YEP Hosts Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour

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YEP Hosts Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour

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The San Diego Center for International Trade Development’s Youth Entrepreneurship Program hosted a stop of the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour (EET) on Friday with the Sweetwater Union High School District’s CTE/ROP Program at their San Ysidro High School campus. The EET brings the country’s top young entrepreneurs to help spread the entrepreneurial mindset during an inspirational high-energy conference. The event, attended by over 250 students from several high schools within the Sweetwater district, encouraged students to pursue their entrepreneurial ideas while also providing skills for building networks and obtaining resources. The event’s moderator, EJ Carrion, co-founder of theStudent Success Academy and best-selling author, provided practical and actionable information on how students can pursue their dreams and achieve success in business and in life. The event also featured a keynote talk by Aaron Steed, co-founder of MeatHead Movers. Aaron shared how he started his business while he was still in high school and built it into one of the most successful moving companies in California.

The interactive and entertaining style of the event kept the students engaged during the 2-hour event and they learned that’s it’s never too early to begin pursuing their dreams.

See more photos from the event here.

Article in the Union-Tribune about the event.

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The YEP Program gives youth real world knowledge beyond what a textbook can offer them. YEP is a great liaison and a necessary support to encourage youth to think outside the box by creating awareness of the different possibilities of opening your own business versus working for one.

Jo-Ann Dilay

YEP helped put my business on the map. The follow-up from the CITD counselors is one of the forces that keep me moving forward.

Erica Calvert

The YEP program thoroughly taught me how to write an effective business plan that identifies and details all the steps necessary to starting a small business. This knowledge is encouraging and gives me the confidence to pursue starting my own small business.

DeAngelo Williams

The YEP business training helped me bridge the gap between what I learned in college, and how small businesses actually get started.

Ryan Poortinga

I really appreciate the amazing team that CITD YEP has and all of the help that you have to offer. You have helped me greatly with the start of my venture. I hope this program continues to grow and more entrepreneurs are aware of the help that is available to them.

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