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Apply for a 2012 NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award
Deadline has been extended to January 4, 2012

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2011 Scholarship Winners Announced
130 students nationwide will receive scholarships ranging from $1,000-$10,000 from YEF this year. See the list of winners now!
2011 “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” Announced
Entrepreneur-in-the-Classroom Programs
Free high school curriculum with lesson plans and PowerPoint presentations. Includes a business plan writing exercise and alternative interactive classroom activities.
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Bringing teachers, students and entrepreneurs together on the web. Tips for entrepreneurs of all ages. See How Entrepreneurs Are Surviving the Financial Crisis.

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Mentoring and Reverse Mentoring: The Key to Entrepreneurial Self-Confidence. 10 steps for Parents, Teens, and Gen Y at Work and at Home

Quick mentoring steps we can all take whether we’re parents, teens, in the workplace, or Gen Y Millenials being mentored, or mentoring, or somewhere in between.

Top 5 Resources for Young Social Entrepreneurs

The buzz of social entrepreneurship is on. It inhabits dormitory halls and high schoolers’ texts. It’s well beyond a trend. Social entrepreneurship is a movement. Well-known leader of the pack Ashoka has the following thought-provoking statement on its website: Over the past two decades, the citizen sector has discovered what the business sector learned long [...]

Update: Deadline for Young Entrepreneur Awards Scholarship Now January 4

Since 2003, the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation has awarded 2,095 scholarships to graduating high school seniors totaling $2,382,000. Students are encouraged to apply for our awards beginning October 1, 2011 and may apply until December 15, 2011.