Quotes

“Education is the clearest path to individual opportunity and societal growth, and entrepreneurship education is especially vital to fuelling a more robust global economy. Entrepreneurs bring new ideas to life through innovation, creativity and the desire to build something of lasting value. Therefore, we must continually foster educational cultures within our companies, governments and communities to keep the entrepreneurship pipeline filled for generations to come.”
Dirk Meyer, President and CEO, AMD



"We are facing a transition, and we must take this opportunity to provide today's students and entrepreneurs with the tools and the thinking that is required for the future. Collaborative technologies can fundamentally transform both how we teach and learn. We need to harness the power of the Internet and these new technologies for creating and sharing knowledge that will prepare students with the skills to compete in the 21st century."
John T. Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco



"Preparing today's students for success and eventual leadership in the new global marketplace is one of the most important responsibilities in education today. . . Entrepreneurship education is an important tool to achieving these objectives [and ]...should be available to provide all students with opportunities to explore and fulfill their potential."
Stephanie Bell-Rose, President Goldman Sachs Foundation & Thomas W. Payzant, Harvard Graduate School of Education

“Intel believes that entrepreneurship is crucial to building local innovation capacity. It brings new technologies to market, and supports economic development through building strong local and regional economies. Both the public and the private sectors have important roles to play in advancing entrepreneurship around the world, including through enabling effective entrepreneurship education.”
Craig R. Barrett, Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation

“Every citizen, no matter where they live or what their circumstances, has an equal right to a quality education. Based on more than a decade of working with education leaders, governments, businesses and development organizations, Microsoft firmly believes that information technology can help transform both teaching and learning, enabling higher quality education experiences for everyone.”
Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation

“Our students are future opinion leaders in all areas of society. Therefore it is important to develop their skills, attitudes and behaviour to be innovative and entrepreneurial and to act at the same time in a socially responsible way.”
Prof. Dr. Christine Volkmann, Schumpeter School of Business, Wuppertal University

“Entrepreneurship has become and needs to be sustained as a social movement. To achieve this goal of empowerment we need new ways of thinking about education to support entrepreneurship for social inclusion. This report provides evidence, examples and urges action to advance entrepreneurship education globally.”
Dr. Shailendra Vyakarnam, Director, Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, University of Cambridge

“Entrepreneurship education is more critical now than ever before for unleashing entrepreneurial capabilities to address society's global challenges.”
Karen E. Wilson, Founder GV Partners

"Entrepreneurship education for young people is the most powerful idea in youth development today- every young person on the planet should be exposed to the principles of entrepreneurship, ownership and socially responsible wealth creation."
Steve Mariotti, The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship




"Helping young people unlock their entrepreneurial potential is not only good for each individual but is sound national fiscal and educational policy-tomorrow's successful businesses will come from the entrepreneurship of today's youth." 
Dr. Daniel Rabuzzi, The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship