Check with your local Cooperative Extension office in your state at the Extension Partners Map to see if a local 4-H club might have anything related to business development. Other resources include your local Economic Development Office, Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Development Center, Enterprise Center, or the School of Business/Management at your local community college or university. Often, these agencies offer entrepreneurship programs in conjunction with high schools, middle schools, after-school programs, boys' and girls' clubs, etc. To see the National 4-H Cooperative Curriculum on entrepreneurship, visit the Web site at Be the E.
Another very successful program is Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning (REAL) which offers proven curriculum and methods to get youth involved in and excited about entrepreneurship. Further information and resources can be found at the Corporation for Enterprise Development site.
