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Young Entrepreneurs

SCORE knows that your chances of successfully starting or growing your business will increase if you have a mentor to help guide you.

Insights for Young Entrepreneurs
Resources for Young Entrepreneurs
SCORE has compiled this list of useful resources for young people interested in starting their own businesses.
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Competitions for Young Entrepreneur
A listing of competitions where high school students to young adults can hone their entrepreneurial skills, develop their businesses and win great prizes.
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Stats on Young Entrepreneurs

Gallup studies show that high school students:

  • Take entrepreneurial business courses (27 percent)

  • Take economics courses (35 percent)

  • Think it's very important to teach entrepreneurship in schools (44 percent)

  • Want to start their own business (7 in 10 overall, 6 in 10 female, 7 in 10 Hispanics, 8 in 10 African-American)

Source: Seeds of Success, Entrepreneurship and Youth, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

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How SCORE Can Help You
  • Free Online Business Counseling
    Ask SCORE for business advice 24/7.

  • Free Face-to-Face Business Counseling
    Find SCORE to locate a chapter office near you.

  • Low-Cost Seminars & Workshops at Chapter Offices
    Contact SCORE via your local chapter to get started.

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SCORE Helps Young Entrepreneurs Succeed
Adorn Success Story
SCORE helped Tawnia King's creative business, Adorn, get off the ground.
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The Student Success Manifesto is a book that helps students develop an entrepreneurial mindset.
Help for Entrepreneurs
  • Minority-Owned Businesses (in Spanish)

  • Veterans, National Guard and Reservists

  • 50-Plus Entrepreneurs

  • Women Entrepreneurs

  • Rural Entrepreneurs

  • Manufacturers