S.P.E.E.E.D.

Full Throttle Towards YOUR Destiny!

Young Entrepreneurs

19 youth went through the rigorous curriculum set before them and rose beyond expectations.  They developed a business idea, gave it a name, set their product and service prices, wrote business plans, took career assessments & financial literacy lessons, then produced flyers, business cards, and signs to market the businesses; all in just three days.

 

Youth Business (Ybiz) Names: The SPEEED Café (an emerging restaurant $1 items), Farm Fresh Express (Produce Stand-items as low as .50), the Golden Boot (Shoe Shine Station starting at $5) and Transformers Car Detail (offering a Handwash, Vacuum, Wax, and more for an introductory price starting at $10). All these businesses are mobile. and available to come to a location near you. Funds generated from these businesses will be used to buy participating youth school clothes/supplies and to increase the SPEEED operating budget so the organization can support more emerging young entrepreneurs.

 

 

Our Thesbians Julian and Jamal performed visual poetry at the Symposium on Thursday July 22, 2010

Let us introduce to you the next group of Fortune 500 company business owners. The Young Entrepreneurs of SPEEED.  These youth ages 6 to 21 took advantage of the Young Entrepreneurs Conference and symposium July 20-22, 2010.  They started with nothing but took advantage of our Pastor’s advice to use what was in their hand /use what you got.  They made $65 dollars profit at their grand opening.

 

Young Entrepreneurs: Jamie , Jamal , Jamel Julian , Kaila, Ariel, Antasia, Alandis, Babi, Alvin, Cli-Neazia, Larry, Joi, Darius, Cedricka, and Patrick.

 

 

YEC was a Smash! He showed up and Showed Out.

M-Powerhouse Symposium III took Roxboro by Storm

Scheduled Business Opening-Each Wednesday at Zion Christian Center and interested churches (SPEEED Café), Each Thursday at Person County Health and Human Services while supplies last (Farm Fresh Xpress), Saturday, August 21-Walmart (Transformers Car Detail), pick up at your location (Golden Boot) and Personality (All).   The young people also have an ongoing fundraiser called Operation Scrap it Up! Donate any metal you have laying around especially Junk cars/vehicles to this initiative by calling (336) 583-7596.

 

Please take advantage of this opportunity to help teach our young people how to be productive and to develop a work ethic they can carry with them throughout their lives.

 

A very special thank you to our Young Entrepreneurs Conference (YEC) meal sponsors; McDonalds, Lowes Foods, Golden Corral and 4 A Enterprises; presenters (State Employees Credit Union), Vanessa White (PCC Student Support Services/Educational Opportunity Center), and Carolyn Sample; our panel of motivating entrepreneurs from Allcare Properties (Tony Smith), Got Sole (Deena Garland) ’09, M-Powerhouse (Terry Smith), and 4 A Enterprises (Nan Jeffers), career assessments by Samantheo Marcellus (PCC)  college tour guides LeighAnn Long and Peggy Bane (PCC), a host of volunteers who are the hometown heroes that make up TEAM SPEEED and our  supporters HEALED Inc., the Phoenix Center, and Re-entry Pathways 4 Success. Please take advantage of this opportunity to help teach our young people how to be productive and to develop a work ethic they can carry with them throughout their lives. For more information on our program or to donate to the cause check us out on the web at www.teamspeeed.org