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Personal Summary:

Michael Simmons, co-founder of Extreme Entrepreneurship Education and bestselling author of The Student Success Manifesto, has been a keynote speaker at events from Washington State to Washington D.C. As a 2004 graduate of the Stern School of Business at New York University, an author, a teacher, a speaker, and an award-winning entrepreneur, he is able to deliver a unique perspective that connects with audiences.

Michael co-founded his first business, Princeton WebSolutions (PWS), when he was sixteen years old. PWS was later rated the #1 youth-run web development company in the nation by Youngbiz Magazine. In addition, Michael has been the winner of three entrepreneur of the year awards from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Fleet, and the National Coalition for Empowering Youth Entrepreneurship. Furthermore, as president of the Entrepreneurial Exchange Group (EEG) at NYU, the club received NYU’s most prestigious student activities recognition, the President's Service Award. He and his company have been featured on the AOL Home Page, USA Today, ABC, NBC, and CBS. Finally, in 2006, Michael was named by Business Week as one of the Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25.

One-Month Challenge:

• Goal: temp
• Charity: National Foundation For Teaching Entrepreneurship
• Start Month: January

Life Plan Summary:

Life Vision: To make the most out of every moment for the highest good by making the best decision available and to make the most of my life by maximizing my spiritual, physical, mental and emotional growth.

Core Values: focus, discipline, thinking big, compassion, integrity, vuja daze, learning

Strengths: discipline, sincerity, honesty, knowledge of entrepreneurship education, writing, speaking

Passions: reading, movies, walks, tennis, personal growth, learning

Goals:

• Start a University Focused on Entrepreneurship, by 2007
  • Bring together 10,000 young people interested in entrepreneurship together via journeypage.com, by Dec 2010
• Travel the World For An Extended Period of Time, by 2010
  • Travel to China, India, Africa, and the Middle East, by Jan 2009
  • Save $10,000 earmarked for traveling, by Jan 2010
• Grow Extreme Entrepreneurship Education into a Sacred, Sustainable Organization, by2010
  • Visit 30 Schools in the 2007/2008 academic year, by May 2008
  • Build team to 10 employees, by Sep 2008

Education:

New York University

Bachelors Degree,  Marketing, Management, Jan 2000 - Jan 2005
Clubs: Entrepreneurial Exchange Group

Hopewell Valley Central High School

High School Diploma, Sep 1996 - Jun 2000

Experience:

• Organization:Extreme Entrepreneurship Education, LLC

  Title: Co-Founder & CEO

  Apr 2003- Present

  • * Newsletter publisher
    * Community Project Manager
    * Author of THE STUDENT SUCCESS MANIFESTO.

• Organization: Bank of America Youth Entrepreneur Awards

  Title: Program Coordinator

  Nov 2004- Jun 2005