About the Academy

VISION

A nurturing environment where young people can dream and pursue
their dreams of business ownership.

MISSION

To provide opportunities for aspiring student entrepreneurs to start their own businesses.

The Academy of Future Entrepreneurs is an entrepreneurship and business startup venture, established in 2003, to assist young people realize their dreams of starting their own businesses. The Academy’s purpose is to nurture young people’s aspirations for business ownership, providing the know-how and access to the resources that will help them launch their own business startups.

The Academy seeks to support enterprising youth from secondary school until they graduate from college and become successful business owners. These budding entrepreneurs, ages 11-22, will have opportunities to learn the fundamental skills of new venture creation leading to a new company startup. They will be provided ongoing assistance to discover, test, develop and take their ideas to market. Such support includes incubation program, access to seed capital, guidance from networks of entrepreneurs and business owners, and opportunities to showcase their innovations, products and services.

The long-term goal of the Academy is to produce a new breed of innovative, entrepreneurs and business owners who are knowledgeable about the fundamentals of business and are guided and motivated by honesty, integrity and social commitment in their business practices.

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