Causes: Adult Education, Economic Development, Education, Job Training, Leadership Development, Urban & Community Economic Development
Mission: We are an all-volunteer nonprofit - - - organized to mentor and coach unemployed young adults residing in high-poverty, remote, or marginalized areas of the world to set up and run their own Internet-based companies as well as connecting them with investors and partners to help them succeed. We believe talent and initiative are distributed equally over the planet; however, opportunity, technology, as well as access to capital, markets, and electronic payment methods are not - - - and we are helping to fix thatIf you would like to donate your time, money, or in-kind resources to us, we are tax exempt, so just go to our website at www. PlanetStartup. org to make a donation and receive an immediate receipt.
Results: We are working with the Fort Lauderdale school system with at risk young adults to help students to gain the skills to start their own companies, and providing access to investors and internships to those completing the program. Related programs are underway in Brazil where we are teaming with Cisco, Togo, Sierra Leone, Ghana and others. Our mentors are local or broadcast interactively from locations such as China, Brazil, Australia, Canada, the US, and other locations.
Target demographics: We believe talent and initiative are distributed equally over the planet; however, opportunity, technology, as well as access to capital, markets, and electronic payment methods are not - - - and we are helping to fix that
Direct beneficiaries per year: About several hundred young adults
Geographic areas served: We are an all-volunteer nonprofit - - - organized to mentor and coach unemployed young adults residing in high-poverty, remote, or marginalized areas of the world to set up and run their own Internet-based companies as well as connecting them with investors and partners to help them succeed.
Programs: Training and mentoring in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Fort lauderdale in the US to enable young adults to start their own companies
Mission: We are an all-volunteer nonprofit - - - organized to mentor and coach unemployed young adults residing in high-poverty, remote, or marginalized areas of the world to set up and run their own Internet-based companies as well as connecting them with investors and partners to help them succeed. We believe talent and initiative are distributed equally over the planet; however, opportunity, technology, as well as access to capital, markets, and electronic payment methods are not - - - and we are helping to fix thatIf you would like to donate your time, money, or in-kind resources to us, we are tax exempt, so just go to our website at www. PlanetStartup. org to make a donation and receive an immediate receipt.
Results: We are working with the Fort Lauderdale school system with at risk young adults to help students to gain the skills to start their own companies, and providing access to investors and internships to those completing the program. Related programs are underway in Brazil where we are teaming with Cisco, Togo, Sierra Leone, Ghana and others. Our mentors are local or broadcast interactively from locations such as China, Brazil, Australia, Canada, the US, and other locations.
Target demographics: We believe talent and initiative are distributed equally over the planet; however, opportunity, technology, as well as access to capital, markets, and electronic payment methods are not - - - and we are helping to fix that
Direct beneficiaries per year: About several hundred young adults
Geographic areas served: We are an all-volunteer nonprofit - - - organized to mentor and coach unemployed young adults residing in high-poverty, remote, or marginalized areas of the world to set up and run their own Internet-based companies as well as connecting them with investors and partners to help them succeed.
Programs: Training and mentoring in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Fort lauderdale in the US to enable young adults to start their own companies
129 Somerset G, West Palm Beach, FL 33417
202-997-1323
Economic Development
West Palm Beach
