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About the Partnership

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"Mind Your Own Business is here to help you mind your business."

About the Partnership

We help you turn your entrepreneurial dreams into reality. Created by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Junior Achievement (JA), this site walks you through five easy steps of business ownership – whether you've just had a brainstorm about starting your first business venture or you've been at it a few years. Now is the time to activate your business potential!

Who We Are

SBA and JA are working together to encourage youth entrepreneurship. SBA's programs and services are targeted specifically to small businesses. JA is the world's largest organization educating young people about business, economics and free enterprise. Working together, SBA and JA can maximize support for the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Our Mission

We work together to inspire and prepare young Americans to succeed in a global economy by building up entrepreneurship in their lives.

Power of Small Business

We recognize that small business is critical to our economic recovery and strength, to building America's future, and to helping the United States compete in today's diversified and challenging global marketplace.

Power of Youth

We believe in the boundless potential of young people and in the power of partnership and collaboration. And we commit to the principles of market-based economics and entrepreneurship guided by passion, honesty, integrity, excellence, and respect for the talents, creativity, perspectives, and backgrounds of all individuals.

All in all, we support young entrepreneurs in learning how to develop and turn their entrepreneurial ideas into reality. We help them start, build and grow their businesses by offering relevant resources and assistance.

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