The Young Entrepreneurs Academy has kicked off again and it is both exciting and daunting.  This 30-week program takes high school students through the entire process of creating a business.  They start with idea generation, go through business planning, marketing planning, branding, networking, make a pitch to investors, participate in a trade show and launch their business (if they choose).  This year we have 21 students enrolled. That is more than double last year!  We also have over 50 business leaders in the community as volunteers.  Amazing! As a facilitator, my job is to make sure the classes are useful and they work through the process.  It really isn’t that different than the work I do every day with my clients although I don’t generally get to have a group of clients all in one place. Classes are 3 hours a piece and occur every […] Continue reading