Here are some resources that will be especially helpful for young entrepreneurs.
For help thinking about ideas:
For help writing your business plan:
For help along the way:
JA Titan – test your skills in running a business in this ultimate business simulation – http://titan.ja.org
* National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance – http://www.innovationtools.com
Resources for training, education, and mentoring/guidance:
* Mentoring - http://www.mentoring.org
* Future Business Leaders of America – http://www.fbla-pbl.org
* Entrepreneur Magazine - http://www.teenstartups.com
* Distributive Education Clubs of America – http://www.deca.org
* Young America’s Business Trust – www.ybiz.net
* Students in Free Enterprise – http://www.sife.org
* Boy Scouts of America – http://www.scouting.org
* Boys and Girls Clubs of America – http://www.bgca.org
* Girl Scouts of America – http://www.girlscouts.org
* Association of Young Latino Entrepreneurs – http://www.ayle.org
* 4-H - http://www.4husa.org
* Entrepreneur U – http://www.entrepreneuru.org
* National Academy Foundation - http://www.naf.org
* The W.E.B. Dubois Scholars Institute – http://www.webduboisscholars.org