Every year the Young American’s Center for Financial Literacy holds a statewide business competition for youth ages 6 to 21 who own and operate their own business. This competition is separated into 3 age categories and based on a variety of aspects of the youth’s business. On Thursday, November 9, 2023, Jefferson County Public School District had a board meeting, …
On May 22nd the 5th graders at Aspen Crossing Elementary presented their product ideas in hopes of beating out their peers in the YouthBiz StartUp Shark Tank Competition. The competition was split into two rounds, with semifinals and then finals. Each group presented their business ideas and product prototypes to judges, professionals from the Denver area, in 3–5-minute business …
Young Americans Center for Financial Education Gives Youths Real-Life Experiences In Banking CardRates.com published a comprehensive post about Young Americans Bank and Young Americans Center on April 17. Click to read the full article: https://www.cardrates.com/news/young-americans-center-offers-youth-finance-training/ In a Nutshell: Parents looking for an immersive introduction into banking and finance for their kids can find it through the Young Americans Center for Financial Education (YACFE). …
This month, Young American’s YouthBiz teamed up with World Denver. High school age students from Africa learned about the entrepreneurial process. Students who had never worked together joined as a team to create a product or service. All groups created services or products to help serve their community back home. Students thought of a problem and worked together in small …
To start April, YouthBiz hosted the annual Colorado Uplift Competition here at Young Americans Center for Financial Education. We are excited to continue our six-year partnership with the fantastic people at Colorado Uplift. This organization works to inspire the youth in our community to become the leaders of tomorrow! This event had students from four of Denver’s high schools pitching …
To wrap up the month of March, YouthBiz hosted a mini spring break camp at The Ford-Warren Branch Library. The Denver Public Library system has been a wonderful partner since 2017 and we were so excited to be back in person! This camp was free for participants to join, and restaurants in the area generously donated lunches each day to …
Denver Start Up Week is a celebration of all things entrepreneurial. It’s the largest free entrepreneurial event of its kind. Hundreds of participants submitted video applications to compete in the week’s annual pitch competition. The DSW planning committee narrowed this down to 18 businesses, then the community voted on the top 6 businesses to pitch at the final event. Thus, …
On Friday, May 20th, YouthBiz hosted the finale of our StartUp program for the students of Aspen Crossing Elementary School. The event took place at MSU Denver’s Science building as a culminating field trip for participating students. One hundred fifth grade students participated, all hoping to impress local business leaders with their business pitches and prototypes. Over ten days, the …
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