Raising Entrepreneurs

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A 17-YEAR-old Dublin man who makes wooden lamps was recently in New York representing Ireland at a National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) competition, an organization which prevents at risk young people from disadvantaged communities from quitting and teaches entrepreneurship to them both in and out of school.

Glen Doyle, who lives in Harold’s Cross in Dublin, proudly traveled to New York earlier this month to attend the annual international competition, which was held at the New York Marriott Marquis on Broadway.

Doyle, who was accompanied by his mother Janet, told the Irish Voice he “couldn’t believe it” but “he was over the moon” when he was chosen to represent his country in such a prestigious competition.

“NFTE really gives us a chance to see that we can do it ourselves, that we can become something if we want to and I’m so grateful that I have had this brilliant opportunity,” said Doyle, who will continue with the Youthreach program for another year and a half.

Doyle said that there is nothing better than the feeling he gets when someone orders or buys one of his lamps. “I just hope it continues and my business will grow into a big one,” he says.

Read more at Irish Abroad.