Youth Entrepreneurship Reading List
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May 08, 2015
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I hope you are inspired and charmed by this week's collection of young entrepreneurship news.
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Karis Hustad
High School students in Chicago pitched there products and apps at the 10th Annual Future Founders Citywide Business Plan Competition held on May 6th. Dereon Minter, a high school freshman was one of the students participating. He pitched an app that teaches magic tricks and performance skills.
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In a series of interviews of young entrepreneurs disrupting the world, this interview provides inspiration for those in IT and tech industries. The next icon is 25-year old University of Michigan Computer Science graduate Brian Clark and his leap of faith from General Electric to the world of entrepreneurship. Within a time span of a year he has won multiple hackathons and is working on his third startup idea called LinkTexting.
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Tony Abraham
The first annual Youth Entrepreneurship Summit was held at the University of Delaware this week. More than 220 high school entrepreneurs from the US and International countries of Uganda, Kenya, and Moldova to learn and grow. Participants were also able to pitched their businesses or social enterprises to a panel of judges for cash and prizes.
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If you've ever ordered food from an on-demand food delivery startup, you understand the world we know live in. But, food delivery service The Town Kitchen launched last year in Oakland, California is changing how we employ our youth. There mission is to pay low income teenagers a living wage between $15 and $20 an hour, while teaching them about social justice and entrepreneurship.
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Shawn Osborne
Great business ideas and innovation can come from anyone, no matter the age or region. The article provides lessons on what entrepreneurship is as it has evolved with our youth jumping in the stream. The case in point is that inexperience is no longer an obstacle, but energy and inspiration can be contagious to anyone seeking to become an entrepreneur.
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Even Warren Buffett is investing in our youth. The 4th Annual Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaire Club received over 4,000 business ideas from kids age 7-14 all over the country. The competition provides youth an avenue to raise funding and meet directly with Buffett at his office in Omaha, NE.
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