Over the course of the program, students will:

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• Brainstorm business ideas

• Write a business plan

• Interact with business professionals

• Pitch their business plan to potential “investors”       (think ABC’s “Shark Tank”!)

• Obtain funding

• Legally register their businesses

• Participate in a Trade Show

• Actually launch their own businesses or social movements   

YEA!

Track Record:

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• 99% of academy graduates enroll in college

• 19% of YEA! students start second businesses

• 50% of YEA! students continue business for more than 1 year

• 49% of YEA! students are female

• 56% of YEA! students are under-represented minorities

• YEA! students have been awarded millions of dollars in scholarships as a result of their involvement in YEA!

• 4,338 students have graduated from YEA! and have launched over 3,000 businesses