Palos Verdes Chamber
YEA! Investor's Panel
Student CEOs: Middle & High School Students Pitch Their REAL Businesses to Investors on April 14th Rolling Hills Estates, CA, March 28, 2019 In January, 25 students in grades 7 through 12 began a rigorous curriculum to become real business owners. They are students in the international Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!), sponsored in California by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. Trained by local business professionals using the YEA! curriculum to create a business or nonprofit, these students have done everything from completing a business plan to product development to delivering an elevator pitch. On April 16th these students will pitch their businesses to a panel of business leader investors in the hopes of receiving real money to invest in their startups. Business leaders from the greater Los Angeles area are welcome and encouraged to attend, and especially to become a YEA! sponsor, which includes a seat on the Investor Panel. In addition to granting startup capital, the Investor Panel members rank the presentations. The highest-ranking student competes in New York for a chance to be named ?America?s Top Young Entrepreneur? and receive a $30,000 college scholarship. As evidence of the high quality of our program, we have had three students reach the finalist group of that competition in the last six years. The public is invited to drop in at any time during the Investor Panel event on Tuesday, April 16th from 5 to 8PM at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes. Also, the students will hold their Trade Show at the Palos Verdes Street Fair & Music Festival on Saturday, June 8 from 1 to 4PM. Admission to the Street Fair is free and open to the public. For information on being a YEA! Sponsor and to sit on the Investor Panel contact Ann Sidler, Ann@palosverdeschamber.com or 310-377-8111. For Information on the Young Entrepreneurs Academy: https://yeausa.org/
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