CEO Academy grows Florida’s future business leaders
Entrepreneurial-minded teens discovered what it takes to be a successful business leader at CEO Academy, an exclusive one-week summer camp for high school juniors and seniors. The program was presented by Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida and took place at the Lutgert College of Business at Florida Gulf Coast University. Following the week-long camp, students presented their business plans to a panel of prominent business leaders.
“This is a rare opportunity for students to learn from the area’s most successful entrepreneurs who enjoy sharing their passion for business,” says Victoria Stephan, president of Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida.
Participants first learned about business from these experienced professionals by participating in hands-on activities such as creating business plans and marketing packages based on case studies of specialized corporations. Twenty students from Collier and Lee counties attended the 2010 CEO Academy. Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy.
Through a dedicated volunteer network, Junior Achievement provides in-school and after-school programs for students, which focus on three key content areas: work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. In the 2009-2010 school year, more than 9,500 students in Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties will be reached. Today, 138 individual area operations reach four million students in the United States, with an additional five million students served by operations in 120 other countries worldwide. For more information, contact the local office at 239-225-2590, or visit www.JASWFL.org on the Web.
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