Amy RosenPresident & CEO

GCF 2012“The Anatomy of anEntrepreneur”

21-24 January 2012

NFTE120 Wall Street, 18th FloorNew York, NY 10005 USAamy.rosen@nfte.com

The world does not create any more ‘entrepreneurs.’

We need to create….

Entrepreneurial Citizens• Opportunity focused• Holistic in approach• Leadership balanced

Where to start creating entrepreneurial citizens?

Young People• MENA youth unemployment – 30%• UK youth unemployment – 21.9%• 15% of Chinese university graduates unemployed• 18.6 million US youth unemployed• 27% of Arab youth not yet in business for themselves want to be• 77% of US youth want to be their own boss and 42% believe the will invent something that changes the world.

How do we create entrepreneurial citizens?

Entrepreneurship Education• Engaging, problem-based learning, relevant to real-life• Critical thinking, communication skills, collaborative work• Innovators prepared to find opportunity and address the big challenges across sectors

• Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship• 25 years of history and success • 400,000 low-income young people worldwide• 5000 teachers trained in 50 countries

Two of NFTE’s Entrepreneurial Citizens

Ariell Buckingham, Chicago, IL

• CEO, Smile Entertainment• 3rd year at University of Illinois-Chicago• Future Business Innovators scholarship recipient• Plans to franchise her concept

Kyle Wong, Palo Alto, CA // Brooklyn, NY

• Launched 3 businesses before age 18• 3rd year at Stanford University• Interned with the Skoll Foundation• Stanford University Philanthropy Fellow• Published in Stanford Journal of Public Health• Current start-up, Apollo Docs (www.apollodocs.com)