Mentors are needed to assist the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, and we invite you to support the students’ experience by becoming a YEA! Business Mentor. As a Business Mentor, you’ll have the opportunity to provide coaching, guidance, and direction to a business enterprise by helping the students develop and complete their business plan.

This mentoring experience, conducted at Gene A. Buinger Career & Technical Education Academy, will have a significant impact on the students’ ability to launch and run their own REAL, albeit modest, business or non-profit organizations.

YEA! Business Mentors commit to seven classroom visits, taking place from December 1, 2014 – February 2, 2015 from 4.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. and continued out-of-class support through email and phone through April 30, 2015. You’ll have the opportunity to assist your student group in the process of developing and writing a business plan and creating an investor presentation used to request funding. We also encourage you to share your business experiences with the groups over the course of your meetings. Previous students have indicated that hearing first-hand accounts from members of the business community make a  significant impact on what they are learning.

The YEA! Instructor will be providing instruction and guidance each class period before YEA! Business Mentors arrive to work with their individual student groups. Contact the YEA! Program Manager Craig Backus to sign up or get more information:  craig@heb.org, 817/600-5701