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What do lava lamps, chocolate, and key chains all have in common? You could find all of these hand-crafted products (and much more!) at the 2019 DSST: Green Valley Ranch “Elective Showcase!” Seventh grade students celebrated the end of their school year by demonstrating their learning at this energy-filled event. Nestled between preforming music groups and art galleries, 16 student-created …
12-year-old Evan Hoing has only been in business a few months, but you’d never know it! His wooden pens, toys, and bowls are amazing, and Governor Polis even signed a bill into law using one of Evan’s pens! This young entrepreneur sold his products, which make excellent gifts, at the YouthBiz Spring Marketplace. Learn more about Evan and his business …
Want to sell a product at Marketplace? Come learn how to make a lotion based moisturizing soap! Whether it’s winter, spring, summer or fall, learn how to market your product for any season. There is a $10 fee to cover the materials. Ages: 6-12
Thinking about spring break brings to mind a relaxing vacation. But for 48 entrepreneurs, this year’s spring break was spent creating the perfect business idea as part of YouthBiz StartUp Mini-Camps, a partnership between Young Americans Center for Financial Education and Denver Public Libraries. The YouthBiz StartUp curriculum guides 11-14 year-olds through the basics of creating a business idea. Young people …
Have you ever heard of amigurumi? These adorable, crocheted creatures are a big hit on Etsy, and 15-year-old Josephine “Joey” Stockton is an amigurumi expert. She’s owned her own business, Nerdy Crochet, for seven months now, and her signature items relate to science, technology, engineering and math—think multi-colored crocheted test tubes or a blood cell biology kit! Joey is hoping …
Students from McAuliffe International and Kepner Beacon Middle School have been participating in YouthBiz Startup enrichment classes the last few months. This week they presented their awesome business ideas! McAuliffe International’s business competition was one for the books! There were six business ideas being presented and everyone talked about their competition, material costs and future goals for their product: The Nomad-A …
Young Americans Center for Financial Education believes that entrepreneurship is a key to a successful future. Through the study and practice of entrepreneurship, young people learn skills that will help them succeed in school and in life as they learn how to solve problems and create opportunities. A valuable partner in this work is Amica Companies Foundation which has supported …
Come learn how to sew a phone pouch. Don’t have a phone? That’s okay!! You will also learn how to market and sell your product to someone who may not have a phone. How can you re-purpose an item outside its normal use? There is a $10 fee to cover the materials. Ages: 10-15
We may have snow on the ground, but spring is just around the corner, and Young Americans Center for Financial Education’s YouthBiz program is proud to announce the return of Spring Break Mini-camps! Offered in conjunction with Denver Public Library, these FREE camps offer a prize of $350 for your business idea. Young people will learn, think, speak, and act like …
National Entrepreneurship week this year takes place from Saturday, February 16thto Saturday, February 23rd. As a way to celebrate entrepreneurship and our youth entrepreneurs, we have put them up to a couple of tasks each day on our Facebook and Twitter pages along with some entrepreneurial tips. Wednesday’s task was for our youth entrepreneurs to send us their business profile …
#PigsAroundTown returns this summer! Learn more about this fun scavenger hunt at #YoungAmericansBank, Member FDIC where kids can earn up to $50 in a new bank account: bit.ly/2EfxFRl pic.twitter.com/CUoHi2Fau6
