Youth Entrepreneurs
A Cookie CEO in the Making
Written by Sue Wasserman Tuesday, December 18 2012
The season is almost upon us – no, not the holidays – but Girl Scout cookie season. Here’s a look at the ingenuity, the tenacity and the planning it takes for girls to sell 214 million boxes of cookies annually and the important entrepreneurial lessons learned over each box of Thin Mints and Samoas sold. Former cookie sellers? Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO of Kraft Foods, and First Lady Michelle Obama.
20-Year-Old Eden Full takes the Solar World By Storm
Written by Olivia Putnal Tuesday, April 10 2012
Twenty year-old Eden Full wants to change the world and she has the chance thanks to a $100,000 fellowship to support the development of her product, The SunSaluter - an energy-conserving tracking product that creates energy by using no electricity itself.
Graduation Gift Inspires a Business
Written by Shala Hainer Wednesday, December 21 2011
The night of her college graduation, Alex Suarez-Mondshein's received as a gift a binder full of words of wisdom from friends and family. She was so moved that she decided to find a way to share with others the precious gift written words can provide.
Girl Scouts' National Young Woman of Distinction
Written by Patty Rasmussen Tuesday, November 22 2011
Morgan Coffey took up the cause of domestic violence for a Girl Scouts' project when she was 17. Today, at 19, the college student has expanded that project into a nonprofit organization.
Fampus Organizes Campus
Written by Katrina Daniel Friday, November 18 2011
The Fampus.com tagline says it best: “It’s like your favorite social network and your campus calendar had a ‘love child.’”
