UTICA, N.Y. — Berkshire Bank has awarded the Mohawk Valley Community College Foundation, Inc. $5,000 to support the school’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) program.
The afterschool program teaches students in grades six through 12 the process of starting and running their own business, Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) said in a news release issued June 15.
Students work with local business leaders, community members, and educators to develop ideas and goals, write business plans, pitch to potential investors, obtain funding, and develop their brand identity.
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The program’s goal is to help students “embrace their passion, energy, creativity, and talents, launch a venture, and develop a stronger and more diverse small-business community in the region.”
The MVCC Foundation said that in the past five years, it has “helped dozens of the Mohawk Valley’s young people to create and launch their own businesses in industries ranging from technology to fashion to local foods and more.” Just last month, it graduated its YEA! Class of 2017 and provided startup funding to help them start 13 “brand new businesses in the community.”
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