The Power of Youth: Student Entrepreneurs Compete in Startup Challenge

16 November 2011 – They’re converging this week from around the globe, from Russia, from South Africa, and more than a dozen other countries.

For Kevin Langley, a veteran Louisiana entrepreneur, the 30 young people who have built businesses while students represent the the next wave of entrepreneurship. The student business people are descending on the New York Stock Exchange starting Thursday afternoon for an intense competition, the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), run by the Entrepreneurs Organization, the group Langley leads as global chairman.

"These young entrepreneurs are so smart and tenacious, you can’t help but have a sense of pride for what they are accomplishing while knowing exactly what they are contributing to: new jobs, new opportunities, new global relationships, and breaking the barriers of poverty, discrimination, economic instability," Langley said in a conversation with Portfolio.com.

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