Sharon Lechter

In another great step for financial education, the Kansas legislature signed Senate Bill 41 into law today, bringing financial education to all public K-12 schools in Kansas. Curriculum will be built by the Board of Education for the students and it will be a required part of state assesment tests.
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Sharon was featured in a recent iCademy Globe report by financial reporter McKenna Tucker. The K-12 online school newspaper is run and written by young entrepreneurs with the drive to succeed and share with others. Below is an excerpt, but be sure to read the full article.
I recently had the opportunity to interview Mrs. Lechter [...]

Talking to your children about money and engaging their interest isn’t always the easiest thing to do – but it can be. It is all about asking the right questions. Thanks to the success of my 30 Tips to Ensure Your Financial Fitness, I am giving parents a question a day to ask their children [...]

The Arizona Republic highlighted the work Sharon is doing with YOUTHpreneur in a great article published today in the Valley & State section. The article details Sharon’s work with the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix and how she is helping instill the entrepreneurial spirit in them. Here is a great excerpt. Please check [...]

PHOENIX (March 31, 2009) – Aspiring entrepreneurs and teens take notice; today’s economy is the perfect time to start the next Microsoft or FedEx. In fact, recessions have historically been a benefit to dozens of world-wide companies including Burger King, FedEx, Microsoft, LexisNexis, CNN, GE and Wikipedia.
What most individuals forget is there is no age [...]

YOUTHpreneurs are born every day. It’s their drive and passion that elevates them above their peers. Here is a great story we found of one young girl doing just that.
At an age when many girls are preoccupied with school and instant-messaging their friends, 14-year-old Sara Trail has already mastered the craft of sewing, started her [...]

When times get tough and the economy forces people out of their jobs, entrepreneurship is born. Unable to find work, many new graduates and experienced workers are turning their thoughts away from a regular paycheck and into creative business ideas. It is a cycle that has been repeated often throughout American history, and is finding [...]

Over 200 mothers and daughters were encouraged this weekend with news of empowerment and the freedom to lead financially successful lives by well known author and entrepreneur Sharon Lechter. Sharon spoke for the National Charity League in Phoenix, a group of mothers and daughters working to empower young women and teach them community values.
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Over the past several months, we’ve seen an increase in stories on financial education and financial literacy for our children in the blogosphere. The tough economy has brought the spot light on our financial practices and how we prepare the next generations to deal with them. It is more important now than ever that we [...]

Scores of young girls in 10 different cities across the nation took the first step towards tackling their financial futures under the direction of millionaire women CEOs and entrepreneurs. The second annual “On the Way to Pay Day” event hosted by Sam’s Club and sponsored by the Women Presidents’ Organization and YOUTHpreneur, brought Girl Scout [...]