NFTE National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship

NFTE, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, teaches entrepreneurship to young people from low-income communities to enhance their economic productivity by improving their business, academic and life skills.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW
NFTE’s programs teach entrepreneurship using experiential curriculum that corresponds to High School reading levels and complexity. The curriculum may be used in a semester-long or year-long stand alone entrepreneurship elective course, in an after school setting, or integrated with economics, marketing, or other business courses.

In a NFTE program students learn business concepts, practice skills including negotiation and pricing, and work on completion of business plans for their own individual businesses.

Through NFTE, students participate in a classroom Business Plan Competition in hopes of making it to the regional finals.  The grand prize winner will be eligible to apply for participation in national NFTE programs, in addition to walking away with prize money and an internship in his/her field.

BACKGROUND
Since 1987, NFTE has reached over 120,000 young people, trained more than 3,700 Certified Entrepreneurship Teachers, and continually improved its innovative entrepreneurship curriculum.

The Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will coordinate all logistics of the program including teacher training, relevant site field trips, guest speaker appearances and networking events.