Seventeen students from the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Ridgefield will receive business and networking advice from 5 CEOs, including:
Michele Mallardi-Gay, CEO of Limelight by Alcone
Christy Kinsman, Owner/Operator of The Angel Cooperative
Cynthia Roy, CEO Regional Hospice of Danbury
Shane Casey, CEO Casey Energy
Christopher Brown, Co-Founder and CEO of Teed & Brown
On March 8, 2018 at the Western CT State University WestSide Campus in WS Classroom 218, the CEOs will volunteer one-on-one time with middle and high-schoolers answering their questions, sharing their experience, and providing advice as they prepare to launch and run their own businesses as part of the YEA! Class of 2018.
YEA! teaches kids ages 11 to 18 how to identify their passions, develop a business idea, write a business plan, pitch investors for funding, and obtain all the necessary components to create a fully, formed and functioning business or social movement by the end of the 30-week class.