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2013 National Young Entrepreneur Award Winners
100 students nationwide received scholarships ranging from $1,000-$10,000 from YEF this year.
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Entrepreneur in the
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Free high school curriculum with lesson plans and
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includes even more interactive and hands on activities,
including new media components to engage
high school students in entrepreneurship education.
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together on the web. Tips for entrepreneurs of
all ages. See how entrepreneurs are changing
the world!
Lemonade Stand Economics
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From the YEF Blog

Top Recruiting Tips: “Top Grading” Summary for Entrepreneurs, Educators, and Recruits

Now is final call for recruiting time: For internships, jobs, and maybe you want to start your own business. "Top Grading" has proven - over time in elite entrepreneur circles - to be a standard reference for recruiting because of its focus on how to recruit A Players...."Top Grade first–once you do this, your organization can do anything."

Entrepreneurial Field Trip–Teaching Entrepreneurship both In and Outside the Classroom!

NFIB’s Young Entrepreneur Foundation has created educational curriculum specifically to be used outside the classroom, in the educational setting of a small business environment. Teaching entrepreneurship can be difficult, but more importantly, it’s essential to the success of our young people....Let’s take a look at one unique way to encourage entrepreneurship education, by incorporating the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work program.

Can’t Take Your Daughters and Sons To Work? Bring the Workplace to Them!

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day doesn't work for everyone. Between missing school, company policies, and the nature of what you do, it may be downright impossible. This post offers some ideas for how to start planning now to do that so when Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day rolls around, everyone can participate.