This November Global Ties Detroit will be welcoming twelve (12) young entrepreneurs from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan participating in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) World Learning program Youth Entrepreneurship. This project will explore how business growth can be facilitated by all levels of government as well as non-profit and business communities in the United States.  The young aspiring entrepreneurs will be exposed to a wide array of programs that target young entrepreneurs. The objective of this program is to highlight the economic, political, and social factors that influence and encourage the development of small businesses, entrepreneurship, and innovation in the United States. They also will be demonstrating and examining the impact of youth on U.S. entrepreneurship and U.S. small businesses at the local, regional, national, and international levels.