Houston YEA

The Young Entrepreneurs will be a part of a week long extravaganza at Hanh Gallery supporting a wonderful literacy foundation called READ3Zero Literacy Foundation that encourages and inspires kids of all ages to read 30 minutes a day and write their own stories. The Young Entrepreneurs felt that it was only fitting to support education as they have been supported in theirs!

They will be selling their products and services at Hanh Gallery on the first night of the extravaganza, next Monday, May 5th from 5pm-8pm. A portion of their proceeds will go to Read3ZERO!

Thanks Ms. Ashley Small & Medley Inc. for stopping by our trade show and for showing your support!

Hanging out with Houston YEA students today. So inspired by these young entrepreneurs...all in High School. How cool is that?

NEXT UP!: Graduation. Join us as we celebrate the YEA students' successful completion of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy Program at their commencement. See you April 30th @ 6pm!

JUST A REMINDER: Come out to University of St. Thomas at Crooker Center to check out the Trade Show, where the YEA! students get to showcase their business products & services. See flyer for details. COME OUT & SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!

Quote from Program Manager, Josephine Firat:

"Back in September, during the first day of class, the students at Alief Taylor High School were just that, students. They had regular days, normal teenage life problems, and a report card/progress report to let them know how they were doing. Now it's April, and on top of being a student, they own their own businesses, and their days are filled with managing their enterprises and everything that accompanies that process. They face problems like cash management, inventory, and customers, and their new report cards are their financial statements. I've seen these students grow leaps and bounds in just these eight months, and when anyone sees them at their trade show at the University of St. Thomas next Tuesday, "teenagers" is the last word they'll use."

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Alief-high-school-students-turned-entrepreneurs-debut-businesses-at-trade-show.html?soid=1102404845637&aid=vM-ejEa8dzo These 13 students, ages 16 and 17, will debut their newly launched businesses or social movements to consumers, potential clients or investors. Free and open to the public, this event will also give patrons the opportunity to support these students by purchasing products and/or signing up for servic…

Thank you, Mr. Chance Graham of Storyteller Promotions, for being our Social Entrepreneur Guest Speaker and sharing us your story & entrepreneurial passion!

Because of Mr. Gordon, the YEA students learned a lot about how the municipal government can help their businesses! Thank you for your time & support, Mr. Gordon!

DBAs are FILED! Our young entrepreneurs' businesses are registered with Harris County! Congrats!!!!

The YEA students couldn't have done it without the support of Houston West Chamber of Commerce members and their help. Special thanks to Storyteller Promotions for the students' logo designs and for Al Nall of All Things Printed for the business card donations. Thank you for your generosity and support!

Check out this article from Alief Post about the Houston YEA Investor Panel event!

Local Business ‘Sharks’ Invest $6,000 into 8 Alief-Student Owned StartUps By: Waqas Syed March 11th, 2014 9:35 pm CST You may have seen ABC's hit TV show 'Shark Tank' where cutthroat investors pick apart business plans of would be borrowers before forking over thousands of dollars in seed money. Depending on the idea presented to the investment panel, better known as shar...

The Investor Panel event was a success as the Houston YEA students did an excellent job pitching to a panel of investors for start up funding for their businesses.

12 more hours until the big Investor Panel! Ready to watch our Young Entrepreneurs participate in their very own "shark tank" event? Stay tuned. You'll want to know the results.