Monday, March 11, 2013
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy guides students through all aspects of starting a business, and is sponsored by the Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce and District 211.
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) was started in 2004, with the goal of giving middle and high school students a real education in what it takes to become an entrepreneur. The Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce and District 211 are now in the middle of their flagship year sponsoring the academy for area high school students. To date, it has helped to produce seven new businesses between its 10 student participants from Palatine, Fremd, St. Viator and Conant high schools. “It’s a lot of work for these students, in addition to their studies and other activities they are involved in, I’m proud of the fact that they’ve put in the time to really get something out of YEA!,” said Mindy Phillips, Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce executive …
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Palatine High School
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Monday, October 22, 2012
The Palatine Chamber of Commerce Young Entrepreneurs Academy is aimed at helping students learn to start their own businesses or movement through mentoring, instruction and support.
The Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce Young Entrepreneur Academy (YEA!) recently launched for District 211 schools, with the goal of guiding students to help start a business or promote social change. There are 17 students from D211 involved in the year-long program housed at Palatine High School. They will receive instruction and guidance from more than 35 area businesses and organizations. "We are overwhelmed by the support that YEA is receiving from District 211 and our business community," said Mindy Phillips, director of Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce. YEA takes young people through the process of running a real business or inspiring a social movement. It includes idea and objective development, instruction on how to write a …
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Palatine Chamber of Commerce
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) program held its annual investor panel Thursday night, awarding more than $8,000 to local students to start their own businesses.
Lake Zurich High School junior Jamie Passaglia was shocked Thursday night when she learned that she'd not only been awarded $1,330 to start her own business, Jamie's Organic Bakery, but that she'd also been chosen to represent our area at a national competition. Participating in the Lake Zurich Area Chamber of Commerce's Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!), Passaglia designed a business that will sell packaged, dry cake mixes that are organic, fair trade and made with whole grains. An investor panel selected Passaglia to represent the Lake Zurich Chamber at the Saunders Scholars Bright Ideas competition in New York. "I can't believe it," said Passaglia. "It's like a dream. I'm really happy that people are excited about my idea." Passaglia, …
Craig Apelbaum
9:32 pm on Sunday, April 8, 2012
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