Youth About Business Launches Online Business Academy for High School Students
The Virtual Program Offers Unique Insight Into the Business World and Access to Corporate Executives
Youth About Business (YAB), a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation that provides leadership training for youth in underserved communities, announced that it is opening its Youth About Business Online Academy, an intensive virtual leadership development program.
The camp, now in its 21st year, has traditionally operated in-person programming in Tennessee, New York, Illinois, Georgia, Texas, and the Western and Mid-Atlantic regions of the country, but this year, for the first time ever, the program will take place entirely online, enabling thousands of students to participate.
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The Youth About Business Online Academy will expose students to a variety of business-related materials and experiences that they do not normally receive in the typical high school setting. Students will be organized into teams and will assume the role of an executive management team of a corporation. They will then compete against one another to structure and negotiate a simulated merger or acquisition, while being advised by business professionals, including attorneys, accountants, investment bankers and marketing specialists.
The online academy will double the number of corporate executives that help mentor and teach students throughout the program. In years previous, Youth About Business has worked with 300 business professionals, but the online model will give students access to over 600 corporate executives. These executives will help students understand the complexities of business transactions and give them guidance on the proper techniques used when negotiating a merger or acquisition.
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