We all love making money, right? As adults, we have different ways of doing that through maintaining steady jobs, contract work, and entrepreneurship. Kids, however, tend to rely on holidays, birthdays, and parents for their money. Why not have your kids earn their own money? Start encouraging To encourage entrepreneurship in your child, it’s important to have him/her think outside …
Taking Business to the Next Level
Wrapping things up Another successful partnership between Young Americans and the gSchool has wrapped up. The teams (young entrepreneurs and gSchool students) met up three times before the demo day to brainstorm, build, and refine the functions of their unique websites. Each website ended up as distinctive as the business and business owners. At Young Americans, we are big believers …
We’ve done several posts on great tools for entrepreneurs (here and here). However, we recently came across this guest blog via VentureBeat that lists some more wonderful tools and apps for startups and business owners. Edward Lakatis, CEO of Zapporoo, compiled this great list we think worth sharing. Here are a few suggestions to start off: Evernote Business Digg Smartr …
The students at Galvanize‘s “gSchool” are working hard to learn how to code and work with clients. Some of the toughest clients they may face are the young entrepreneurs from Young Americans. These business owners, ages 6 to 14, are working hard to grow their businesses, and would love an online presence. Over the next two months, gSchool students and …
On November 20th at Montbello High School I was very fortunate to be invited to judge the HOPE Business in a Box pitch Competition. Ms. Rhonda Albers’ Introduction to Business class had been learning about financial education and entrepreneurship for the past couple of months and the students were prepared to pitch their business idea. The competitors had two minutes to …
Did you know that Young Americans has a location in Wray, Colorado, near the Kansas/Nebraska border? Rural Young Americans offers Rural Young AmeriTowne and some fabulous entrepreneurial programs. Initiative, imagination and inspiration describe the 13 budding young business owners who sold handmade, homegrown products at the second annual Rural Young Americans Marketplace. The participating entrepreneurs hailed from seven rural communities …
Thank you, Denver! The Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace on Saturday, December 7 was a phenomenal success! The youth businesses who sold their products and services were thrilled with the end results. At Young Americans, we are always astounded by the support we receive from the community, and Saturday was no exception. Check out a few of the happy business owners in …
Can you believe it!? We can’t! We’ve been hosting the annual Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace for 20 years! This Saturday is a huge milestone for us, and we’re celebrating — with you! Join us Saturday, December 7 from 10am to 2pm at our Denver location to shop ’til you drop from more than 75 businesses. Products and services are all hand-made …
They grow up so fast don’t they? We feel the same way about our “baby”, but are so excited to see the Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace turn 20! To celebrate 20 amazing years of creative, hard-working young business owners, Young Americans will be serving cupcakes made by one of our entrepreneurs. We will also be hosting a drawing for some incredible, …
Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away, and with that holiday comes at least four full days of time off from school. Sure there’s still homework to think about, and the “challenge” of eating all that food. But how do students spend the rest of that time? Here’s a thought: encourage anyone ages 6 to 21 to come up with …
