Blog
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- 10
- Sep
Teaching Entrepreneurship, Changing Lives
April Hawkins, Assistant Vice President, MetLife Foundation
At the most basic level, the JA Company Programme aims to teach young people how to start and operate a real business. Anyone who has had the privilege of volunteering with the programme or speaking with participants knows that it accomplishes so much more. It changes students’ lives.
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- 27
- Jul
Building an entrepreneurial future for Europe
Amadeo Petitbò Juan, Board Member, Fundación Rafael del Pino, Spain
The economic crisis and the new challenges faced by European societies have led to the emergence of a new group of young students who are characterized by their passion to become an entrepreneur and their ability to face the risks attached to join a business activity.
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- 24
- Jul
Driving entrepreneurship through the JA Company Programme
Swati Patel, Senior Vice President Community Development EMEA, Citi
I was first introduced to Junior Achievement and Young Enterprise 10 years ago when my then 15 year old son was taking part in JA’s Company Programme. I can remember as a proud parent attending the finals and eagerly looking for a front row seat in the host company’s auditorium and loudly cheering for my son’s team - they were runners up and we still have a few of the coat hangers they made at home.
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- 10
- May
My two loves: Corporate & Entrepreneurship
Louise Vang Edwards, JA Denmark Alumna
My name is Louise and I love corporate. Phew I said it.
On the surface there’s obviously nothing wrong with this statement, but seeing as I credit most of my professional successes to an entrepreneurship program and an amazing entrepreneurship network it took me a while to be comfortable with the fact that starting my own company is not my ultimate dream.
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- 07
- May
Engineering ideas for a digital future
Trudy Norris-Grey, Managing Director Central & Eastern Europe, Public Sector Microsoft (JA Board Member)
The digital economy is growing at seven times the rate of the rest of the economy. In order to increase growth and create employment, Europe needs to accelerate the transformation of its business landscape through advanced digital technologies.