NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Founded in New York City in 1987 by Steve Mariotti, a former entrepreneur turned high school math teacher in the South Bronx, NFTE began as a program to prevent dropouts and improve academic performance among students who were at risk of failing or quitting school.

Combining his business background with his desire to teach at-risk students, Steve discovered that when young people from low-income communities are given the opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship, their innate "street smarts" can easily develop into "academic smarts" and "business smarts." Through entrepreneurship, young people discover that what they are learning in the classroom is relevant to the real world. NFTE has since reached 350,000 young people and trained more than 5,000 teachers around the world. NFTE has active programs in 18 states and 9 countries outside the U.S. Entrepreneurs will be the backbone of our economic recovery and NFTE sows the seeds of the entrepreneurial spirit in young people every day.

NFTE DC Region has trained over 23,600 local youth and will serve over 1,000 in the 2011-2012 school year in 25 schools and over 50 classrooms.

Julie Silard Kantor, Executive Director, DC Region juliek@nfte.com

Kate Palmer, Director of Business Development DC Region katep@nfte.com

Dan Delany, Chief Development Officer (NY based) dan.delany@nfte.com

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