Offer by California Institute for Global Education and Partner Universities
2017-2019
The Young Entrepreneur Symposium (YES) provides young aspiring entrepreneurs from across the globe, ages 16-24, the opportunity to build critical business skills and forge valuable connections. This 8- to 12-day event will be sprinkled with motivating talks by prolific entrepreneurs and world-class professors from universities such as Stanford, UC Berkeley, and California State Universities; problem-solving sessions by high-tech companies; industry visits and networking opportunities.
The first 3-4 days of YES focus on innovation: Students work in teams to brainstorm and generate products and services that are global and innovative, yet realistic. In the second stage, the young entrepreneurs work alongside professors and seasoned professionals to build fundamentally sound business plans. Following a culminating business plan competition, the participants engage the final stage of the event with leadership and collaboration exercises and individual coaching.
Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening | Notes |
1 | Opening | Tour UC Berkeley | Orientation/Team | stay close to Berkeley |
2 | Innovation Workshop | Industry Tour* | Teamwork | |
3 | Research Lecture | Industry Tour | Teamwork | |
4 | Product/Service Dev Workshop | Teamwork | Teamwork | |
5 | Innovation presentation | Shopping | ||
6 | Entrepreneurship Lecture | Tour Stanford | Teamwork | stay close to Stanford |
7 | Business Plan Lecture | Teamwork | ||
8 | Business Design workshop | Tour venture capitalist firm | Teamwork | |
9 | Business Plan competition | Shopping | ||
10 | Collaboration Skills | Tour Calmat/SJSU | Teamwork | stay close to Calmat/San Jose downtown |
11 | Leadership Skills | Career development | ||
12 | Panel with young entrepreneurs | Conclusion/Reflection | ||
Optional tour: Disneyland, Yosemite, San Francisco, 17-miles or Las Vegas |
Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening | Notes |
1 | Opening | Tour UC Berkeley | Orientation/Team | stay close to Berkeley |
2 | Innovation Workshop | Industry Tour | Teamwork | |
3 | Research Lecture | Industry Tour | Teamwork | |
4 | Product/Service Dev Workshop | Teamwork | Teamwork | |
5 | Entrepreneurship Lecture | Tour Stanford | Teamwork | stay close to Stanford |
6 | Business Plan Lecture | Teamwork | ||
7 | Business Design workshop | Tour venture capitalist firm | Teamwork | |
8 | Business Plan competition | Tour banks | stay close to Calmat/San Jose downtown | |
9 | Collaboration Skills | Panel with young entrepreneurs | Teamwork | |
10 | Leadership Skills | Conclusion/Reflection |
Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening | Notes |
1 | Opening | Tour UC Berkeley | Orientation/Team | stay close to Berkeley |
2 | Innovation Workshop | Industry Tour | Teamwork | |
3 | Product/Service Dev Workshop | Teamwork | Teamwork | |
4 | Entrepreneurship Lecture | Tour Stanford | Teamwork | stay close to Stanford |
5 | Business Plan Lecture | Teamwork | ||
6 | Panel with young entrepreneurs | Industry Tour | Teamwork | stay close to Calmat/San Jose downtown |
7 | Business Plan competition | Conclusion/Reflection | ||
8 | Collaboration Skills | Teamwork |
* Industry visits include world-leading companies such as Google, HP, CISCO, Facebook, Intel, eBay, major venture capitalist firms, and major banks.
**Samples only, might change according to schedule and student background.
Note: YES! can arrange stays in CSU Monterey Bay student housing. Cost is identical.
YES! Silicon Valley is coordinated by California Institute for Global Education (CalGE), CalGE contract with several universities to offer the YES! program.
Contact:
email Cal.Global.Education@gmail.com