Join this year’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA) Class for their CEO Roundtable Event, where local business owners share their stories, wisdom and secrets to their success.
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is in its eleventh year at Mohawk Valley Community College and has seen close to 140 students learn how to become business owners!
YEA is a groundbreaking and exciting program that transforms local middle and high school students into real, confident entrepreneurs. Through the year-long program, area students in grades 6-12 generate business ideas, conduct market research, write business plans, pitch to a panel of investors, and launch their very own companies. Throughout the class, students go on field trips, have speakers on various business topics come to class, work with one-on-one mentors and graphic designers who design their brand identity and bring their business to life!
Founded in Rochester, YEA is now in 168 communities across America.
CEO Roundtable
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2023
5:30-7:00pm at thINCubator, 326 Broad Street, Utica
The event is free and open to the public! Attendees can get inspiration from our panelists AND meet this year’s class of young entrepreneurs.
No reservations needed.
The panelists (pictured above, left to right)
Frank DuRoss, Special Advisor to the President of MVCC, Co-owner, Utica Comets and Utica City FC
Steven Bulger, CEO/Executive Director, ICAN
Julius Blackshear, CEO/Owner, Visionary Vending LLC
Michelle Klosek, Owner, The Stief, The Varick and Sickenberger Lane
Sam Phou, Proprietor, The Lotus Garden
Thank you to our YEA Program Partners:
M&T Bank/Partners Trust Bank Charitable Fund
Berkshire Bank
First Source Federal Credit Union
Special thanks to:
Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce
WUTR
ICAN
thINCubator
For more information about YEA, please contact Program Manager Michelle Truett at youngentrepreneursmvcc@gmail.com
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