April 2018
Beginner
304 pages
7h 46m
English
book
The Entrepreneurial Attitude: Lessons From Junior Achievement's 100 Years Of Developing Young Entrepreneurs
by Larry Farrell
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Foreword
When Junior Achievement launched a century ago, we were among the first organizations to recognize that entrepreneurship and other employability skills were missing from the educational system. Back then, a small group of students met after school to learn how to run a business. Today, JA Worldwide is a global NGO powered by over 470,000 volunteers and mentors who serve more than 10 million young people, in more than 100 countries, every year.
Whether in a small village in Peru or a high-rise in Hong Kong, today’s JA activates young people for the jobs and the economies of the future. JA students participate in programs designed to teach financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship. While in school, one of our flagship ...