NFTE Awards Over $16K to Innovation Challenge Winners
NFTE awarded prize money to the top twenty-one teams of young entrepreneurs and innovations who competed in the 2021-2022 World Series of Innovation challenges with creative ideas to advance the United Nations Global Goals.
NFTE Announces Winners of Inaugural World Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge
Teen entrepreneurs from eight countries competed for seed capital in NFTE’s first annual World Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, presented by Citi Foundation, Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) and Zuora.
NFTE Celebrates 35 Years, Honoring Corporate Partner Intuit, Eden Bodyworks CEO Jasmine Lawrence and Goldman Sachs’ Tucker York
NFTE celebrated 35 years of innovative entrepreneurship education at the 2022 NFTE Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards Gala, hosted by Spectrum News anchor Cheryl Wills and honoring corporate partner Intuit, NFTE alumna and EDEN BodyWorks founder Jasmine Lawrence, and long-serving NFTE board member Tucker York of Goldman Sachs.
Three Ways to Future-Proof Tomorrow’s Workforce
What’s the most effective way to prepare young people for the fast-changing world of work? Teach them to think like entrepreneurs says NFTE Southeast Program Manager Daniel Williams
Noted Entrepreneurship Education Nonprofit Predicts New Wave of Diverse Innovators
NFTE’s latest report on trends in entrepreneurship education highlights the growing appeal of ownership and increased demand for effective entrepreneurship education.
Entrepreneurship is the key to an equitable post-pandemic recovery
Jeannine Schloss, NFTE’s Chief Program Officer, offers her take on why entrepreneurship will be so important to the U.S. economy in the post-pandemic era.
Statement to the Media: The Conflict in Ukraine
As a global organization, NFTE stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine as well as our partner organizations across Europe.
Where Black Families are Achieving the American Dream
NFTE alum Andre McCain shares his entrepreneurial journey in this CNBC segment about factors driving intergenerational upward mobility for Black families in high opportunity urban areas.
Madelyn Jackson: Helping Children Find Their Voice
Madelyn Jackson is on a mission to help children who are nonverbal or on the spectrum be heard. Her innovative app might be the key to making communicating easier.
An Interview with NFTE President Dr. J.D. LaRock
Youth Time Magazine caught up with NFTE President Dr. J.D. LaRock recently to get his take on the Great Resignation, Build Back Better, the social and economic conditions that can spark entrepreneurship, and NFTE’s newest program for emerging entrepreneurs: Start It Up!