems, and take home profits they earn.* Step-by-step checklists — a franchisee’s Guide© for teachers, Manual© for students — make business management and operations easy to teach and fun to learn.* The curriculum readily adapts to diverse learning environments, is inexpensive to start and, through business rent and taxes, can pay for itself.
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Our mom-and-pop retail shop immerses students in the culture of entrepreneurship.* Two-thirds of U.S. entrepreneurs are children of entrepreneurs, but sixty percent of U.S. teens have never spoken with a business owner.* Real business ownership experience in school:
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<![if !supportLists]>q** <![endif]>directly links learning with earning, motivating young people, in school and out, to work smart, empowering them with entrepreneurial outlook and attitudes to compete and prosper in the 21st century workplace;
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<![if !supportLists]>q** <![endif]>emotionally and cognitively engages students at risk, awakens them to free enterprise opportunity, shows them profit from investment in their talents and skills; and
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<![if !supportLists]>q** <![endif]>offers business students an authentic opportunity to learn and apply basic management skills and demonstrate true entrepreneurial spirit.
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EnterprisePrep™ demonstrated its effectiveness in Philadelphia:* over two years, 404 randomly-assigned student owners ¯ two-thirds male, 14 to 19 years old, 99% African-American and Hispanic and living in poverty, 57% at risk of dropping out, 22% special needs, in seven comprehensive high schools (six “persistently dangerous”) ¯ had ABOVE AVERAGE attendance (7.5%), English (6.6%) and math (4.5%) grades, and NONE DROPPED OUT.* Their schools’ annual average dropout rate was 10.9%.*
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Last year we beta tested our model franchisee’s manual in 4 schools with 50 students.* Today, there are about 700 student owners in 30 schools in 10 states.* Egalitarian capitalism — teaching the culture of entrepreneurship to everyone — is good education, economic, and social policy.
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To learn more, please call me or email.* Visit our website: www.enterpriseprep.net.
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Thank you for your interest in youth entrepreneurship.
*
Scott Reznick
Executive Director
EnterprisePrep™
800-853-5010
scott@enterpriseprep.net (scott@enterpriseprep.net)
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Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:18 AM
To: communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Youth entrepreneurship
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FROM: heloewe@sneda.org
*
I should be grateful for best practices (what to do and what to avoid)
information on youth (ages 14 to 25) entrepreneurship. I'm aware of NFTE
and the Kauffman Foundation and have worked closely with RENEWAL's youth
entrepreneurship program.
*
Thanking you,
Eric Loewe
www.SNEDA.org
*
*
*
*

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Another excellent Youth Entrepreneurship program curriculum is
BizWorld-- www.bizworld.org.

Preston Cochrane
President | AAA Fair Credit Foundation

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From: bounce-1119592-5852892@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-1119592-5852892@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Brian
Martin
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:31 PM
To: Emily Appel; communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: Youth entrepreneurship

The program we have used in the past for Youth Entrepreneurship is
provided through an organization called NxLevel. The curriculum is title
"Buzz Biz" guide for enterprising youth.

Brian Martin
Business Development Director
CAC of Pike County
Piketon, Ohio



----- Original Message -----
From: bounce-1118664-5194516@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Emily Appel
Sent: Wed, 2/14/2007 1:04pm
To: communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: Youth entrepreneurship


I would point you to two best practices I know of: one is the REAL
Entrepreneurship, which is an entrepreneurship education curriculum
based on experiential learning - doing activities rather than reading
textbooks - which works especially well for youth learners. You can find
out more about the curriculum and trainings at www.realenterprises.org.
The other I would recommend, specifically for its focus on youth
leadership, is called HTC (HomeTown Competitiveness), which uses the
four pillars of entrepreneurship, youth, leadership, and charitable
assets to strengthen rural communities (I don't know for this reason if
it would be appropriate in your context, but it might be). Visit
http://www.htcnebraska.org/.

Emily Appel
CFED


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There is also an interesting and growing program called Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE). *
http://www.csuchico.edu/sage/2006-2007/index.html

Adam Rabiner
Director of Financial Education Programs
New York State Banking Department
(212) 709-1695


"Preston Cochrane" <Preston@faircredit.org>
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02/14/2007 04:51 PM Please respond to
"Preston Cochrane" <Preston@faircredit.org>

To
"Brian Martin" <bpmartin@pikecac.org>, "Emily Appel" <eappel@cfed.org>, <communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu> cc
<julie.wurm@bizworld.org> Subject
RE: Youth entrepreneurship




Another excellent Youth Entrepreneurship program curriculum is
BizWorld-- *www.bizworld.org.

Preston Cochrane
President | AAA Fair Credit Foundation *

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From: bounce-1119592-5852892@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-1119592-5852892@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Brian
Martin
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:31 PM
To: Emily Appel; communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: Youth entrepreneurship

The program we have used in the past for Youth Entrepreneurship is
provided through an organization called NxLevel. The curriculum is title
"Buzz Biz" guide for enterprising youth.

Brian Martin
Business Development Director
CAC of Pike County
Piketon, Ohio



----- Original Message -----
From: bounce-1118664-5194516@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Emily Appel
Sent: Wed, 2/14/2007 1:04pm
To: communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: Youth entrepreneurship


I would point you to two best practices I know of: one is the REAL
Entrepreneurship, which is an entrepreneurship education curriculum
based on experiential learning - doing activities rather than reading
textbooks - which works especially well for youth learners. You can find
out more about the curriculum and trainings at www.realenterprises.org.
The other I would recommend, specifically for its focus on youth
leadership, is called HTC (HomeTown Competitiveness), which uses the
four pillars of entrepreneurship, youth, leadership, and charitable
assets to strengthen rural communities (I don't know for this reason if
it would be appropriate in your context, but it might be). Visit
http://www.htcnebraska.org/.

Emily Appel
CFED




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I have found a number of great curricula.* But a curriculum is not a program.* Fortunately, there is enough experience in the field to point to successful practices in program design and implementation.* Here is a link to an excellent paper on best practices.*
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http://www.in4c.net/index.asp* Find the link on the left hand side of the page on youth entrepreneurship.
*

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WEB Consulting Services
Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore, Inc.
1118 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
jfriedman@webinc.org
(w) 888-674-9177
(c) 319-321-5884
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From: Brian Martin
Sent: Wed 2/14/2007 2:31 PM
To: Emily Appel; communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE:* Youth entrepreneurship

The program we have used in the past for Youth Entrepreneurship is provided through an organization called NxLevel. The curriculum is title "Buzz Biz" guide for enterprising youth.

Brian Martin
Business Development Director
CAC of Pike County
Piketon, Ohio



----- Original Message -----
From: bounce-1118664-5194516@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Emily Appel
Sent: Wed, 2/14/2007 1:04pm
To: communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: Youth entrepreneurship


I would point you to two best practices I know of: one is the REAL
Entrepreneurship, which is an entrepreneurship education curriculum
based on experiential learning - doing activities rather than reading
textbooks - which works especially well for youth learners. You can find
out more about the curriculum and trainings at www.realenterprises.org.
The other I would recommend, specifically for its focus on youth
leadership, is called HTC (HomeTown Competitiveness), which uses the
four pillars of entrepreneurship, youth, leadership, and charitable
assets to strengthen rural communities (I don't know for this reason if
it would be appropriate in your context, but it might be). Visit
http://www.htcnebraska.org/.

Emily Appel
CFED

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