Category: Blog

  • I Learned How to Work on a Team With the Junior Caddie Program

    “From the Junior Caddie Program, I developed communication skills that have transferred into all of my endeavors. Working with other Junior Caddies and meeting several golfers, I learned how to work on a team, but also how to work with people from different backgrounds. Being a Junior Caddie really allowed me to be comfortable around…

  • Youth Producing The Perfect Convergence

    Sometimes the perfect convergence of people, talent, and warmth, all come together to make for an incredible night. Our Career Inspiration Panel on Friday, February 21, organized by Youth Council, was such a night. Our Career Inspiration Panel offered the chance for youth to interact with a variety of professionals in a speed networking format.…

  • The Promise of Youth Is Our Best and Only Incubator for the Future

    As the founder of Enterprise, I celebrate the thousands of students who have used its programs to take stock of their interests, their skills, and their ambitions. I want to acknowledge those students’ debt to the many employers who have contributed to preparing them to experience and thrive in their first jobs. Looking back to…

  • A Force to Be Reckoned With

    As a Bay Area native, I’ve walked through Dreamforce and wondered exactly who got to go to such a fancy, humongous convention — a similar response for many of our young people. At Enterprise for Youth, we are consistently looking for opportunities that challenge and inspire our youth, so we were excited to attend the…

  • Dr. Joy Sarkar, Now a Surgeon, Reflects on Her Internship at Enterprise for Youth

    Like many high school students, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life beyond attending college. My summer jobs were just a way to earn spending money, and they mostly involved menial tasks, until one summer when I found an advertisement for Enterprise for Youth. I was fortunate enough to receive an…

  • Reaching for the Sky

    Reaching for the Sky

    [cs_content][cs_element_section _id=”1″ ][cs_element_row _id=”2″ ][cs_element_column _id=”3″ ][cs_element_image _id=”4″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”5″ ][cs_text class=”cs-ta-left”]During The San Francisco Fall Show, we honored the work of our founder, Glady Thacher, with a special brunch and stunning views overlooking the Bay’s Golden Gate Bridge. Against this magical backdrop, Skye, a participant of Enterprise for Youth, gave a beautiful keynote on…