Launch - Winter 2007 - (Page 31)

By Colin Kelly Jr. On December 6, 2007 more than 700 high Founder, Premium Steam school students throughout Utah gathered at the Larry H. Miller Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence during the Young Entrepreneurs of America (YEA) 2007 Young Entrepreneurial Summit. The daylong event is the brainchild of local entrepreneur, Brian Acord, who founded YEA (yeabiz.com) in 1996 to educate and inspire young students interested in someday starting businesses of their own. YEA hosts many events and programs each year in addition to the Young Entrepreneurial Summit including a business plan competition, the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Summer Startup Scholarships program. During each school year, YEA works closely with community volunteers and high school teachers to provide requested speakers and mentors in the classroom to supplement any businessrelated curriculum. One of the 2007 Young Entrepreneurial Summit’s breakout sessions, “Entrepren-her,” targeted would-be women entrepreneurs by exposing young women to some of Utah’s best woman-owned startups. The session was led by one of YEA’s up-and-comers, Davis High School senior Clayton Jenkins. Jenkins, along with Ian Anderson (Grantsville High School), Blake Caldwell (Tooele High School) and Tyler Tolbert (Riverton High School), received scholarships last summer from YEA’s Summer Startup program. This program is geared toward helping promising young entrepreneurs research and actually start their own businesses while still in high school. Jenkins’ company, Premium Steam, is the first of many ventures he plans to undertake in his near future. launch sat down with Jenkins to talk about his company, future plans and experiences with YEA. launch winter 31 http://www.yeabiz.com

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Launch - Winter 2007 Contents Editor's Note Dashboard Mentor Column Funding Column Diary Column Sales Column Feature: Moving Forward: College Business Competitions Turn Ideas Into Reality Cover Story: Are Awards Worth the Effort? Company and CEO Awards: Contributing to the Bottom Line or Just Feeding Egos? Entrepreneur Spotlight: Benoy Tamang - Hooksell Entrepreneur Spotlight: Clayton Jenkins - Premium Steam

Launch - Winter 2007

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