BIB: Entrepreneurship with NFTE
Kene Turner, NFTE Director of National Postsecondary and Alumni Programs, joins the BIB podcast for an episode focused on the development and implementation of community-based entrepreneurship programs geared towards driving economic development.
NFTE Students Meet Miami Mayor
NFTE Southeast students met Miami Mayor Francis Suarez during a BizCamp session.
How I Built This with Guy Raz: Robert Reffkin of Compass
NFTE alum Robert Reffkin shares his entrepreneurial journey, from launching his first business in high school to taking his company Compass public this summer. Compass, which is valued at just over $7B as it makes its public market debut, is a real estate company that focuses on building technology to make agents’ jobs easier.
NFTE Trains First Recipients of Perkins V Entrepreneurship & Education Training Grant
NFTE staff trained the inaugural cohort receiving a Perkins V Entrepreneurship & Education training grant at the Florida Association for Career and Technical Education conference in Orlando.
Falls Church High Students Land in Nationwide Competition
Falls Church High School students Abigail McCall and Maureen Keating qualified for the NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, a nationwide “Shark Tank”-style pitch competition. This fall they’ll be pitching their invention iKick as they vie for a piece of an $18,000 prize pool.
North Carolina high school student advances in Shark Tank-style competition
A North Rowan High School student, Natalie Zanudo, placed among the top competitors at the NFTE Southeast Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. She qualified to advance to the national level of competition and will pitch her business Candor Skin at the National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge this fall.
Student Startups Advance to National ‘Shark Tank’-style Competition
Three Bryan Adams High School students are among the winners in the NFTE North Texas Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge and qualify to compete this fall in the NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, a national Shark Tank-style business plan and pitch competition.
OKC Student Advances to National Competition
Emily Ortiz, a student at Oklahoma City’s Cristo Rey Catholic School, took honors in a regional pitch competition with her business R&M Pet Spray, which helps to fight odor in pets. Now she qualifies to compete this fall in NFTE’s National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge.
NFTE Announces Top Young Entrepreneurs Advancing in National Competition
Regional winners earn over $36,000 in cash prizes and qualify to compete in NFTE’s 16th Annual National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge this October New York, NY, Jul 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Over the last eight weeks, middle- and high-school students across the country participated in “Shark Tank”-style pitch competitions, presenting business plans to panels of […]
NFTE at the NCCEP/GEAR UP Conference
NFTE New England joined with GEAR UP MA to showcase young entrepreneurs at the NCCEP/GEAR UP annual conference.