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Summer Camp: Running Your Own Business begins

Young Americans Center for Financial Education and Young Americans Bank - Belmar 401 South Pierce Street, Lakewood, CO, United States

Curious about starting your own business? This program explores the basics of what it takes to get started, allows you to experiment with ideas, and helps you decide what business you might want to start.  At the Friday Marketplace, sell the products you made throughout the week!  Designed for students entering 4th or 5th grade for the 2020-2021 school year.

$250
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Summer Camp: Young AmeriTowne begins

Young Americans Center for Financial Education and Young Americans Bank - Denver 3550 East First Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

Here is your chance to learn about government, banking, economics, supply and demand, advertising and much more. Then put your knowledge to work by running your own life-like town on the last day.  Designed for students entering 5th or 6th grade for the 2020-2021 school year.

$250
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Summer Camp: Just Start It begins

Young Americans Center for Financial Education and Young Americans Bank - Belmar 401 South Pierce Street, Lakewood, CO, United States

Have you ever thought about making some extra money, but you’re not sure how or where to begin?  This camp gives you tools and tricks you need to make a business happen now!  Campers develop real businesses and real products that they’ll present on Friday for a chance to win awesome prizes.  Plus, you’ll be on your way to earning ...

$250
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Summer Camp: Junior Money Matters begins

Young Americans Center for Financial Education and Young Americans Bank - Belmar 401 South Pierce Street, Lakewood, CO, United States

Explore fun things about money, banking and the world of work, while learning important basic financial skills. On the last day, you get to work in a business and run your very own life-like town.  For students entering 3rd or 4th grade for the 2020-2021 school year.

$250
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Summer Camp: International Towne begins

Young Americans Center for Financial Education and Young Americans Bank - Denver 3550 East First Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

Are you interested in learning about foreign currency, global trading and cultures around the world? Learn all this and more! On Friday, you will “travel” and run the world as a citizen of International Towne.  Designed for students entering 6th or 7th grade for the 2020-2021 school year.

$250
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Summer Camp: Make it App’en begins

Young Americans Center for Financial Education and Young Americans Bank - Denver 3550 East First Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

Do you love technology and gaming apps?  This camp will teaches how to create, market, and sell your very own mobile application as a business venture. Campers will present and demo their apps on Friday for the chance to win cash prizes!  Designed for students entering 6th-8th grade for the 2020-2021 school year.

$250
Passbook Party 2020

Passbook Party

Young Americans Center for Financial Education and Young Americans Bank - Denver 3550 East First Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

Young Americans Bank has new Passbooks ready! Stop by any of our three locations on Saturday, August 22 10:00am to 3:00pm to pick up your 2020-2021 Passbook along with a goody bag of treats.  Then, bring your Passbook with you when you do your banking to earn extra prizes!

When two teen entrepreneurs competed in Denver Startup Week’s Pitch Competition, few expected that they would take home the Grand Prize, an award worth $100,000. Their win surprised and delighted the crowd and has inspired a new group of young entrepreneurs. For a second year, Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain and Young Americans Center for Financial Education have nominated four entrepreneurs, who will first compete in the Youth Pitch Challenge on Monday, September 14 at 4:00 p.m. with their business ideas, before the winner progresses on to the semifinals of Denver Startup Week’s Pitch Competition. This year, the competitions are being held virtually. The grand prize is again valued at $100,000. Competing students from Junior Achievement and Young Americans Center include: • Jack Bonneau: At 14 years old, Jack is pitching his business, Teen Hustl, a neighborhood service in which teens deliver from restaurants and grocery stores on ecofriendly scooters and bikes. Jack was the youngest person to ever successfully pitch on TV’s Shark Tank at 10 years old for his first business, Jack’s Stands. • Vikas Muralidharan: At 17 years old, Vikas is pitching his business, Intake, an app that focuses on users’ nutrition with an emphasis on body positivity. • Gabriel Nagel: At 15 years old, Gabe is pitching his nonprofit Light CO2, the result of more than 400 hours of dreaming, researching, and building a concrete path to help individuals reduce their individual carbon footprint. • Leonard Shearer: At 17 years old, Leonard is pitching his business Cardbound, which sells authenticated and rare Pokemon cards and accessories to markets across the globe

Denver Startup Week YouthPass Pitch Challenge

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How did two high school seniors win the 2019 Denver Startup Week Pitch Challenge? Come see, as another group of exceptional young entrepreneurs vie for the top spot in the Youth Pass Pitch Challenge. In this session, 4 groups of students, aged 12-18, will pitch their businesses for a spot in the 2020 DSW Pitch Challenge. Contestants are youth entrepreneurs ...

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What We Can Learn from Young Makers Denver Startup Week Event

Denver Startup Week Panel: What We Can Learn from Young Makers

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Makers come in all shapes and sizes, and even all ages! Join us as both youth and young adult entrepreneurs share their insights about Denver’s Maker Movement. Panelists will detail the evolution of their businesses, explaining how they sustainably grew from youth-based hobbies to serious, full-time revenue generators. Business owners will highlight the key tools and resources in the Denver ...

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TEDx Mile High Be Your Own Boss

TEDxMileHigh: Be Your Own Boss

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You don’t have to wait to be your own boss! YouthBiz is so excited to collaborate with TEDxMileHigh in this virtual workshop which is part of a series of Adventures to help middle and high school students connect with positive activities.  Join us to explore how you can launch or grow your own business. We’ll dig in to how you ...

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