The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is a year-long program that teaches middle and high school students how to start and run their own REAL businesses. Â YEA! was developed at the University of Rochester in 2004 with the support of a grant from the Kauffman Foundation. Â The Anchorage Chamber is excited to be introducing YEA! to the Anchorage Community!
YEA! guides high school students through the process of starting and running a legitimate business or social movement over the course of a full academic year. As of 2013, YEA! has graduated 1,394 students who have started over 1,000 businesses and social movements! YEA! graduates started as students, and left the program as CEOs of their own companies!
Over the course of the program, students:
- Brainstorm business ideas
- Write a business plan
- Interact with business professionals
- Pitch their business plan to potential “investors†(think ABC’s “Shark Tankâ€!)
- Obtain funding
- Legally register their businesses
- Participate in a Trade Show
- Actually launch their own businesses or social movements
For more information on this exciting opportunity, go to the Anchorage Chamber website at:
http://anchoragechamber.org/programs/young-entrepreneurs-academy
There a link on that site to download the application, or you can view it here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cd3lndpxdqqabh7/YEA%21%20Anchorage%20Student%20Application%202014-2015.pdf