The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation (YEF) is a 501(c)3 organization affiliated with the nation’s leading small business association, the National Federation of Independent Business. The non profit YEF is building the next generation of small business owners and entrepreneurs by providing entrepreneurship education to high school students in the classroom. Our curriculum supplements and programming provide vital, real-world lessons to help teens understand and appreciate starting, owning and managing a small business. In doing so, we educate youth about the critical role of small businesses and the American free enterprise system. The primary author and moderator for the blog is Kathy Korman Frey, founder of The Hot Mommas Project, and Adjunct Professor of Management / Associate Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence at the George Washington University School of Business.