Revisit our wonderful Enspire Fall Fest session with entrepreneur Ashlee Ammons, co-founder of Mixtroz. Hear Ashlee share her entrepreneurial journey that started in Cleveland as LeBron James’ first intern to her current success as the 37th Black female founder to close $1 million in startup financing. Click here to watch. […]

Great news! We have extended the deadline to submit entries in the Young Entrepreneur Pitch Challenge to April 1! Top 5 Reasons to Use Young Entrepreneur Pitch Challenge 1. Receive a free workshop from the Young Entrepreneur Institute team 2. Teach students real-world skills such as creativity, critical thinking, and […]

Gitanjali Rao, a Colorado teenager who invented a mobile device to test for lead in drinking water, is Time’s Kid of the Year for 2020. The magazine announced the award Thursday, citing Rao’s ability to apply scientific ideas to real-world problems — and her desire to motivate other kids to […]

The Yummy Brothers are a business based out of Atlanta that sell cookies and dog treats. The catch is, the owners and founders are four kid brothers! These four kidpreneurs have a love and desire to make people happy with food and desserts inspired from recipes from their great-grandmother, grandmother, […]

A Central High student is becoming an entrepreneur thanks to a local non-profit and TikTok. Travis Hines is also getting some help from his parents, but they’re ready for him to move his business out of the house. “Yeah, I make rugs, custom rugs,” Travis Hines said. “I was just […]

EMBRACING FAILURE: Learn to work through difficult moments and view failure as an opportunity to grow and learn something new. Entrepreneurship is more than starting a business, it’s a way of thinking and doing. These mindsets and skills can be practiced and improved by youth AND adults. Read more about Embracing Failure. Learn […]

Learn to work through difficult moments and view failure as an opportunity to grow and learn something new. Entrepreneurship is more than starting a business, it’s a way of thinking and doing. These mindsets and skills can be practiced and improved by youth AND adults. Read more about Embracing Failure. Learn about teaching […]

When: Thursday, January 14 and Thursday, January 21 January 14: This session will be focused on Young Entrepreneur Pitch Challenge January 21: This session will be focused on the entrepreneurial concept of Fail-ing Forward Time: Both Power Hours are from 4-5 PM EST Where: Via Zoom (you will receive a […]

The sixth annual Enspire Conference looked different this year. We missed seeing everyone in person, but we loved being able to connect virtually with so many inspiring speakers and educators. Enspire Fall Fest, sponsored by Burton D. Morgan Foundation, welcomed more than 400 educators from across the United States from […]

Nell Rapport (right), who teaches at Thomas W. Harvey High School, received the Samuel H. Elliott Award during the final session of Enspire on Saturday, December 5th. This award is presented annually by the Harvard School Business Club of Northeastern Ohio to an educator for outstanding accomplishments in developing in […]

by Chidike Samuelson For the longest time, my generation, the Millenials, were touted as the Entrepreneurial generation. For the most part, we have lived up to the billing. However, as the world evolves, the art of business evolves with it, and it turns out that Generation Z has more to […]

Enspire Fall Fest 2020 is a virtual professional development conference for K-12 educators with a focus on building the entrepreneurial mindset. This Saturday, December 5 is the final day of the event. Come hear how Ashlee’s star power connection as LeBron James’ first intern led to her entrepreneurial journey in starting her […]

When 24-year-old Emani Outterbridge was stuck at home with a broken foot this past spring, she got to thinking of new ways to bring her self-made designer yarn to DIYers around Philadelphia. What she landed on was the idea of a yarn-dispensing vending machine, which she floated to her followers […]

It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week! Join YEI, WagiLabs, and WorldofMoney.org in celebrating Kidpreneur day this Thursday, November 19 at 5 PM EST. Meet Kidpreneurs from Africa and the United States! Learn from Chic Thompson, Founder of WagiLabs, and Sabrina Lamb, Executive Director of World of Money. When: Thursday, November 19 Time: […]

Early this summer, Rayna and Romi, 8-year old twin girls, and their younger sister, Moselle, age 5, each received a mask chain from a friend to hold their newest wardrobe accessories – masks. The girls’ younger brother, Zander, age 3, wanted one too, so the girls and their mom, Lauren […]

Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz just announced the creation of his new entrepreneurial funding project, the Money Maker Fund. The goal of the fund is to provide students of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) funding for their businesses. 2 Chainz explained in an Instagram video that he wanted to give […]

“I think I can. I think I can.” This is the mantra of the Little Blue Engine in the children’s classic, The Little Engine That Could.  She comes across a broken down engine who was carrying a load of “very good things” to the boys and girls in the village […]

When: Thursday, September 24 Time: 4-5 PM EST Where: Via Zoom (you will receive a link and calendar invite after you sign up) Who: All K-12 educators welcome! Why: Learn more about developing leadership and 21st century skills in your students! Hear from organizations that focus on building leadership skills through practice […]

Growth mindset is a way of recognizing your potential to learn and accomplish anything you work hard to achieve. Entrepreneurs know they can do anything and improve at anything because their brains grow as they learn new things and practice new skills. Click here to learn more about growth mindset […]