Young Entrepreneurs Academy! (YEA!)
About YEA!
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) transforms students into real, confident entrepreneurs. Throughout the year-long program, Webster Schroeder and Webster Thomas high school students generate business ideas, conduct market research, and write business plans as they prepare to launch their businesses into the world.
Our community is a key in the success of our YEA! students. Community members, businesses, and organizations serve as mentors, donors, and investors. Mentors meet with our YEA! entrepreneurs and participate in formative business conversations to helpfully develop and realize their proposals. Donors make a financial contribution to the program (in an amount of their choosing) to help support developing student proposals into finished products and provide scholarship funding to selected entrepreneurs. Investors pledge money toward student businesses and join us for an in-person Shark Tank-style presentation of student entrepreneur business proposals.
Interested in being a part of this? Email program coordinator Jim McEntee at james_mcentee@webstercsd.org.
Thank you to this year's Mentors!
- Sylvia Ryndock of Sylvia Sellz Homes
- Russ Ziskind of Gemini Technical Services, Inc.
- Lisa Schlonski of Lala’s Boutique
- Maria Criscitello of Julianna Salon
- Garrett Wagner of C3 Advisory
- Christine Gigante of Woofs Canine Club & Indoor Dog Park
- Chris Muench of PHP Point of Sale
