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High Schoolers Study Entrepreneurial Ideas
November, 2003 Instead of hiring themselves out for summer jobs, some Bay Area teenagers have become entrepreneurs as a result of summer education sessions called BizCamp, organized by the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and held at the Business School. Carlos Montenegro, BizCamp 2002 participant who entered San Francisco State this fall, earned about $4,000 from his DJ business and recently produced a new music CD called SF's Best Kept Secret. He was named the 2003 Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner. Kim Truong, Simone Toliver, and Francesca Maufas, who attended BizCamp 2002, are developing sole proprietorships based on their hobbies and interests. Kim has launched a computer typing and word processing business called Word serving students preparing reports and term papers. Francesca has a picture frame business called I've Been Framed, and Simone recently started a DJ business. For the past three summers, Bay Area teachers looking for more experience in developing classroom programs in entrepreneurship have come to campus a week ahead of Bay Area 9th to 11th graders who then arrive for classes and to work on business plans for companies they have envisioned. Each BizCamp climaxes with a competition judged by volunteer business leaders. The national organization behind the programs, NFTE, is dedicated to creating a greater understanding of the free enterprise system, to improving the quality of students' lives, and to helping them dream for the future. Summer program sponsors of NFTE University for teacher training are the Myers Family Foundation, the NASDAQ Educational Foundation and Merrill Lynch. The Student BizCamp is sponsored by the Myers Family Foundation, a longtime supporter of NFTE (www.nfte.com ). |
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