Youth Entrepreneurship Summit 2011: 
Jump Start America November 13 - 15
Meet our Chairmen:

 

 

 

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Gururaj Deshpande is an influential technology entrepreneur and visionary whose companies and ideas often reshape entire industries. He is the Co-Chair of The National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Founder and Chairman of Sycamore Networks, Inc. and the chairman of the Sparta Foundation.
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Roy Spence

 is Co-Founder and Chairman of GSD&M Idea City, a leading marketing communications and advertising company. He is also Co-founder and CEO of The Purpose Institute, a consulting firm whose purpose is to help people and organizations discover and live their purpose

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Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (YES) and the Conscious Capitalism Institute 

present:

 

 November 13 - 15

 

Chaired by Desh Deshpande, Co-Chair of Obama's National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Roy Spence, Co-Founder and Chairman of GSD&M Idea City.

 

Become part of history and join us for the Youth Entrepreneurship Summit 2011: Jump Start America, November 13 - 15 at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

  

This Summit is gathering leading CEOs from the Conscious Capitalism Institute (CCI), foundations, young entrepreneurs, investors and community organizers who will take bold new innovative action to power a new generation of young entrepreneurs. 

 

The Summit we will launch a Do-Tank for Youth Entrepreneurship to take joint actions for creating access to markets for youth products and services. This Do-Tank will also focus on innovative new initiatives grounded in the principles and practices of Conscious Capitalism. Since 1998 YES has learned about fostering entrepreneurship through youth empowerment grounded in inspiration, dreaming the big idea, being unstoppable and learning by doing. CCI in turn, is developing leading edge curriculum and programs for transformational entrepreneurship education and business formation. Together, our focus is on youth enterprise generation. This effort builds on YES's five global summits; 55 youth-led country networks; over 400 employment initiatives; the research and initiatives of CCI; and the commitment and experience of the Kauffman Foundation, whose goal it is to prepare the next generation of skilled workers and entrepreneurs.  

 

Millions of young Americans are looking for an opportunity to be entrepreneurial - to be their own boss - live life the American way. But for many this is just an impossible dream. Youth are hurt by studies that show that they may not be able to do as well as their parent's generation. Do we need to believe that? We live in a world that we create - so why can we not generate a world where the American 'can do' is embedded in American 'do how' and at the nexus of this, we generate youth entrepreneurs. We need to create access to markets for goods and services of our young entrepreneurs.

 

Where and When: Sunday, November 13 through Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Conference Center in Kansas City, MO.    

 

Registration: Introductory price of $450 per person ending November 10th. To register for the event click here. There are registration scholarships available for eligible young entrepreneurs. Please contact: Heatherjean@yesweb.org

  

Adopt an Entrepreneur: Make it possible for a young entrepreneur to attend the Summit and turn their venture into a sustainable future. To learn more about this program click here.

  

Hotel Information: We recommend the Sheraton Suites on Country Club Plaza. For general hotel information, and to make your hotel reservation click here.      

  

More Information: For more information about the program visit the event website or contact Summit Manager Heatherjean MacNeil at heatherjean@yesweb.org

 

Youth Entrepreneurship Summit 2011 is a collaboration of: Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (YES), The Conscious Capitalism Institute,The Kauffman Foundation and The Global Entrepreneurship Week.