Tips to Help the Next Generation of EntrepreneursThe innovators of the future are roaming the halls of your local schools. But are they getting enough encouragement? Here's how you can help.
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U.S. public schools may serve up a lot of lessons to the 49 million students who roam their halls, but most don't offer entrepreneurially minded kids much help in pursuing their passions.
On a recent trip to Atlanta, I met Matt Smith, a freshman at Georgia Tech who already has two startups to his credit,GoRankem.comand, now in beta,Insightpool.com. Smith was 13 when he realized he wanted to learn something different from what was being fed to him as "important" at school. He knew that if he ever stood a chance of learning about entrepreneurship, he was going to have to cook up an extracurricular program for himself.
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