Ingredients: Young entrepreneurs Two hours on a Saturday A cohort of accomplished Denver professionals dedicated to their community The incredible AmeriTowne location known to 5th graders all over Colorado Directions: Mix well on Saturday, February 21st “Mentoring is to support and encourage people to manage their own learning in order that they may maximize their potential, develop their skills, improve their …
Young Americans has been thrilled to host international guests from the Iraqi “Strengthening an Entrepreneurial Culture” group, organized by the International Visitor Leadership Program, facilitated by WorldDenver in Denver, CO, for the last two years. The International Visitor Leadership Program is an initiative of the United States Department of State that would not be possible without the volunteer time and …
Happy New Year Entrepreneurs! Young Americans is excited to announce that the Celebration for Young Entrepreneurs (CYE) business competition application is now live and accepting submissions. Young Americans knows that Colorado is full of brilliant, creative, hardworking young people running their own businesses and we think that’s worth celebrating. The application has been carefully considered and updated this year to better …
Our entrepreneurship program kicked off 2015 with a bang! We hosted a fantastic event with Denver Open Media where several businesses got to film and edit their own commercials. The event was a hit and we’re looking at scheduling another one, so stay tuned. In the meantime, however, we have some fantastic events coming up if you’re looking to start …
Young Americans hosts students at our facilities for financial literacy field trips to Ameritowne and global interdependency field trips to International Towne throughout the school year, but it was our Young Entrepreneurs turn to take a field trip on Saturday, January 10th. Nine youth owned ventures met at Open Media Foundation (OMF) to film and edit business commercials. OMF is …
Brr! Even though it’s cold outside right now, our staff are warm inside our building planning for summer camps. We are going to host 13 week-long sessions for 2nd-6th graders, and we can’t wait to welcome in the new batch of summer campers. Camps kick off the week of June 8, which will be here before you know it. We’ll …
What a phenomenal year this was for our youth business owners. The community shoppers didn’t do too badly either! With more than 150 businesses participating in two weekends of Marketplaces, December at Young Americans started of strong. This year’s batch of products were high quality and incredibly diverse. Shoppers could choose from lego ornaments, cake pops, melted crayon paintings, recorded …
Success Strategies is a free class we offer at Young Americans before each Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace to help business owners make a plan to be as successful as possible during the actual event. Our most recent class was hosted in October 25th, and had some brand-new business owners and their parents join us to learn and share about good vs. …
Racking your brain for unique and creative gifts this holiday season? Support young business owners while getting your holiday shopping done. Come to the annual Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace! There will be 175+ different businesses owned by youth ages 6-21 selling homemade goodies, original artwork, handcrafted jewelry and much more! Sat. Dec. 6 from 10-2 in Denver (3550 E. First Avenue …
Young Americans was thrilled to partner with Boulder Prep High School, a Boulder Valley Charter School, to present our Founding Framework entrepreneurship curriculum to a group of their students. It was a week off between blocks for the entire school, but those with a curiosity for entrepreneurship showed up for four long and intense days to go through the process …
