Our government is being strangled by partisan politics, youth employment is at a 60-year low, and student loan debt has surpassed $1 trillion--and yet young Americans are starting businesses in record numbers, all over the United States. If we want Millennials (and future generations) to survive and thrive in the new economy, then we need to funnel this entrepreneurial energy into something positive, or risk turning the Millennial generation into a lost generation. The solutions in this book represent the beginning of an important conversation about how to support and foster the real leaders…mehr
Our government is being strangled by partisan politics, youth employment is at a 60-year low, and student loan debt has surpassed $1 trillion--and yet young Americans are starting businesses in record numbers, all over the United States. If we want Millennials (and future generations) to survive and thrive in the new economy, then we need to funnel this entrepreneurial energy into something positive, or risk turning the Millennial generation into a lost generation. The solutions in this book represent the beginning of an important conversation about how to support and foster the real leaders of tomorrow. From policy ideas and educational programs, to private sector solutions and philanthropic activities, #FixYoungAmerica provides best practices and tangible solutions for solving the epidemic of youth unemployment--straight from the individuals and organizations that are already in the trenches, working to rebuild an entrepreneurial America right now.
Includes solutions by: Junior Achievement Babson College Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship College Hunks Hauling Junk Venture for America Codecademy Indiegogo Congressman Patrick McHenry … and dozens of other organizations and leaders.
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Introduction Scott Gerber Part One: Rethinking Education and Work K-12 Education What I Learned from Richard Branson s Mother about Parenting Mary C. Mazzio Closing the Gap: How to Infuse Entrepreneurial Thinking throughout K-12 Education Jack E. Kosakowski Education at Works: ree Essential Factors to Build Bridges for Tomorrow s Young Entrepreneurs Jean M. Buckley Teachers Do Make a Diff erence: Overcoming Barriers to Teaching Entrepreneurship Dr. Cathy Ashmore Higher Education How Our Community Colleges Are Creating New Jobs Nationwide Heather Van Sickle Learning Entrepreneurship Means Living Entrepreneurially: An Action-Based Approach to Teaching Entrepreneurship at Colleges and Universities Leonard A. Schlesinger How to Graduate More High-Growth Entrepreneurs Doug Mellinger Reinventing Career Exploration and Counseling Jennifer Kushell The Glorious End of Higher Education s Monopoly on Credibility Michael Ellsberg Nonprofit Programs & Networks Owner-Entrepreneurship Education Can Close the Wealth Gap and Revitalize America Steve Mariotti Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture on Campus: Collaboration of Private Enterprise and Collegiate Institutions Katie Sowa and Dr. Gerald Hills Private Enterprise Franchising the Future: How We Can Help Young People Own a Small Business Instead of a Piece of Paper Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman Providing a Path to Entrepreneurship for Our College Graduates Andrew Yang The Power of Intrapreneurship and the Opportunities It Creates for Youth and Women Ingrid Vanderveldt New Bootstraps: Creating Twenty-First-Century Tools for a New Generation of Veterans Jacob Wood and William McNulty Part Two: Supporting Young Americans Entrepreneurial Spirit Government Policy Extending Self-Employment Assistance Programs to Entrepreneurs in All States Senator Ron Wyden A Loan Forgiveness Program at Gives Broke College Graduates a Chance to Start New Businesses (and Create New Jobs) Aaron Smith How Legalizing Crowdfunding Will Jump-Start American Entrepreneurship Congressman Patrick McHenry Media Coverage Warts and All: A Plea for Better Media Coverage of Startup Culture Donna Fenn Access to Capital Ten Ways the Private Sector Can Increase Small Business Owners Access to Capital Ami Kassar How to Create More Profi table, Sustainable Businesses in America Carissa Reiniger Microlending in the United States Jessica Jackley Leveraging Technology 215 Teaching Our Kids to Write Software Scott Schwaitzberg Success Starts in Seventh Grade: Empowering Student Entrepreneurs through Experiential Learning, Crowdfunding and Technology Slava Rubin Programming Our Future Zach Sims Community-Based Ecosystems Three Steps for Fostering Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in B and C Cities Jeff Slobotski Replicating New York City s Growing Technology Startup Sector Brad Hargreaves How Building an Entrepreneurial Movement Can Revive a City in Decline Tim Williamson A Three-Part Strategy to Catalyze a Startup Renaissance John Harthorne Help Us #FixYoungAmerica Bibliography
Introduction Scott Gerber Part One: Rethinking Education and Work K-12 Education What I Learned from Richard Branson s Mother about Parenting Mary C. Mazzio Closing the Gap: How to Infuse Entrepreneurial Thinking throughout K-12 Education Jack E. Kosakowski Education at Works: ree Essential Factors to Build Bridges for Tomorrow s Young Entrepreneurs Jean M. Buckley Teachers Do Make a Diff erence: Overcoming Barriers to Teaching Entrepreneurship Dr. Cathy Ashmore Higher Education How Our Community Colleges Are Creating New Jobs Nationwide Heather Van Sickle Learning Entrepreneurship Means Living Entrepreneurially: An Action-Based Approach to Teaching Entrepreneurship at Colleges and Universities Leonard A. Schlesinger How to Graduate More High-Growth Entrepreneurs Doug Mellinger Reinventing Career Exploration and Counseling Jennifer Kushell The Glorious End of Higher Education s Monopoly on Credibility Michael Ellsberg Nonprofit Programs & Networks Owner-Entrepreneurship Education Can Close the Wealth Gap and Revitalize America Steve Mariotti Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture on Campus: Collaboration of Private Enterprise and Collegiate Institutions Katie Sowa and Dr. Gerald Hills Private Enterprise Franchising the Future: How We Can Help Young People Own a Small Business Instead of a Piece of Paper Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman Providing a Path to Entrepreneurship for Our College Graduates Andrew Yang The Power of Intrapreneurship and the Opportunities It Creates for Youth and Women Ingrid Vanderveldt New Bootstraps: Creating Twenty-First-Century Tools for a New Generation of Veterans Jacob Wood and William McNulty Part Two: Supporting Young Americans Entrepreneurial Spirit Government Policy Extending Self-Employment Assistance Programs to Entrepreneurs in All States Senator Ron Wyden A Loan Forgiveness Program at Gives Broke College Graduates a Chance to Start New Businesses (and Create New Jobs) Aaron Smith How Legalizing Crowdfunding Will Jump-Start American Entrepreneurship Congressman Patrick McHenry Media Coverage Warts and All: A Plea for Better Media Coverage of Startup Culture Donna Fenn Access to Capital Ten Ways the Private Sector Can Increase Small Business Owners Access to Capital Ami Kassar How to Create More Profi table, Sustainable Businesses in America Carissa Reiniger Microlending in the United States Jessica Jackley Leveraging Technology 215 Teaching Our Kids to Write Software Scott Schwaitzberg Success Starts in Seventh Grade: Empowering Student Entrepreneurs through Experiential Learning, Crowdfunding and Technology Slava Rubin Programming Our Future Zach Sims Community-Based Ecosystems Three Steps for Fostering Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in B and C Cities Jeff Slobotski Replicating New York City s Growing Technology Startup Sector Brad Hargreaves How Building an Entrepreneurial Movement Can Revive a City in Decline Tim Williamson A Three-Part Strategy to Catalyze a Startup Renaissance John Harthorne Help Us #FixYoungAmerica Bibliography
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