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Katie Davis
Same Stars Canvas
YEA National
Finalist
I appreciate the opportunities that
the Young Entrepreneurs Academy
provided for me. I met wonderful
people in the local community and
competed in a national arena. The
YEA program pushed my boundaries
and helped me strengthen my skills in
areas of uncertainty and weakness.
Y O U N G
E N T R E P R E N E U R S
A C A D E M Y
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy
(YEA!) is a groundbreaking and cutting-
edge program that takes students in
middle and high school, ages 11 to 18,
through the process of starting and
launching a real business or social
movement over the course of an
academic year. Throughout the class,
students develop business ideas, write
business plans, pitch their plans to
a panel of investors for real funding,
then launch and run their own real,
fully-formed companies. Complete
with dynamic guest speakers from the
local business community and exciting
behind-the-scenes field trips to local
companies, the fun, project-based YEA!
approach empowers students to take
charge of their futures in a profound way.
The YEA! Macon Class of 2018 consisted
of 25 students representing public,
private and home schooled students.
The 2017-2018 class produced a National
Finalist, Katie Davis of Same Stars
Canvas. She is an innovative winner and
is already changing the world.
