Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship
| Formation | 2002 |
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| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | To encourage teens to create commercial and social enterprises |
| Headquarters | Roseville, CA |
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Region served
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21 Countries Worldwide |
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Membership
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11,000 |
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Official language
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English |
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Founder & CEO
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Curtis L. DeBerg |
| Website | [1] |
Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship, or SAGE, is a global, non-profit organization that connects secondary school student organizations to mentors from local universities and businesses. Its mission is to advance youth entrepreneurship and community service around the world, emphasizing ethical business practices, social responsibility, civic engagement and environmental awareness.
SAGE Global's Vision: "A global community of teenage entrepreneurs sharing a common purpose: to make the world a better place."
SAGE Global creates better futures through business entrepreneurship, social enterprise and community service. Teenagers (including middle and secondary school students) use their school learning to become self-reliant, create wealth, and help others. These SAGE students are linked with college mentors and business advisory board members to provide guidance and/or experience in the completion of business and social ventures to improve their communities.
Each year regional and national competitions are held around the world for these students to showcase their efforts by presenting their business activities to business, civic, and academic community. It is a free, non-membership service organization available to all advocates of education in private and social entrepreneurship. SAGE Global is currently active on 5 continents in 21 countries, and reaches thousands of students who aren't talking about changing the world, they're doing it!
Founded in 2002 by business professor Curtis L. DeBerg from California State University, Chico, SAGE is an international network dedicated to creating the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders whose innovations and social enterprises address our world’s major unmet needs. SAGE is pioneering the field of youth entrepreneurship. There are two competition categories: socially-responsible businesses (SRB), which emphasize profit, and social enterprise businesses (SEB), which emphasize social value.
The first SAGE World Cup was held in May 2003 with teams from Poland, Mexico, Tajikistan and the United States; the program has now grown to include six U.S. states and 21 more countries. Each country conducts a national competition. The top two teams in each of the two categories—the SRB and the SEB categories—are invited to participate in an international tournament. This is called the SAGE World Cup (on August 7–10, 2015, this will be take place in Seoul, South Korea). The rules and format of each tournament are identical.
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