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  • Teaching Entrepreneurship in Every School

    June 1, 2012  |  0 comments

    The Power of Ownership

    At NFTE, we call our programs owner-entrepreneurship education to stress the power of ownership to create wealth.

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  • A Volunteer’s Story

    May 31, 2012  |  0 comments

    What’s it like to volunteer for NFTE and support the young student entrepreneurs? Jennifer Zarcone, an employee at NFTE supporter SAP, discovered the excitement of helping young entrepreneurs turn their ideas into business plans.

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  • Counting Your Money

    May 17, 2012  |  0 comments

    How much money is in your bank account? Only about 17% of young adults, 18-34, check their bank account balances daily.

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  • White House Financial Literacy Summit

    May 15, 2012  |  0 comments

    NFTE made several significant announcements at the White House Financial Literacy Summit. In addition, several NFTE graduates represented the organization in a variety of ways. See pictures from the event below.

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  • Financial Knowledge Can Be Economic Destiny

    May 14, 2012  |  0 comments

    When it comes to financial literacy, most Americans are alarmingly uninformed. According to a 2009 study, adults earned only a C grade when their financial acumen was assessed, little better than high school students, who mainly received failing grades. In this Huffington Post article, Randi Weingarten explores the opportunities that exist to increase financial literacy across the United States.

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  • Geek2Chic: LA

    May 12, 2012  |  0 comments

    Thank you to all of the awesome tech entrepreneurs and others who took part as models in the Geek2Chic: LA. Read more about the exciting night, and see our tech entrepreneurs strut their stuff in this Vanity Fair article.

    Thanks again to all of these geeks who turned chic...

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  • Live Stream of White House Summit on Financial Capability

    May 10, 2012  |  0 comments

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  • Bidding Closed: Dare to Dream Auction

    April 25, 2012  |  0 comments

    NFTE's Dare to Dream Auction is now closed.
    Thank you to everyone who supported the auction, and Congratulations to our winning bidders!

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  • Helping Others Who are 'Beating the Odds'

    April 15, 2012  |  0 comments

    Eddie Brown, recipient of NFTE’s 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year Award, presents his inspirational autobiography, Beating the Odds:  Eddie Brown’s Investing and Life Strategies.  

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  • NFTE & Starbucks: An Entrepreneurial Spirit

    March 29, 2012  |  0 comments

    NFTE is partnering with Starbucks in April to support our educational programs in several cities and states. Your support and votes could help NFTE receive a donation of more than $150,000 from the Starbucks Foundation. That’s a lot of coffee and a ‘Grande’ investment in the future of thousands of young people.

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