NEWS FROM: Small Business Development Center North San Diego County 760-795-6740
For Immediate Release through November 12, 2010:
For More Information: Lynn Pittman 619-542-1898 Cell 619-316-6879 or [email protected]
Fall 2009 YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS PROJECT (YEP) Business Plan Contest and $1,000 Prize Winner was RetroSpecs, vintage sunglass stores created by Murrieta Valley High School Virtual Business Students, Kyle Wininger, Jenessa Witties, Holly Koval, and Phillip Gould.
Learn About MiraCosta College SBDC’s Young Entrepreneurs Project & How To Start A Business
San Diego, CA – Have you ever thought about owning your own business or you have a great idea? This is the event for anyone who is interested in being an entrepreneur, loves to do their holiday shopping at Barnes and Noble and is passionate about helping San Diego thrive. On Friday, November 12, 2010 from 6-8pm join local author, serial entrepreneur and founder of addSpace To Your Life, Kathi Burns at the Barnes and Noble, 2615 Vista Way Oceanside, CA 92054. Admission is Free.” Kathi will be talking about the Small Business Development Center’s Young Entrepreneurs Project (YEP) & how anyone at almost any age can start a business and make money. This event is being held to raise awareness and funds for MiraCosta College SBDC’s Fall 2011 Young Entrepreneurship Project or YEP. The Oceanside Barnes and Noble will donate 20% of all purchases to YEP. For information concerning the November 12th YEP Fundraiser and program visit http://www.yepsbdc.info/index.html. Shoppers can provide YEP Bookfair ID at the Barnes and Noble Oceanside location or at www.barnesandnoble.com/bookfairs/ .
“Barnes and Noble created The YEP Entrepreneur Author Series and Book Fair Fundraiser to kick off the third year of MiraCosta College SBDC’s Young Entrepreneurs Project to promote to high school students entrepreneurship, reading and to help secure funding and prize money for YEP,” explains, Joseph Molina, MiraCosta SBDC’s YEP Coordinator. The Young Entrepreneurs Project (YEP) is an online program encouraging entrepreneurship as a career path that any high school or college student can participate in. Students learn how to start and manage a business. YEP participants create a business plan based on their best idea. The Grand Prize is $1,000 and First prize is $500. Students can register to participate in YEP for FREE at http://www.yepsbdc.info/register-now.html. High School Business Plans are due December 1st. College Business Plans are due December 17th.
“Entrepreneurship is the backbone of our nation and we are dedicated to encouraging and giving students the knowledge and confidence to choose entrepreneurship as a career. As we enter the third year of the MiraCosta College SBDC’s YEP program, it continues to grow thanks to partnerships with local businesses, organizations and schools,” explains Molina.
Kathi Burns has been featured regularly in Better Homes and Gardens and on local, regional and national media. She will share with the audience how to get started and thrive in entrepreneurship as well as sign copies of her newest book, How To Master Your Muck. Find out more about Syndicated Columnist, Publisher, Professional Organizer, Image Consultant and Spokesperson Kathi Burns www.addSpaceToYourLife.com.
“I am a self confessed serial entrepreneur who is committed to helping others achieve the “American Dream” of owning your own business. There is nothing like having your own company. It’s better than chocolate! Many of my clients are entrepreneurs looking for office organization, time management and image consulting to help them achieve their dreams. I also, work with families helping them organize their space and schedules so they have more time together. My newest book, How to Master Your Muck provides easy solutions to help everyone get organized, update their image and manage their time,“ says Kathi Burns, Author of How To Master Your Muck and Founder of addSpace to Your Life! She will provides tips and ideas on how to make money with your ideas and start a business. Kathy Burns continues, “I am excited to be a part of the YEP Kick Off Event. I love creating businesses – I have reinvented myself at least half a dozen times and started at least as many companies. There are many ways to make money and have a great business at any age. I started in high school and plan to continue until I am 80!”
The YEP curriculum is online and supported through the MiraCosta College SBDC and Business Department as well as California Virtual Enterprise. “High school students gain team building skills, confidence and practical experience that will not only help them run and operate a business but any endeavor, says James Hayes, YEP Coordinator and Virtual Enterprise (VE) Instructor for the Vista Unified School District. Virtual Enterprise is a course in which students set up and run a simulated business in order to prepare them for working in a real business environment and is articulated with MiraCosta College. With the guidance of a teacher and real-world business partners, the students determine the nature of their business, its products and services, its management and structure, and engage in the daily operations of running a business. Upon the completion of YEP, students will know exactly how to start and run a business.
About The Young Entrepreneurs Project (YEP) – YEP is sponsored by MiraCosta College’s Small Business Development Center. The SBDC provides no cost consulting services and no or low cost workshops to existing businesses and entrepreneurs. Since 1999, The SBDC located at 1823 Mission Ave in Oceanside, CA has assisted over 13,000 business people establish 223 new businesses, create 1,000 new jobs, add $64.5 million in sales, retain 600 jobs and secure more than 23 million dollars in loans. For more information about the SBDC North San Diego County visit www.sandiegosmallbiz.com.
The SBDC is hosted by MiraCosta College and funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and by the California Community Colleges Economic & Workforce Development Program (EWD) and extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA or the Chancellor’s Office of California Community Colleges.
