alt.Youth is an exciting new youth entrepreneurship program that helps young people ages 16 - 18 actually start their own small business. alt.Youth prepares students to be entrepreneurs either now or in the future
alt.Youth consists of 3 levels:
LEVEL 1 - Laying the Foundation
- Chapters 1 - 4 of curriculum developed by alt.Consulting
- Case studies
- Glossary
- Online research
- Guest Speaker
- Interactive games and exercises
- alt.Youth Market
LEVEL 2 - Developing the Business Plan
- Chapters 5 - 12 of curriculum developed by alt.Consulting
- Analysis of every component of Business Plan including testing business feasibility
- Guest speakers
- Online research
- Interactive games and exercises
- alt.Youth Market
- Graduation and presentation of business plans
LEVEL 3 -Launching the Business
- Feasible businesses launched
- Up to 60 hours of coaching and one-on-one assistance through alt.Consulting at no cost to students
- Access to capital
- At this level students have access to all of the resources available through alt.Consulting including business and financial management tools, one-on-one assistance, equity capital, loan capital and other resources
Pilot Impact
Students realized they could turn their ideas into businesses
Gained confidence in themselves and their ideas
Contextual learning relevant to their future
Identified ways to make additional income
Learned about link between behavior and credit
Business skills translate into job readiness and career preparedness
The Pilot Produced
- 3 Youth Entrepreneurs
- 1 Future Entrepreneur
- 1 Student better prepared to enter workforce
- 5 students with basic understanding of entrepreneurship
