NFTE Greater Los Angeles

On Monday our CEO Dr. J.D. LaRock led an extraordinarily open, honest conversation with staff about events now unfolding on our streets and what this exposes. His message to the broader NFTE community afterward (see www.nfte.com/june) has prompted some equally thoughtful discussions with students, educators & volunteers.

Big news from Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)! Today, we’re launching a free online program to help the 26 million+ Americans who’ve become unemployed in the last five weeks. Introducing NFTE Career Relaunch: www.nfte.com/relaunch. This self-paced course will help people turn that business idea they’ve always had into a reality. It will empower those who have been dis-empowered by this crisis by enabling them to take control of their economic futures. Please share this incredible free resource with your networks. We want to do all we can to help all Americans own their futures!

Earlier today NFTE launched a new initiative to help the 26M who are already #unemployed because of the #covid19 crisis or facing financial insecurity. #NFTECareerRelaunch is a free online program designed to teach adults the essentials of entrepreneurship and help them think creatively about the skills and talents they could leverage to build a new career. Visit nfte.com/relaunch to learn more. And please share with friends, neighbors and colleagues! This free resource may help someone you know navigate a tough job market or help your community recover more quickly by inspiring the kind of entrepreneurship that jumpstarts job creation.

Though #COVID19 forced us to cancel our annual fundraiser, the #EntrepreneurialSpirit Gala, we'd still love to share the video we'd planned to release last night. In it, three NFTE alums demonstrate why NFTE's mission to activate #entrepreneurialmindset in youth is so essential. Now more than ever. https://vimeo.com/400021366

Taking it back to pre-global pandemic, when NFTE CEO J.D. LaRock and the Los Angeles team received the biggest welcome from Hawthorne Middle School and Hawthorne School District! We loved meeting the students in NFTE a teacher Reuben Gaxiola’s class and were so impressed by their fantastic questions about work life balance, being a CEO, professional challenges and more. Thank you HUSD and HMS for your longtime partnership and support! #hawthornemiddleschool #hawthorneunifiedschooldistrict #entrepreneurship #nftegreaterla

#professionalheadshots for our Alumni!! We are excited to announce our event coming up this March 14th! We will be having COFFEE & HEADSHOTS. We will have a photographer available to take our professional headshots and enjoy coffee as well! Please register for a time slot LINK in our bio. For details on the event and parking swipe left ... @ USC Village

Who’s the boss? I’m the boss! Lessons from NFTE teacher Jessica Tereth and @phs_entrepreneurship on how you can be the boss of yourself, your business and your life. CEO J.D. LaRock and NFTE team enjoyed hearing the students’ passions and business ideas. NFTE LA is grateful for our incredible partnership with Paramount Unified School District and @phs_entrepreneurship! #entrepreneurship #cte #wearepusd #nftegreaterla

The NFTE LA Team is up early educating CA Educators on the benefits of the Entrepreneurial Mindset @Educating For Careers Conference

Entrepreneurship inspiration this morning at our Transform LA conference with Foshay Learning Center students! Special thank you to our incredible speakers, Remy Meraz of @metymenetwork, Jibril Jackson of HYVE @lord_breezus, Edward Lee of @firstfoundationinc, Jennie Tucker of @getonpointer and Jeremy Wall of @lumenuslife! From talking about leadership to learning how to break through your entrepreneurial fear and more, these speakers shared their experiences and insight. #nftegreaterla #youthentrepreneurship @ USC Marshall School of Business

NFTE President J.D. LaRock offered perspective on teaching #21stcenturyskills in an interesting Education Week piece last week. You can read it here in case you missed it: https://bit.ly/2HlO8Va

Learning about entrepreneurship today at NFTE Los Angeles’ Transform LA: Youth Entrepreneurship Conference, hosted by @uscmarshall @uscgreif. Special thanks to our Professor Patrick Henry for your partnership and kicking off our welcome remarks, to @uscgreif for the beautiful conference space and to #uscgoodneighbors #uscgoodneighborscampaign for their support! #youthentrepreneurship #nftegreaterla @ USC Marshall School of Business

Did you know airports have a lot of different businesses? Learning about the wide variety of careers from aviation to flight attendants, construction management to customer care and more. Thank you to Los Angeles World Airport for hosting a career day for our NFTE students! @ Los Angeles International Airport

As entrepreneurs and educators, we continuously seek to improve our methods and practice everyday. Today, we come together as a community to learn together. #nfte #teacherpd #nfteplccommunity

Thanks again to EY for inviting NFTE leadership to #SGFUS last week! We were so excited to see NFTE alum and Kinky Kaps founder Kelsey Johnson, our 2018 National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge winner, on stage to share the story behind her startup.

Let’s innovate! @nightingalemiddle.school students had an amazing day creating solutions for #UN #SDG7 #cleanenergy with @bankofthewest volunteers today! #nfteinnovation #globalgoal #sustainabledevelopment