Our Impact: Mission Spotlight

Pitching Big Ideas at the Young Entrepreneur Tournament

School/Org Larimer County Workforce Center
Location Larimer County, CO
Funding Impact Fund
Year 2019

Over six weeks, students ages 18 and under turn ideas into working business plans — then pitch for seed money and the title of Young Entrepreneur Tournament winner.

Created by the Larimer County Workforce Center, the Young Entrepreneur Tournament (YET) teaches young people to pursue their business ideas — not simply to get a job.

Over six weeks, students take an idea for a product or business from paper to reality. At the end, they pitch their concepts for a chance to win seed money and the title of Young Entrepreneur Tournament winner.

It’s an immersive crash course in entrepreneurship that shows students their ideas have real value.

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