Concordia University Irvine wants you. It’s looking for guest speakers, as well as business plan coaches, mentors and judges to give one afternoon during its Teen Entrepreneur Academy, which is schedule for July 13 to 19.
Entrepreneurs who have started a business can serve as guest speakers. Those who have started and are running and/or growing a business can coach or mentor. Serial entrepreneurs or angel investors serve as judges.
Past participants have included Wing Lam, co-founder of Wahoo’s Fish Taco and Eldonna Lewis Fernandez, president of Dynamic Vision International, Inc.
“We teach an entrepreneurial worldview that trains teens to see problems as opportunities,” said CUI School of Business Dean Stephen Christensen in a statement.
The academy offers technical and practical training in launching a business. Student teams write a business start-up plan for actual companies they will create, competing for a $1,000 top prize. 60 teens are registered so far this year.
