Be a TREP Youth Entrepreneurship Camp

Be a TREP Summer Camp 2023! July 24-28. A week-long in-person summer camp for rising 6th - 9th grade students. Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM until 2:30 PM. This entrepreneurial summer camp will focus on teaching kids business skills with seasoned entrepreneurs as mentors.

Objectives:

~Gain insight into the entrepreneurship and business fields

~Learn what it takes to turn an idea or passion into a product or career

~Meet and learn from real entrepreneurs

~Create and develop business ideas in a fun environment

~'Pitch' a business idea to a panel of 'judges'

~Make new friends

The purpose of this camp is to give students the opportunity to explore the world of entrepreneurship. Through fun games, activities, group projects, and a business simulation, students will learn business and marketing strategy, teamwork, and essential problem-solving and leadership skills.

Every day is filled with interesting and challenging activities to help students learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and creating a startup business. Each student develops an idea for a business that he or she can start individually or as a group, and on the final day will pitch the idea in front of a panel of “judges” in the form of a contest.

Please contact the SBC at 828-339-4426 or email s_yates@southwesterncc.edu to secure your spot and for registration instructions.