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LiveOps Foundation Announces BizWorld Is a 2009 Corporate Grant Recipient
Apr 9, 2009
LiveOps presented its first Foundation grant for 2009 to The BizWorld Foundation. "We are extremely impressed by the work BizWorld is doing to provide real-world context to classroom education for children worldwide," said Maynard Webb, chairman and CEO, LiveOps. "BizWorld provides fundamental life and work skills at a critical age in a child's development; consequently, they are developing and shaping the workforce of the future."

The Bizworld Foundation Announces 200,000 Children Reached
Jun 30, 2008
BizWorld brings business and entrepreneurship education to 200,000 children around the world.

Michela Alioto-Pier Joins The Bizworld Foundation’s Board Of Directors
Jun 25, 2008

The BizWorld Foundation Receives $25,000 Grant from American Express
Mar 5, 2007

Teaching Entrepreneurship: The Trailblazers
Feb, 2007

BizWorld Foundation Joins Entrepreneurship Week USA
Oct 4, 2006

BizWorld Foundation Donates BizWorld Kits to Hurricane Katrina Victims
Jan 11, 2006

The BizWorld Foundation donated 100 BizWorld kits to Louisiana teachers in need. The donation will support the many educators who have been struggling to find resources after loosing years of teaching material in the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.


BizWorld Benefit Luncheon Features Marc Benioff and Tim Draper
Dec 14, 2005
BizWorld Press Release

The BizWorld Foundation, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to teaching entrepreneurship and business skills to children, will host a luncheon on December 14th at the new St Regis Hotel. The event will feature Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com, Tim Draper, Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson; and BizWorld students.

BizWorld Foundation “BizKid” to Ring the Closing Bell of the NYSE
Dec 1, 2005
BizWorld Press Release

In celebration of the BizWorld Foundation's expansion to New York City elementary schools, fourth-grader DaShae Whitney will ring the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange on December 1, 2005.

Gavin Newsom and Tim Draper Teach Hunter's Point Youth ABout the Real BizWorld
Sep 8, 2005
BizWorld Press Release

San Francisco Mayor, Gavin Newsom, and leading Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist, Tim Draper, will team up to teach students at the Gloria R. Davis Middle School in Hunter’s Point the importance of business and smart money management. The event, which will begin at 10:30 am, will showcase the BizWorld program, the namesake program of the San Francisco based BizWorld Foundation, which teaches entrepreneurship and business skills to students in third through eighth grades.

You're Hired! BizWorld Launches BizAcademy to Support Teen Entrepreneurship
Jun 20, 2005
BizWorld Press Release

Salesforce.com/foundation provided a $25,000 grant to the BizWorld Foundation, which provides schools with learning programs that teach students the basics of business, entrepreneurship and money management, to develop the initial curriculum and pilot the program for BizAcademy.

 

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