Young Entrepreneurs Academy, India

The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is a groundbreaking and exciting class that transforms students ages 11-18 into real, confident entrepreneurs. Throughout the class, students develop business ideas, write business plans, conduct market research, pitch their plans to a panel of investors, and actually launch and run their own real companies and social movements. Students get an opportunity to hear as well as get inspired by several celebrity guest speakers. The list comprises of entrepreneurs from some of the top industrial houses in India as well as some of the larger e commerce start-ups. In addition, students take behind the scenes, fun, field trips to India's most successful businesses. They work with mentors from top consulting and venture capital funds in India. Finally, they participate in a "Shark Tank" style Investor Panel, where they will present their business ideas to a panel of India's most successful business leaders for the opportunity to secure real funding to launch their businesses. 8 premier education institutes, American School of Bombay, The Cathedral School - Mumbai, The Shri Ram School - Moulsari, Gurugram, American Embassy School - New Delhi, Bangalore International School - Bangalore, Glendale Academy - Hyderabad, Symbiosis International School - Pune, American International School - Chennai are the host schools. The Young Entrepreneurs Academy is not only a wonderful tool to teach students about business, but also a great way to build confident leaders with values. An excellent instrument to unify the business and educational communities, YEA! India looks forward to scale rapidly pan India to fulfill its mission of teaching more students how to make a job, not just take a job. Incredible Ventures in India is the first overseas organization to license YEA!. YEA! was founded by Gayle Jagel in 2004 at the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, with support from the Kauffman Foundation.