Youth + Entrepreneurship = Success

The YES program is not just an in-school course, not just an after school program, not just a business education program, and not just a mentorship opportunity. YES is all of these and much more. YES enables students from the Philadelphia community to realize their dreams of developing a business while fostering the skills needed to succeed in school, business, and community life. Using our award-winning and globally replicated curriculum, YES enables participants to:

Write a business plan

Network with established entrepreneurs

Access start-up capital via the Angel Network

Use the internet in our MJ/HP Digital Inventor Center

Enter into our annual Minority Business Plan Competition

Receive credit towards graduation

Our unique model combines the compulsory aspect of high school and the interactive and fun component of an after school course. This past year, in partnership with the Philadelphia Academies, tenth grade students at three schools participated in the semester long program.

During the '06-'07 fiscal year, YES served 263 students:

175 YES in-school students

100 Business Boot Camp students

80 students in the Make Change Conference

8 students in the Executive Incubator