4 FOR US, BY US: The global youth challenge

cONteNTS
Announcement Letter from the Founder 3

Can you build the foundations of a venture that will provide meaningful work for 10,000
youth within the next decade?..............................................................................................3

1. Definition: The Power of One 5

2. A Crisis of Youth Engagement 6

Why Are Millions of Youth Disconnected rom Meaningful Work?........................................7

3. Help Is Not on the Way 8

3.1. Conventional Solutions That Don’t Work #1:

More Degrees................................................................................................................9

3.2. Conventional Solutions That Don’t Work #2:

Subsidized Public Sector “Jobs” ................................................................................10

3.3. Conventional Solutions That Don’t Work #3:

Chasing the American (or European) Dream...............................................................11

3.4. Conventional Solutions That Don’t Work #4:

Building More Accelerators and Incubators................................................................12

4. For Us, By Us 13

4.1. Learning: Creating pathways to meaningful work through improved skills.................14

4.2. Matching: Connecting buyers and sellers on multi-sided platforms...........................15

4.3. Sourcing: Building a business on hidden talent and productive capabilities .............15

4.4. Creating.......................................................................................................................16

5. The 1.2 Billion Faces of “Youth” 18

5.1. Demographics: A Tale of Two Realities.......................................................................19

5.1.1. Ascending Market Countries....................................................................................20

5.1.2. Aging Countries........................................................................................................20

5.2. Levels of Formal Education: More Is Not (Necessarily) Better....................................21

6. Getting to Work 22

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