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StartupNation Works with Junior Achievement to Help Millions of Young People Nationwide Learn How to Start a Businesses

Birmingham, MI - December 8, 2003 - StartupNation, www.startupnation.com, a multimedia content company that provides inspiration and information to aspiring entrepreneurs and emerging small business owners, announced today that it plans to work closely with Junior Achievement (JA) to help reach more young people with a positive message of how to start a business.

The combined expertise, experience and content of StartupNation and JA is expected to provide a much-needed, centralized location where young entrepreneurs are taken seriously, can access the information and assistance they need to start their own businesses, be inspired to pursue their dreams, and learn valuable life lessons to help them succeed now and into adulthood.

StartupNation business tips, expert advice, success stories, and more will be available on the JA website, in the "Entrepreneur Center" which is sponsored by The NASDAQ Education Foundation.  In addition, JA's National Student Entrepreneur of the Year, Rohan Singh, will be sharing his business experience on nationally-syndicated StartupNation¨ Radio on December 13, 2003. 

Chosen out of a field of JA students across the country as the JA National Student Entrepreneur of the Year, 15 year-old Rohan successfully created and grew a software product company called FuzzelFish. 

The radio program is hosted by StartupNation co-founders and brothers, Jeff and Rich Sloan, who are two of the country's top small business experts and fast becoming the "Evangelists of Entrepreneurship in America".

"As the latest addition to our online Entrepreneur Center, StartupNation offers a terrific resource for students hoping to learn more about how to start a business," states Edwin Bodensiek, director of public affairs for Junior Achievement Inc. "We're pleased to have their radio program also highlight our National Student Entrepreneur of the Year, too.  Rohan is an outstanding young man that serves as an inspiration to young people that they can accomplish anything they want. He also serves as a reminder to businesspeople to consider getting involved in Junior Achievement to help the students in their community appreciate business."

Junior Achievement consists of a growing number of international volunteers, educators, parents and other contributors that reach out to four million students in grades K-12 to provide educational programs on the economics of life.  Via regular newsletters, articles, elevator pitches, a coaching service, website links, and the weekly, nationally-syndicated one-hour radio show, StartupNation offers people across the country the inspiration and useful information necessary to turn a small business dream into a reality. 

"I think that Junior Achievement and StartupNation teaming up to help young people learn about business is a great idea," states Singh.  "Junior Achievement already focuses on business and provides young people with volunteers from real businesses.  StartupNation can help with Junior Achievement by providing children with real-life experience of the workplace before they leave school."

About Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating young people about business, economics and free enterprise. Through a dedicated volunteer network, JA offers in-school and after-school programs for students in grades K-12. JA programs focus on seven key content areas: business, citizenship, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics/character, financial literacy, and career development. Today nearly 150 JA offices reach four million students nationwide. Through its international operation, JA reaches another two million students in more than 100 countries worldwide.