Lemonade Stand: Youth Entrepreneurship in Wisconsin

Marketplace for Kids is a unique educational program offering encouragement for developing young entrepreneurs. It provides young people with a forum to present and explain their projects which are demonstrating entrepreneurship, innovation, and creativity.

Serial entrepreneur Anthony Delmedico is on a mission to revamp the core curriculum for grades 4-12 with his E2 petition for entrepreneurship education, touting the importance of education reform for our country. Entrepreneurship is the driving force for America to become the global leader in GDP, create jobs, and launch new generations of innovators.

As part of their global studies curriculum during the 2010-2011 school year, students in Kimberly Clarkson's 6th Grade class at Sidwell Friends Middle School in Washington, D.C. explored ideas related to entrepreneurship. Students participated in and reflected on online simulation activities, researched and discussed mission statements of established businesses, and learned about and experimented with developing basic business concepts, including options for funding and marketing.

A collection of resources - created for use in the classroom - on entrepreneurship.

Visit DPI's web site to download a copy of the Vision for Entrepreneurship Education in Wisconsin -- http://dpi.wi.gov/cte/pdf/eshiplit.pdf -- and find other resources to support entrepreneurship education.

Kiva is a site that allows people to give partial microloans to entrepreneurs in third world countries.

This link was shared at the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies conference on March 21, 2011.

There are loads of free lessons here that connect social studies and environmental studies that could easily supplement entrepreneurship or service learning investigation. Free Curriculum: http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/DownloadFreeCurriculum/tabid/114/Default.aspx Service-Learning: http://www.facingthefuture.org/ServiceLearning/ServiceLearning/tabid/230/Default.aspx The lesson used at the WCSS conference was "Microcredit for Sustainable Development" downloadable here (do a find on the page for "microcredit": http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/DownloadFreeCurriculum/tabid/114/Agg1389_SelectTab/5/Default.aspx#Download_Curriculum_by_Subject

Technical publication from the Dallas Federal Reserve, this outlines the connection between entrepreneurship and the macro economy.

Photos from the WYEN DPI Partnership Signing

Dell Social Innovation Competition

National Entrepreneurship Week

DPI and Wisconsin Youth Entrepreneurs Network form partnership press release

Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Program Offers High School Invention Grants

The Council's mission is to promote bold initiatives, policies, and programs designed to support women's business enterprises at all stages of development in the public and private sector marketplaces-from start-up to success to significance.

This site provides many resources about starting your own business, including news, events, success stories, and much more.

This foundation is working to further understand the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, to advance entrepreneurship education and training efforts, to promote entrepreneurship-friendly policies, and to better facilitate the commercialization of new technologies by entrepreneurs and others, which have great promise for improving the economic welfare of our nation.

The SSA supports various funding tools for self-employment.

Start-up USA is a cooperative agreement between numerous governmental and educational institutions to provide technical assistance and disseminates resources in the areas of entrepreneurship and self-employment.

SIFE brings together a diverse network of university students, academic professionals, and industry leaders around the shared mission of creating a better, more sustainable world through the positive power of business. By contributing their talents to projects that improve the lives of people worldwide, SIFE participants are demonstrating that individuals with a knowledge and passion for business can be a powerful force for change.