Meet Remi, Andia, and Brooklyn. These are not your typical 5th grade girls. On the ride home from soccer practice, lots of girls would be talking about homework, their friends, and boys. Instead, driving home these young ladies discussed the devastating floods that impacted thousands of people throughout Colorado. They decided in the car to create a campaign they dubbed …
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Start baking, start making, start mixing, and start fixing, because… The Holiday Young Entrepreneur Marketplace application is now online! Please click on this link to fill out the application. Keep in mind the Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace is very popular and space is limited. A wait list will be created when it is full. Remember we are …
On Tuesday, September 17, four different youth entrepreneur groups brought together more than 60 people to host a competition around design thinking and rapid prototyping. This youth-focused event during Denver Startup Week was called the Competitive Idea Lab. It started with a challenge and ended with product. This is how it happened… Addressing the challenge Young Americans joined forces with …
On Saturday, September 14, the winners of the 2012 Celebration for Young Entrepreneurs opened the doors to their first workshop! Getting a space Alkaline Clothing Company, created by Taylor Palmie and Tanner Barkin, leased space near 64th Avenue in Denver to create their clothing designs, screen print their items, and sell all their wonderful products. A few Young Americans staff …
This post is made possible through the generous support of Great-West Great-Teachers, a program of Great-West Financial. All parents know that younger children can be a challenge. They struggle for independence, yet need parental guidance and support constantly. Given all the other issues parents face with their young children, it can be easy to brush aside any chance to have …
We are so pleased to announce the winners of our 2013 youth business competition, the Celebration for Young Entrepreneurs! For the first time this year we hosted an “Affiliated Category,” which solicited applicants from larger groups, like high schools, scout troops, and non-profit entrepreneurial organizations. We also selected winners for each of our three age categories. Those three winners were …
Money Matters is a program made possible by Great-West Great-Teachers, a program of Great-West Financial. The Money Matters program prides itself in providing high-quality financial education to children and parents, but did you know we assist teachers, too? Doing what? With summer quickly becoming a fond memory, we’re busy preparing a free workshop for elementary school teachers in the Denver …
September is full of entrepreneurial activities and events! We’ll jump from our youth business competition awards straight into Denver Startup Week. There are two fantastic events that are kid-friendly and bound to draw big crowds. Join us for one or both, but be sure to sign up because these events are popular and will book up quickly. Competitive Idea Lab …
Tinkering: Attempting to repair or improve something in a casual hands-on way. Synonyms: fiddle with, adjust, fix, try to mend, play about with, fool with, futz with; tamper with, interfere with, mess about with, meddle with. Did you know Thomas Edison tried over 10,000 times to create the light bulb before he was actually successful? He came up with lots of other great ideas along the way, but …
Welcome reception On Thursday, August 22, the new members of the 2013-2014 Youth Advisory Board streamed into Young Americans with their parents. Many were escaping the rain north of Denver and others were rushing through traffic coming from far south of Denver. These 16 newest Youth Board members hail from five grades and 15 different high schools across Colorado. They …
