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| BizWorld helps students think BIG during Entrepreneurship Week |
BizWorld Kids during entrepreneur week
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This spring the BizWorld Foundation celebrated the First Annual Entrepreneurship Week helping to raise awareness nationwide. In addition to performing classroom trainings around the country, the Foundation teamed up with like-minded organizations to produce Teaching Entrepreneurship: The Trailblazers, an event to bring together members of the San Francisco Bay Area and showcase the importance of teaching business to youth. Featured panelists Tom Krimmel, Chief Development Officer, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship; Richard Caruso, Founder, Uncommon Individual and current E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year; and Tim Draper, BizWorld Founder and Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and a team of BizKids shared their thoughts fostering the entrepreneur in all of us.
“This microphone, this table, this water bottle; it’s all business. By providing students with basic business knowledge and a platform to take a leap, society inevitably benefits. You can all make an impact and make big things happen,” said Tim Draper.
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Tom Krimmel, Richard Caruso, and Tim Draper discuss the importance
of teaching kids to think BIG.
BizWorld Founder Tim Draper with BizWorld kids. |
BizWorld Foundation’s 3rd Annual California Education Luncheon |
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| Richard Rosenblatt and Tim Draper with students from North Star Academy |
Bringing together students and businesspeople alike, the BizWorld Foundation held its 3rd Annual BizWorld Foundation Luncheon this December. Honoring the value of entrepreneurship education, the event was a chance for the students to highlight their achievements, as they performed their BizWorld commercials before the crowd. Featured entrepreneur Richard Rosenblatt, Co-Founder Chairman and CEO of Demand Media, and self-proclaimed “serial entrepreneur”, spoke before a packed room reminding listeners of the value of learning to think big.
Proceeds from the event will support increased outreach to schools nationwide.
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Making strides in Utah: The BizWorld Foundation receives American Express Grant |
 The BizWorld Foundation is thrilled to announce a $25,000 grant awarded by the American Express Foundation. The grant will be used to expose Utah students living in low socio-economic environments, specifically those who live on Native American reservations, to entrepreneurship and business concepts. American Express is delighted that the funds will reach thousands of students in at least 150 classrooms and provide them with the necessary tools to uncover their individual potential, while enabling them to connect their classroom learning with the real world. The BizWorld program fosters teamwork, leadership, and critical thinking skills through a hands-on interdisciplinary curriculum in a stimulating environment, allowing students to realize their full capabilities and pursue their dreams.
Suzanne Hatch, American Express; Trisha Wrigley, BizWorld Foundation; Jane Shock and Dorothy Anderson, American Express; Forrest Cuch, Director Indian Affairs, State of Utah; Laurie Steed, Magna Elementary School ; Catherine Hutton, BizWorld Foundation; and Preston Cochrane, AAA Fair Credit Foiundation
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Get in on the BizBuzz! |
Join the conversation about BizWorld
Due to popular demand, the BizWorld Foundation has entered the 21st century and created BizBuzz, a blog where educators and non-educators alike can post questions and comments on topics pertaining to the BizWorld Foundation’s programs. BizBuzz will showcase current pictures of students using the BizWorld programs in their classrooms, and tell about the most recent BizWorld Foundation events. The blog provides a way for teachers across the country to share ideas and suggestions with each other about when and how to implement the BizWorld programs in their classroom, as well as a place to recall BizWorld success stories and favorite student quotes. Visit http://www.bizbuzz.typepad.com/ or www.bizworld.org and click on BLOG to join the conversation today! |
| BizWorld Featured Partnership |
 Need funding for a student project? The BizWorld Foundation has partnered with DonorsChoose.org to help make school programming more affordable. Visit www.donorschoose.org to propose ideas for materials or experiences that your students need to help them learn. After registering, teachers write a brief project description describing the proposed student project and how students will benefit, submit a list of the specific resources requested and their prices, and answer some simple questions. By donating funds for these resources, civic-minded individuals from across the nation will make these ideas a classroom reality.
Does it work? Yes! It is a very simple, straight- forward process and YOUR idea could be next! |
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Ronnie Lott, Former San Francisco 49er and Founder, All Stars Helping Kids |
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“I liked that you got mixed up with different classmates that you don’t necessarily hang out with. I learned how to do harder math problems by working with my group and how to work together.” 7th grade – Birchwood School, WI |
June 28-July 1, 2007
Chicago, IL
Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics
July 14-15, 2007
Salt Lake City, UT
National Conference on Differentiated Instruction
July 15-18, 2007
Las Vegas, NV
National Assoc. for Gifted Children
November 7-11, 2007
Minnesota, MN
National Middle School Association
November 8-10, 2007
Houston, TX
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional
November 29-30, 2007
Houston, TX
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