Country's Top Entrepreneurship Leaders Gather to Strategize on Effectively Decreasing Global Unemployment

WASHINGTON and ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 130 top entrepreneurship leaders will be convening on February 18 for the first ever Future of Entrepreneurship Education Summit, to be held at the University of Central Florida. They will be discussing how the entrepreneurship education field can be scaled to help decrease global unemployment.

Attendees include top leaders from foundations, education, government, corporations, media, and non-profit organizations that combined serve over 30 million aspiring and existing entrepreneurs per year and have given over $1 billion in donations to the field.  Attendees include the founder of PriceLine.com, members of the White House, and the CEO of SCORE.

Michael Simmons, Co-Founder of the Future of Entrepreneurship Education Summit, says, "Our goal is to help increase the size and effectiveness of the entrepreneurship education field by helping to encourage major financial commitments, develop partnerships between attendees, showcase innovative initiatives and program, and highlight success stories."

"Small business is the engine of America's economy. It creates the jobs that sustain our communities and the opportunities to turn ideas into reality," said SCORE CEO Ken Yancey. "This summit gives us the chance to discuss the opportunities available to enhance entrepreneurship education to help create and sustain small businesses nationwide."

According to a recent survey by the Young Entrepreneur Council in partnership with Buzz Marketing Group of over 1,600 individuals ages 16-39, 89% of respondents believe entrepreneurial education is imperative today, given the new economy and job market, but 73% were not offered classes on entrepreneurship in college.

Sarah Green, another Summit Co-Founder, says, "President Obama, in the State of the Union address, emphasized recharging the American economy through entrepreneurship.  This Summit comes at the perfect time for his National Innovation Strategy."

The event will be live-streamed for free to thousands in the entrepreneurship education field on February 18, starting at 9:40 a.m. EST at http://www.feesummit.com/live.

About Future of Entrepreneurship Education Summit

This Summit is an initiative of Extreme Entrepreneurship Education (http://www.extremetour.org/), a company ran by individuals in their twenties who spread the entrepreneurial mindset to tens of thousands of students a year.

It is made possible with the support of the event host, the University of Central Florida, and the event sponsor, the National Chamber Foundation's Campaign for Free Enterprise. The event is being held in partnership with SCORE and the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

If you'd like more information on the Future of Entrepreneurship Education Summit, visit www.feesummit.com, or to schedule an interview, please contact: Michael Simmons at (800) 930-8021 Ext. 704 or [email protected].

About SCORE

Since 1964, SCORE has helped more than 8.5 million aspiring entrepreneurs. Each year, SCORE provides small business mentoring and workshops to more than 375,000 new and growing small businesses. More than 13,000 business experts volunteer as mentors in 364 chapters serving local communities with entrepreneur education to help grow 1 million small businesses.

For more information about starting or operating a small business, call 1-800/634-0245 for the SCORE chapter nearest you. Visit SCORE at www.score.org and www.score.org/women. Connect with SCORE at www.facebook.com/SCOREFans, www.twitter.com/SCOREMentors and www.scorecommunity.org.

SOURCE SCORE Association