Supporting Young People
to Build Entrepreneurship Skills

HELPING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS ESTABLISH A FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE

Together HP and Junior Achievement Worldwide are nurturing the problem solvers and business leaders of tomorrow.

Getting young people excited about entrepreneurship is key to building the businesses of the future and increasing economic growth in any society. Skilled young entrepreneurs will be the solution-providers and job creators of the future. Expanding the number of young people reached through technology is vital to this effort.

HP is a longtime partner of JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) and works closely with them to help build entrepreneurship and business skills among young people in new ways. Junior Achievement's traditional efforts involve pairing businesspeople with students in public schools to enhance student interest in business and entrepreneurship, along with competitive business plan competitions. HP supports Junior Achievement to develop these programs online and thus expand the number of student participants worldwide.

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HP is directly supporting innovative activities at the country level that enhance Junior Achievement's effort to reach students online and enhance their learning.

HP is also supporting a new Social Innovation Relay across six continents, which encourages students to come up with business solutions to social challenges and to which HP will donate product giveaways.

We're also expanding opportunities for students who participate in JA by establishing ties between the organization and other programs. As well, HP is linking its influential business training program, HP LIFE, to Junior Achievement learners. And we'll continue connecting our employees with online mentoring and volunteer programs to support student participants in Junior Achievement programs. Finally, we're linking JA to the U.S.-based National Lab Network to support student participants in Junior Achievement programs.

In the future, we expect these online links and activities will enable Junior Achievement to reach more students.

Eligibility

Student eligibility for Junior Achievement programs is subject to program availability at the local school level. To learn more, contact www.ja.org.

PROGRAMS IN ACTION

2012 Social Innovation Relay Winner

Emulsified Environmentalists, a team of students from South Africa, won the 2012 Social Innovation Relay, a worldwide competition that encourages young students to develop ideas to help solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

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2011 Social Innovation Relay

A team of high school students from Nizhnekamsk, Russia, won the first Social Innovation Relay, a global competition where teams of students from 13 participating countries designed projects that could have a significant positive social impact.

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