Teen Entrepreneurs in the Making Invited to Zoom into Learning How to Take Ideas from Dream to Reality
Jeanette Grider
Senior Media Relations Specialist
jgrider1@slu.edu
314-977-2538
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06/18/2020
Innovation, creativity and adapting to circumstances are key in the world of entrepreneurship and during this era of social distancing the Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University is embracing those ideas by offering their annual summer Allsup Entrepreneurship Academy for high school aged students completely online via Zoom.
The academy will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, July 27 to Friday, July 31.
- Daily keynote by a nationally recognized teen entrepreneur
- Interactive innovation challenges
- Virtual tours, office hours and mentorship opportunities
- Workshops to assist students in developing their own business ideas
- Virtual pitch competition to conclude the camp where participants will pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges for the chance to win prize money
Keynote Speakers
Monday, July 27: Lily Born, founder of Imagiroo
Tuesday, July 28: Joshua Williams, Founder of Joshua's Heart Foundation
Wednesday, July 29: Jahkil Jackson, founder of Project I Am
Thursday, July 30: Gabby Goodwin, CEO of Confidence and inventor of GaBBY Bows
Friday, July 31: Mikaila Ulmer, founder of Me & The Bees
In recognition of the financial challenges many face during these unprecedented times, the 2020 Allsup Entrepreneurship Academy is being offered free of cost.
Click here for more information and to register for the 2020 Allsup Entrepreneurship Academy or contact youth programs coordinator Laura Brugger at laura.brugger@slu.edu.
About the Allsup Entrepreneurship Academy
The Allsup Entrepreneurship Academy at the Chaifetz School of Business offers high school students the opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship, grow their business skills and develop their own entrepreneurial ideas each summer at a week-long enrichment program on the campus of Saint Louis University. Presented by the Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship, the camp offers participants the opportunity to connect with fellow entrepreneurial high school students from around the region, SLU students and some of St. Louis' most successful entrepreneurs while competing in a pitch competition.