Youth Entrepreneurship Initiatives
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Since 2003, Community Futures Ventures has delivered 8 Youth Entrepreneurship events, with 954 students participating from schools within our service area. The Lemonade Marketing Game is a facilitated business planning and implementation simulation that takes students through the 5 P's of marketing - product, price, promotion, place, and people.
Students work in teams to create the most dynamic and successful lemonade stand with $100 play money. Using consensus, teams must purchase their materials from the "Lemonade Central" supply stand, choose the best piece of real estate, and design a customer experience, product formulations, and an advertising campaign - all within a 3 hour period.
The winner is declared by a team of judges, who take into account everything from the stand’s physical appearance to the budget sheet each team submits. In this game, EVERYONE'S a winner! Each participant profits from an incredible, real-life learning experience!
Entrepreneurship Presentations
Our goal is to provide students in our service area educational information on entrepreneurship and to inform youth of the assistance, programs and services Community Futures Ventures provides. For more information please contact our office.
Our youth presentations & workshops can be specially tailored to meet your needs.
Topics can include:
- Interactive Marketing Game
- Budgetting and Cash Flow Projections
- Planning for Small Business Success
- Introduction to Entrepreneurship
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