Youth Entrepreneurship Service (YES) 2.0
This is the second year we offer the YES program, we called it YES 2.0. The YES 2.0 program, produced by NECINA and WhizKids Foundation, is a FREE program for high school students to enter the world of real business.
Through entrepreneurship education, Youth Entrepreneurship Service (YES) teaches 8th – 11th grade students fundamental business concepts and essential entrepreneurship skills. From the 5-class program, students learn to work in teams, develop business ideas and participate in a business plan contest. The program will cover Business Plans, Product Conceptualization, Company Structure, Finance, Sales and Marketing, Public Speaking and Presentation skills. Each class will feature a distinguished speaker and an exciting instructor to show students how skills learned can be applied in the real world.
To register, you can download the Application form, fill it out and sent to Daryl.Luk@necina.org; deadline is 2/10/2007.
Events Schedule
- (02/24) Class 1: Introduction to Business Plan
- (03/10) Class 2: From Idea to Product
- (03/24) Class 3: Business Law Basics and Corporate Structure
- (04/07) Class 4: Sales and Marketing
- (04/14) Class 5: Business Finance
- (05/05) Professional Presentation Training offered by Dale Carnegie certified trainer
- (05/12) First round competition - select two teams for final competition
- (05/19) Final competition and luncheon
Sponsors
- BurnBright Group
- Cheng Wu
- Deloitte
- EMC
- Massachusetts State Government Offices
Prizes
- 1st place: $$$cash award/team
- 1st runner up: $$cash award/team
- special awards to teams for best business plan section writing or best idea
- Possible apprenticeship opportunity in law firms, consulting firms, government office, and Fortune 500 corporate
FAQ and References
- Tom Stemberg: "What you need to succeed", Inc Magazine, January 2007
- Business Plan Template for a Start-up. (Note: the underlying link here points to the source of the template WWW.SCORE.ORG. Please consult WWW.SCORE.ORG for copyright issues if the template is not used for personal and non-commercial purpose)
- Deloitte: Writing an Effective Business Plan (a must read)
- Online free business plans samples
- Ten Business Plan Questions
- Center for Business Planning
- US Small Business Administration: small business planner
- Writing a Business Plan
- Last Year YES program information page
- Business Plan Workshop from Mass. Technology Development Corp.