JA Worldwide

JA Worldwide annually reaches approximately 8 million students worldwide. Through age-appropriate curricula, JA programs begin at the elementary school level, teaching children how they can impact the world around them as individuals, workers and consumers. JA programs continue through the middle grades and high school, focusing on the key content areas of entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial literacy.

Entrepreneurs Organization

Founded 20 years ago by young, energetic entrepreneurs, EO is now 6,600 members strong with more than 108 Chapters in 38 Countries around the globe. Our members come from all walks of life and run companies of every type and size imaginable. But whether famous or not, with a staff of 2 or 20,000, we all have a common desire to grow our businesses, learn from others and, share our experiences.

endeavor

High-impact entrepreneurs have the biggest ideas and most ambitious plans. They have potential to create thriving companies that employ hundreds, even thousands of people, and generate millions in wages and revenues. And they have the power to inspire countless others. Together, Endeavor and high-impact entrepreneurs are change industries, communities and entire countries.

DECA/Delta Epsilon Chi

More than 56 years ago, DECA organized around an ambitious goal: to improve education and career opportunities for students interested in careers in marketing, management and entrepreneurship. What began with a few hundred students in 17 states has grown to over 185,000 students in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Germany.

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship.

Founded in 1987 by Steve Mariotti (a former business executive and entrepreneur) while he was a public high school teacher in New York City's South Bronx. Combining his business background with his desire to teach at-risk students, Steve discovered that when low-income youth are given the opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship, their innate "street smarts" can easily develop into "academic smarts" and "business smarts". To date, NFTE has worked with over 186,000 young across the U.S. and around the world.

Young Americas Business Trust

YABT acts as a catalyst for young entrepreneur development by promoting social and economic development in the Western Hemisphere and elsewhere. We seek these objectives through programs, projects and activities focused on helping to create and advance efforts to improve the quality of life of youth and young adults, especially those living in or near poverty.

Lisbon Council

The Lisbon Council for Economic Competitiveness and Social Renewal is a think tank and policy network committed to defining and articulating a mature strategy for managing current and future challenges. Above all, we are seeking strategies based on inclusion, opportunity and sustainability that will make the benefits of modernisation available to all our citizens.

CARTHA

Founded in 2006 by Usha R. Balakrishnan, we are dedicated to fashioning a new type of bridging professional - a Collaborative Doer - who leverages academic practitioner collaborations to enhance the positive impact of technological and social innovations. With our C2G2SM Training Model -Building Collaborative Competence (C2) within Multisector Partnerships for Global Good (G2) - we inspire, connect, and help mobilize resources for Collaborative Doers in Academic-Public-Private Technology Transfer Partnerships, Global Health and Corporate Social Responsibility. Our current programs result from work with a range of scientists, researchers, writers, entrepreneurs, and filmmakers.

YES

European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs is the main association of young entrepreneurs in Europe and aims at improving the economic and social performance of European entrepreneurship. YES exists to stimulate exchanges and networking between young entrepreneurs, to foster the cooperation and the sharing of best practices among their national associations, particularly in the fields of education and training of young European citizens.