#Fix Young America: How to Rebuild Our Economy and Put Young Americans Back To Work (for Good)

by Young Entreprenuer Council

Overview

Our government is being strangled by partisan politics, youth employment is at a 60-year low, and student loan debt has surpassed $1 trillion—and yet young Americans are starting businesses in record numbers, all over the United States. If we want Millennials (and future generations) to survive and thrive in the new economy, then we need to funnel this entrepreneurial energy into something positive, or risk turning the Millennial generation into a lost generation. The solutions in this book represent the beginning of an important conversation about how to support and foster the real leaders of tomorrow.

From policy ideas and educational programs, to private sector solutions and philanthropic activities, #FixYoungAmerica provides best practices and tangible solutions for solving the epidemic of youth unemployment—straight from the individuals and organizations that are already in the trenches, working to rebuild an entrepreneurial America right now.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599323251
Publisher:	Advantage Media Group, Inc.
Publication date:	05/06/2012
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Includes solutions by:

Junior Achievement
Babson College
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
College Hunks Hauling Junk
Venture for America
Codecademy
Indiegogo
Congressman Patrick McHenry

… and dozens of other organizations and leaders.

Table of Contents

Introduction –Scott Gerber
Part One: Rethinking Education and Work
K-12 Education
What I Learned from Richard Branson’s Mother about Parenting –Mary C. Mazzio
Closing the Gap: How to Infuse Entrepreneurial Thinking throughout K-12 Education –
Jack E. Kosakowski
Education at Works: ree Essential Factors to Build Bridges for Tomorrow’s Young Entrepreneurs –Jean M. Buckley
Teachers Do Make a Diff erence: Overcoming Barriers to Teaching Entrepreneurship –Dr. Cathy Ashmore

Higher Education
How Our Community Colleges Are Creating
New Jobs Nationwide – Heather Van Sickle
Learning Entrepreneurship Means Living Entrepreneurially: An Action-Based Approach to Teaching Entrepreneurship at Colleges and Universities –Leonard A. Schlesinger
How to Graduate More High-Growth Entrepreneurs –Doug Mellinger
Reinventing Career Exploration and Counseling –Jennifer Kushell
The Glorious End of Higher Education’s Monopoly on Credibility –Michael Ellsberg

Nonprofit Programs & Networks
Owner-Entrepreneurship Education Can Close the Wealth Gap and Revitalize America –Steve Mariotti
Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture on Campus: Collaboration of Private Enterprise and Collegiate Institutions –Katie Sowa and Dr. Gerald Hills

Private Enterprise
Franchising the Future: How We Can Help Young People Own a Small Business Instead of a Piece of Paper – Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman
Providing a Path to Entrepreneurship for Our College Graduates –Andrew Yang
The Power of Intrapreneurship and the Opportunities It Creates for Youth and Women –Ingrid Vanderveldt
New Bootstraps: Creating Twenty-First-Century Tools for a New Generation of Veterans –Jacob Wood and William McNulty

Part Two: Supporting Young Americans’ Entrepreneurial Spirit
Government Policy
Extending Self-Employment Assistance Programs to Entrepreneurs in All States –Senator Ron Wyden
A Loan Forgiveness Program at Gives Broke College Graduates a Chance to Start New Businesses (and Create New Jobs) –Aaron Smith
How Legalizing Crowdfunding Will Jump-Start American Entrepreneurship–Congressman Patrick McHenry

Media Coverage
Warts and All: A Plea for Better Media Coverage of Startup Culture –Donna Fenn

Access to Capital
Ten Ways the Private Sector Can Increase Small Business Owners’ Access to Capital –Ami Kassar
How to Create More Profi table, Sustainable Businesses in America –Carissa Reiniger
Microlending in the United States –Jessica Jackley

Leveraging Technology | 215
Teaching Our Kids to Write Software –Scott Schwaitzberg
Success Starts in Seventh Grade: Empowering Student Entrepreneurs through Experiential Learning, Crowdfunding and Technology –Slava Rubin
Programming Our Future –Zach Sims

Community-Based Ecosystems
Three Steps for Fostering Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in B and C Cities –Jeff Slobotski
Replicating New York City’s Growing Technology Startup Sector –Brad Hargreaves
How Building an Entrepreneurial Movement Can Revive a City in Decline –Tim Williamson
A Three-Part Strategy to Catalyze a Startup Renaissance –John Harthorne

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