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Young Entrepreneur Market Means Business for Teenage Entrepreneurs in Cleveland, Ohio – Huffington Post – January 20, 2015

Last year, educators in Cleveland got together with one goal in mind: find a way to engage students in their education by encouraging them to explore business startup. The University School, a 125-year old school, partnered with the Veale and Morgan Foundation’s to create the Entrepreneur Institute and the Young […]

Entrepreneurship has a certain life cycle and local programs, events highlight the stages – The Plain Dealer – December 7, 2014

Cleveland Metropolitan School District offers an interesting entrepreneurial program to its students. The program – the Northeast Ohio Lemonade Day – teaches students about the core principals of being an entrepreneur. The program, targeted to start in the fourth grade, is modeled after the national Lemonade Day plan, which empowers […]

Lemonade Day Encourages New Generation of Entrepreneurs – Cleveland Plus – October 22, 2014

Originally launched in Houston in 2007, Lemonade Day has turned into a national program with a strong and growing presence in Northeast Ohio. In 2011, the Burton D. Morgan Foundation brought the program to Northeast Ohio and has seen significant growth since its inception. While referred to as a “day,” […]

High School Entrepreneurs Pitch Next Great Food Idea for Quicken Loans Arena – PR Web – October 21, 2014

More than 90 students from Northeast Ohio gather for the first annual High School Pitchfest. Teens work with local entrepreneurs to develop most effective elevator pitch. High School Entrepreneurs Pitch Next Great Food Idea for Quicken Loans Arena[…]

North Union Young Entrepreneurs Take Creativity Beyond the Classroom- Shaker Connection – August 2014

It starts with a basic business venture, like a lemonade stand, that can ignite the fire and passion for entrepreneurship in children. Take that tiny lemonade stand and give it adult support, educational influence and a potential customer base of well over a thousand people, and you have the North […]

Schools help students get down to business – Crain’s Cleveland Business – June 15, 2014

Best known as the “granola man” around the University School campus, eighth-grader William Willoughby caught the entrepreneurial bug hawking his Hola Granola mix at school events and farmers markets. Last month, Willoughby sold out of hundreds of dollars of his secret-ingredient granola in less than three hours manning a booth […]

Students get a taste of real world experience – Crain’s Cleveland Business – June 15, 2014

At University School, students spend summers shadowing Northeast Ohio entrepreneurs. And at Saint Martin de Porres, an urban high school, students spend one day per week working at a major corporation. These are just a few examples of ways that private and parochial schools in Northeast Ohio offer opportunities for […]

early adopters: how teaching entrepreneurship at a tender age pays off down the road – Fresh Water Cleveland – May 22, 2014

Entrepreneurial education provides the building blocks for success in students’ careers as adults. Greg Malkin, who heads the Entrepreneur Institute, emphasizes the skills students learn from entrepreneurism, even at an early age. early adopters: how teaching entrepreneurship at a tender age pays off down the road[…]

Stop at lemonade stand this month, help future entrepreneurs – Akron Beacon Journal – May 8, 2014

Lemonade stands will be popping up in some area communities throughout May as part of National Lemonade Day, a program that teaches students how to create a business plan, obtain a loan and market a product — in this case, that sweet, tart delight most commonly associated with youthful entrepreneurship. […]

Art, entrepreneurs and Van Gogh: Shaker Traces

Three University School middle and high school students are doing more than just studying retail: On May 10, they will sell different granola, loose-leaf tea and waffle-and-pancake mixes at the Shaker Square North Union Farmers Market. Each product is based on a business plan that they have developed with their […]

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