Youth Entrepreneurship

What do kids know about being entrepreneurs? Turns out their curiosity about the world around them, natural creativity, willingness to take risks, and unbridled enthusiasm add up to the characteristics of our greatest entrepreneurs. But after we close down our neighborhood lemonade stand, outgrow our babysitting empire, and shut down our lawn mowing business, we often lose our entrepreneurial instincts. Programs supported by the Kauffman Foundation are designed to keep the entrepreneurial flame alive in boys and girls, whose inventiveness and drive can actually teach us something about being entrepreneurs.

Initiatives

  • All Terrain Brain (ATB) is a multimedia project designed to get 8-to 12-year-old kids to take their brains “off road” and tap into their entrepreneurial spirits.

  • With the theme, "What's your BIG idea, Take it on!," the Kauffman Foundation launched EntrepreneurshipWeek USA in collaboration with the Public Forum Institute, The New York Times and Inc. magazine to ignite the nation's consciousness around the importance of being entrepreneurial.

  • From Nov. 17-23, 2008, millions of young people around the world joined a growing movement of entrepreneurs who seek to generate new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things.

  • Hot Shot Business is an award-winning Internet simulation game that gives millions of boys and girls the chance to run a business in Opportunity City at Disney.com.

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