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NFTE Founders Forum Pitch Competition Announces Student Winners

American Entrepreneurship

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, a global education non-profit, does just that—exposing middle school, high school, and postsecondary students to entrepreneurship via its nationally run education program. In addition to its classroom curriculum, NFTE hosts the Founders Forum Pitch Competition.

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Masterschool raises $100M seed round for its network of coding schools

TechCrunch

Masterschool , which describes itself as a “network of tech career-training schools,” today announced that it has raised a $100 million seed funding round (yes, that’s correct — a $100 million seed round). It has since became a profitable business, but the team decided to go out and raise funding now.

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How EO has impacted my life and grown my business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Education, powerful connections, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences are all keys to entrepreneurial success. Throughout my years as a member, I have exponentially grown my business, achieved authority status through educational programs, and made lasting friendships with people all over the world.

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Meet 5 YLAI Fellows Traveling as Youth Delegates to the Summit of the Americas

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Facundo’s online platform connects the users and enables a diverse collection of voices to be shared and heard. Georgia is the strategic leader of an educational enterprise that stands for the social mobility of Afro-descendant women. Georgia Barbosa , Brazil, cofounder of Afroricas. The YLAI Fellowship Program is funded by the U.S.

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SG edtech startup Explico to expand in SE Asia, Africa with $1.4m funding

AsiaTechDaily

The edutech firm has an academic faculty of experienced educators and mentors in English, Science, and Mathematics. It collaborates with various institutions in Singapore and internationally to allow students to access worldwide education from a young age. The value of the global edtech market was $106.46

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Proudly Investing in Businesses that *Get Better* as People Use Actually Them, Not Worse

This is going to be BIG.

Here are a bunch of examples of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures companies getting better at scale: Canary 's explosive growth has enabled it to process more video every second than Youtube, learning patterns in order to make its alert algorithms better. The more people who buy and use it, the smarter it gets.

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GEN New Zealand releases manifesto to encourage greater entrepreneurship

NZ Entrepreneur

Watch the video interview now A network of more than 140 entrepreneurial businesses and organisations warns New Zealand is in danger of being left behind due to a lack of resources and insufficient policies to progress entrepreneurship. They collaborated to produce the manifesto, reflecting the views of network members.