Free Webinar Sept. 3: Learn How Teens Can Build an AI-powered Business in 90 Days

What if your teens could launch a business in 90 days without a big budget, a team, or years of experience? With the right tools and guidance, they can! Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) presents a groundbreaking online course for teens ages 13-17, Next-Level Startup: Make AI Your Cofounder. The inaugural class will include just 15 teens. […]

Big Ideas from a Fifth Grader: Meet Myra Saxena

2025-2026 World Series of Innovation Opens for Submissions in September What advice would a fifth-grade inventor give to other big thinkers? “You’re never too young or never too old to make an impact because I started when I was 6,” offers Myra Saxena, a student at Herbert Hoover Elementary School in California. At just 10 […]

Interact with NFTE’s Digital 2024 Annual Report

The 2023-24 fiscal year was a year of breakthroughs—when Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) reached new heights of public awareness, catalyzed critical conversations around policy, garnered significant media attention, and achieved record-breaking fundraising milestones. Check out our interactive, digital 2024 annual report for July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024.

Statement to the Media: The Passing of NFTE Founder Steve Mariotti

“We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Steve Mariotti, the visionary founder of global nonprofit Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). Steve launched NFTE in 1987 with the mission of providing entrepreneurial education to youth from marginalized communities. A former entrepreneur turned special education teacher in New York City, Steve was a dedicated advocate […]

Urban Impact in Alabama Partners with NFTE and Prosper to Help Prepare Youth for Entrepreneurial Success

Longstanding 4th Avenue Business District organization plans to implement youth entrepreneurial initiative citywide Birmingham, AL (Oct. 16, 2024) — Urban Impact, Inc. in partnership with Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and efforts powered by Prosper, is excited to announce the launch of the B.I.G CAP (Building and Investing in Generational Capital) Youth Entrepreneurship Program. The […]

Vote by April 12 for World Series of Innovation People’s Choice Award

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s recent World Series of Innovation (WSI) Innovator Showcase in the Metaverse brought together young innovators from around the globe who presented solutions and business concepts aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Now, it’s your turn to support these finalists by voting for the People’s Choice Award! NFTE invites […]

K-12 Dive: Should entrepreneurship skills be a curriculum requirement?

In a March 6, 2024, article, K-12 Dive notes: “The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship is pushing for the passage of a proposed bipartisan reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which currently allows students to have access to work-based learning programs like apprenticeships, leadership development activities, adult mentoring and entrepreneurial skills training.” The article draws perspective […]

LatinBizToday: Here’s how an 18-year-old Latina ignited an entrepreneurial mindset

Source: Latin Business Today Sarai Umansor Morales, a senior at Central East Florida’s Palm Beach Gardens High School, views a problem simply as a personal challenge to innovate a solution. That’s what entrepreneurial minds do. That’s what Morales’ father did when he immigrated to the United States from El Salvador, unable to speak the language […]