Planting Seeds of Entrepreneurship

Integrating entrepreneurial thinking into education is vitally important to creating a culture of entrepreneurship. Creating student entrepreneurs is possible and in this discussion you will hear from the organizations that are developing the next generation of entrepreneurs.

PANELISTS

Michael Simmons (Moderator) - Michael Simmons is Co-founder & CEO at Extreme Entrepreneurship Education, LLC. [[ Ссылка ]]. Extreme Entrepreneurship brings the country's top young entrepreneurs together to help spread the entrepreneurial mindset on hundreds of college campuses through half day conferences, virtual broadcasts, and a virtual business incubator.

Ed Davis - Ed David is Executive Director at DECA Inc. [[ Ссылка ]]. DECA Inc. prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.

John M. Box, Ph.D. - John M. Box, Ph. D. is Senior Vice President and Educator at Junior Achievement Worldwide [[ Ссылка ]]. Junior Achievement Worldwide is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating students about work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, handson programs.

Morgan Clevenger - Morgan Clevenger is Regional Vice President at SIFE USA [[ Ссылка ]]. SIFE is an international non-profit organization that works with leaders in business and higher education to mobilize university students to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders.

Michael Holthouse - Michael Holthouse is Serial Entrepreneur and Founder at Lemonade Day [[ Ссылка ]]. Lemonade Day, held each year in cities across America, is a fun, entrepreneurial and experiential learning program that teaches youth not only how to start their own business by operating a lemonade stand, but fundamental lessons about life, success and themselves

Fiona Macaulay - Fiona Macaulay is President at Making Cents International [[ Ссылка ]]. Making Cents International is a social enterprise that provides specialized technical services and curriculum to individuals and organizations working in enterprise development, workforce development, and asset building.

Gerry Hills - Gerry Hills is the Founder at Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization [[ Ссылка ]]. Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) is a premier entrepreneurship network with over 180 chapters on university campuses across North America. Our mission is to inform, support and inspire college students to be entrepreneurial and seek opportunity through enterprise creation.

[ Ссылка ] - The Future of Entrepreneurship Education Summit features short presentations on the future of entrepreneurship education from many of the world's top entrepreneurship leaders (foundations, government, corporations, education, non-profits, and media). The purpose of the presentations is to showcase the most innovative initiatives and lessons learned.

The Summit was organized by Extreme Entrepreneurship [[ Ссылка ]], sponsored by the Campaign for Free Enterprise [[ Ссылка ]], and hosted at the University of Central Florida [[ Ссылка ]].

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