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6 Questions for Entrepreneur Henry Yan of Metaverse AI

The best way to understand the virtual world of business that’s taking shape is to go deep with the people who dwell daily in that commercial space. Wharton Global Youth recently spoke with Henry Yan, the co-founder of Metaverse AI, a startup company that spent three months learning and growing…Read More

Championing Global Financial Education in Schools

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This month on Future of the Business World, Wharton Global Youth talks with Sam Purcell, a high school student from Vancouver, Ontario, Canada, who founded MyFLY to build and implement a financial-education curriculum in schools worldwide. Sam’s vision is to empower school investment and finance clubs, educators, and school districts…Read More

Does Business Have an Ethical Responsibility to Help Save the Planet?

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Xiye Bastida, the 20-year-old University of Pennsylvania student and high-profile climate-justice activist who in 2019 led 600 students from her high school to participate in the first Fridays for Future New York City, continues her youth leadership to address climate change. In November 2022, she attended the UN Climate Change…Read More

Discovering the Metaverse Economy: 6 Virtual Realities

A person wearing a virtual reality headset and a yellow hoodie, standing indoors with colorful artwork on the wall behind them.

As the world dances and weaves to figure out the mysterious metaverse, most high school students – self-proclaimed digital natives and gamers for life – have already been there and back many times. Fortnite, Unity, Roblox, Pokemon Go, the list goes on of metaverse experiences that mimic lifestyles and environments…Read More

Traveling with Your Students Can Build a Stronger Business Program

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The Essential Educator is a monthly blog written for high school educators by high school educators. It shares best practices for supporting and engaging students through business education. This month's blog, written by Gerri Kimble, a business teacher at Hoover High School in Alabama and one of the newest members…Read More

Entrepreneurial Artist Laila Alam’s Vision for a More Just and Inclusive Art Market

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Are artists entrepreneurs? Laila Alam says: absolutely! The high school student from Rhinebeck, N.Y., U.S., joins us this month on Future of the Business World to express her creative inspiration as an entrepreneurial artist and outline her vision for designing an art-gallery structure that provides more opportunities and profits for…Read More

10 Ways You Can Become a Better Negotiator

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Negotiation – a dialogue between two or more people or groups to reach a desired outcome on an issue -- is an important part of doing business, from figuring out the finer points of financial contracts with vendors, to setting salaries and job descriptions for employees. The goal of negotiating…Read More

Inside the Electric Vehicle Market

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Attention, all you new and aspiring drivers. Are you planning to go electric? The data suggests that you are. A recent poll conducted by Cars.com, an online marketplace for vehicles, found that 56% of 1,000 respondents believe all teenage drivers will learn to drive an electric vehicle in the next…Read More

5 Tips to Help You Know When It’s Time to Quit

A person sitting on a couch, smiling while reading the book "Quit" by Annie Duke. A plant and a clock are in the background.

Annie Duke has built a career out of being a deep thinker. She is on track to earn her doctorate in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Duke is also the cofounder of The Alliance for Decision Education, a nonprofit that wants to empower students through stronger decision-making skills. And…Read More

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