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The Young Entrepreneurs Academy teaches kids how to turn their passions, skills, and talents into great ideas. YEA! provides kids the instruction on how to pitch that

idea and get real funding. YEA! teaches what steps to take and how to launch a real business. You will graduate YEA! as the CEO of your own, real, legally registered business.

Kayla Abramowitz founder and CKO (Chief Kid O� cer) of Kayla Cares 4 Kids, a 501(c)(3) non-profi t organization. Throughout her young life Kayla has had multiple, extended hospital stays in addition to experiencing her younger brother Ethan’s numerous hospital trips, Kayla had the idea to collect entertainment and educational items to donate to children’s hospitals in an e� ort to help children feel better. Her motto is, “helping sick kids feel better one smile at a time.” Kayla won the Saunders Scholars Competition in 2015, naming her the National Young Entrepreneur of the Year!

Courtney Martinhas a passion for health and beauty. In the Academy she launched a secret shopping service business for spas and salons. Though no longer pursuing the business she launched in YEA!, she attests that YEA! gave her the skills and knowledge she needed to start her second business. Today, she is the owner and CEO of Infi niti Salon, and has launched a beard oil and body butter line.

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Rachel Zietzgraduate of the YEA! Academy in Boca Raton, Florida makes it big! Featured on Shark Tank in 2016 with $300,000 in sales – since the episode aired Rachel has over 3 million dollars in sales, signed a 10-million-dollar deal with Dick’s Sporting Goods to feature her Gladitor Lacrosse equipment in stores across the country! Rachel has earned the endorsement of lacrosse star, Casey Powel, received accolades from Florida Governor, Rick Scott, and has been featured in USA Today, the New York Times, Entrepreneur.com, and Seventeen magazine!

If you have any questions about student eligibility, or student selection procedures, please do not hesitate to contact our YEA! Program Director, Nicolina Boccia, at nboccia@yeausa.org or by calling her office at(585) 272-3535 or by calling her cell phone at (585) 760-4050.

The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is a groundbreaking class that

transforms students between the ages of 11 and 18 into real, confi dent entrepreneurs. Students develop ideas, write business plans, pitch their plans to a panel of investors for funding, and launch their own legally registered, fully formed companies and social movements in less than 100 hours at the University of Rochester.

Students in grades 6 through 12 learn to develop their favorite hobbies, passions and great ideas into thriving enterprises through a series of guest lectures and fun fi eldtrips to local businesses for behind-the-scenes tours while meeting successful entrepreneurs all along the way. And, in the process, students develop self-confi dence and self-assurance as they learn that they can accomplish anything they set their mind to.

YEA! began at the University of Rochester in 2005 with support from the Kau� man Foundation and today serves students across America and around the globe. Over 9,000 students have graduated from YEA! and have started more than 7,000 businesses—cool inventions and great ideas. YEA! students have been featured in national media including the hit shows Shark Tank, Hatched, and Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, the New York Times, USA Today,

Seventeen Magazine, Teen Vogue, Inc.com, Fortune and Forbes, raised tens of millions of dollars in seed capital, and won millions of dollars in college scholarships. It’s not only about business—YEA! kids are doing everything from creating ‘apps’ that decrease bullying to reducing our carbon footprint.

Students do not need a business idea, invention prototype or previous business experience to apply for admission. Motivated, determined, resourceful students ages 11-18 who attend public school, private school, and home-school are invited to apply.

Scholarships for the Young Entrepreneurs Academy University of Rochester Class of 2020 are available. Criteria for the scholarship include:

■ Female Students■ Ages 11-18■ Located in Monroe or Ontario County■ Active Girl Scout Member■ Application Received by October 4, 2019■ Skype or In-Person Interview Completed

by October 7, 2019■ Attend YEA! Orientation October 8, 2019

YEA! helps students recognize their personal potential and the power of their ideas while providing them with real world experience and practical application of knowledge.

YEA! teaches the magic formula to turn ideas into businesses and social movements that create economic and social value, helping to motivate kids to design their futures in bold and powerful ways.

Skype or In-Person Interview Completed

Attend YEA! Orientation October 8, 2019

The fi rst day of class is Tuesday, October 15th. Class is held every Tuesday from 4pm-7pm at the University of Rochester, Simon School of Business.

155 Corporate Woods, Suite 120 • Rochester, New York 14623yeausa.org • 585.272.3535