Organizations
Future Business Leaders of America – Largest association of business-minded students from middle school through college.
Youth About Business – Offer programs in various US states for youth development in leadership and business skills.
Youth Business International – Offer entrepreneurship programs and start-up funds in countries around the world.
Canadian Youth Business Foundation – Provide 3-5 year loans up to 15,000 for eligible entrepreneurs
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship – Teaching students from low-income backgrounds how to successfully launch and manage their own businesses.
Message Boards
YoungEntrepreneur.com – Homepage is active forum of young entrepreneurs.
Small Business Forum – Talk with other small business owners.
Games
Hot Shot Business Game – Disney and the Kauffman foundation created this wildly popular internet simulation game, soon to be opening an interactive version at the Epcot center.
JA Titan – Junior Achievement’s business simulation game
Bizworld Card Game – Create your own card business and start raking in the cash.
Budget Calculators
Interactive Calculators – Calculate your starting costs, cash flow, break even, etc. on your computer using these.
Mentors
Score.org – Service Core of Retired Executives, hosts over 11,500 volunteers willing to give you advice on almost any aspect of business.
Business Mentors Can Change Young Lives – Pacific Business News article on the usefulness of mentors for emerging businesspeople.
Retire@21 Mentors – Small but personal database of volunteer mentors.
