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Ten hardworking NFTE South Florida students and their teacher met Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on January 26.  Secretary Duncan honored the Miami Edison Senior High School students for winning NFTE’s World Series of Innovation with their businesses E*Pride and 300 Calories or Less.

NFTE alumni Ariell Buckingham and Kyle Wong just returned from Saudi Arabia where they served as panelists at the Global Competitiveness Forum.  Both participated in the “Innovation to Generation” panel.

Ariell shared her experiences in a blog post.

Two NFTE alumni, Kyle Wong (Brooklyn, NY) and Ariell Buckingham (Chicago), and NFTE President and CEO Amy Rosen are participating in the Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from January 21 to 25.

Social Entrepreneurs are in the spotlight a lot these days.  They value creating social solutions more than traditional profits.  Plus, it’s easier than ever with Facebook, Twitter or Google+ for social entrepreneurs to target customers who share similar passions.   Are for-benefit companies the future, will they face issues competing with larger more traditional businesses, or is there room for all types of entrepreneurs in the marketplace?

NFTE is excited announce the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® Alumni Fund.  Ernst & Young has pledged to match $300,000 in donations to NFTE during the next three years.  This commitment by E&Y is in honor of the more than 8,000 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year ® award winners.

Entrepreneurship isn’t without risk.  Apply all the learning moments from 2011 to make your entrepreneurial spirit and business flourish in 2012.  The focus could be on keeping better records, staying focused on executing ideas or taking the time to mentally relax (chances are you’ll be more productive). 

If you’ve long forgotten those resolutions made a mere 11 days ago use this as a time to give pause.  A number of people are ready to help.

As some of you know already, for the past two weeks we've been hosting our online voting piece for the World Series of Innovation as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, and well it's that time folks. We are so proud to announce the winners of the 2011 World Series of Innovation presented by Microsoft and the fantastic ideas that they have created! Here are the winners for each category:

In honor of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship is proud to announce the World Series of Innovation, presented by Microsoft! Between now and November 18^th we’re giving 18 teams of students the chance to pitch their own innovative business ideas to the public online. 

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Written by Hayley Hoverter, NFTE Alum and CEO of Sweet (dis)SOLVE

For all of the participants, the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s 2011 National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge was all that it was hyped up to be—and much more. The event is perhaps a young entrepreneur’s dream: to be accompanied by a melting pot of the country’s best, most intelligent teenage business owners and to be able to get inspired by a plethora of passionate and esteemed judges . As intense as the competition was, with the stakes being so high, the environment remained positive, and everyone was encouraged every step of the way.