The NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) Gala last night was a spectacular example of Power-PR! With 900 people in the audience, NFTE Executive Director Julie Kantor, NFTE volunteers and student entrepreneurs put on a moving show-and-tell of how NFTE works to change the lives of minority and at-risk students by encouraging them to start a business. As the program stated, “The purpose of the Gala is to raise the resources to provide entrepreneurship education to 950+ youth from low-income communities around the Washington, DC, region.” And it was a success: people in the audience pledged more than $600,000 to support NFTE’s goals.
My thanks to Matt and Judy Curry of Curry’s Auto Service, who invited me to attend the gala with them, their children and key members of their staff. Matt was one of eight honorees, recognized as “Home Grown Heroes” at the event.
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