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Workshops Get Kids Started As Entrepreneurs

Workshops Get Kids Started As Entrepreneurs
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Kids used to want to be baseball players or rock stars. Now they want to be the next Steve Jobs.

According to a Gallup poll released in January, now 43% of students in grades five-12 want to be entrepreneurs, and around the country youngsters are signing up for lessons in business savvy. Almost 60% of students say their school has classes on how to start a business, up from 50% in 2011. Those numbers don't even include after-school entrepreneur workshops, which are reporting a similar burst in popularity.

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