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Young Enterprise Scheme
Young Enterprise Scheme 2013 - Diary
Dragons Den - 7 June 2013
Sixteen young entrepreneur hopefuls tried their luck at a Dragons' Den-style business pitch at Aoraki Polytechnic on Friday.
The presentations were part of the Lions Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme and involved five teams - four from Timaru Boys' High School and one from Mountainview High School - which had five minutes to present their business concepts before answering judges' questions.
Each judge had $150 in cash to invest with a team of their choice.
It is part of sponsorship in this year's competition from Aoraki Polytechnic. The "Dragons" this year were Ken Wills, of Ken Wills Furniture, James Christie, of ANZ, and Diane Turner, an Aoraki Polytechnic business tutor.
The Dragons' Den contributes 30 per cent to the team's mark in the regional competition that ends in October. One team will be selected to go on to the national competition in December.
An estimated 50,000 students have completed the Young Enterprise
Scheme since its launch in 1981.
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National Partners
The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES), with The Lion Foundation as principal supporter, is administered in New Zealand by the Enterprise New Zealand Trust.
The scheme is s one year experiential business programme for young people, teachers and business people. Senior secondary school students form a company, become directors and develop products and services, which they market and sell. They implement a business plan, complete an annual report and make real profit or loss.
YES is school based and teaches skills in budgeting, planning, interpersonal relations, decision making, reporting, communications, risk management and teamwork.
Yes is available in all secondary schools and in 2013 there are approximately 20 students taking part in the Young enterprise Scheme from 2 South Canterbury schools.
Young Enterprisers:
- Add value to school based knowledge
- Learn how to run a business
- Learn value of being enterprising
- Develop a "can do" attitude
- Learn to take and manage risks
Contact our South Canterbury team for more information or visit the Young Enterprise Scheme national website: http://www.enzt.co.nz
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