Today is one of my favorite days of the year! Today is National Entrepreneurship Day. And I am proud to be the spokesperson for this day. NED’s primary goal is to increase awareness about entrepreneurship and promote it among young people, and in the long term, increase the number of entrepreneurs. After all, our children represent the leaders of tomorrow, and there just might be the next Steve Jobs, Phil Knight, or Martha Stewart walking among us. It’s our duty, to inspire our youth to not only become entrepreneurs, but to also THINK like an entrepreneur. And that means teaching them skills such as– how to become proactive, how to become a self starter, how to be a leader in their surroundings, how to take matters into their own hands to create change, and to have a desire to innovate.

If you remember back in April, I was thrilled to announced that I was the 2011 Spokesperson for National Entrepreneurship Day. NED’s primary goal is to increase awareness about entrepreneurship and promote it among young people, and in the long term, increase the number of entrepreneurs. After all, our children and grandchildren represent our leaders of tomorrow, and there just might be the next Steve Jobs, Phil Knight, or Martha Stewart walking among us. It’s our duty to inspire our youth to not only become entrepreneurs, but to also THINK like an entrepreneur, regardless of their career path. And that means teaching our youth skills such as– how to become proactive, how to become self starters, to take matters into their own hands, to be leaders in their surroundings, to have the desire to innovate. My love of entrepreneurship has been 12 years and counting, and my entrepreneurial journey has been thrilling and rewarding . Second to my family, it is what fuels me on a daily basis.