NFTE Partners with Public Allies

NFTE is partnering with the national AmeriCorps program Public Allies to host apprenticeships for diverse, emerging leaders.

NFTE-Intuit Partnership Deepens with Certified D4D Innovators

More NFTE staff have completed Intuit’s Design for Delight instructor training and received Design for Delight Innovator certification.

NFTE Announces Launch of SDG-Focused Innovation Challenges Open to Young Impact Entrepreneurs

A new season of NFTE’s World Series of Innovation launched today, with a whole new set of innovation challenges focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Any young person ages 13 to 24 is eligible to compete. Registration opens September 15 and entries are due by December 15.

NFTE Supporter Saweetie Becomes an Official M.A.C. Ambassador

“Tap In” artist and NFTE supporter Saweetie is the newest brand ambassador for M.A.C. Cosmetics. NFTE is partnering with Saweetie’s Icy Baby Foundation to advance our mutual goals of increasing access to entrepreneurship in underserved communities of color.

Prize-Winning First-Year Student Motivated by More Than Profit

Babson freshman Jose Rodriguez, who hails from Providence, Rhode Island, runs an award-winning business, Tasium, and was recently named one of Ten Teens Changing the World.

Newport Teen with Raynaud’s Syndrome Hopes to Help Others

When fifteen-year-old Anthony Wilds, a sophomore year at The Met High School in Newport, Rhode Island, found out he had Raynaud’s Syndrome he put his entrepreneurial mindset to work and soon developed Hot Bandz, a product he hopes will help others who have blood flow issues.

NFTE Announces Continued SC Johnson Support for Youth Entrepreneurship Education Across the Midwest

NFTE is pleased to announce SC Johnson support for youth entrepreneurship education, including volunteer service by SC Johnson people and funding to support classroom-based educational programming in Chicago and across the NFTE Midwest Region.

NFTE “Design with Purpose” Challenge at SAP Academy

SAP Academy participants provided NFTE with the best solutions to support our continued global expansion.

Rhode Island Native Creates Tasium, a T-Shirt Line with Attachable Fidget Toys

Inspired by his brother, Jose Rodriguez created a t-shirt line designed for people living with autism. The idea won him the top prize at the 2020 NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge and a full scholarship to Babson College.

NFTE at ASU+GSV 2021

NFTE partnered with American Student Assistance to moderate a panel on entrepreneurship education at the 2021 ASU+GSV Summit.