Partner With YEI
Open doors with us.
YEI partners with schools, companies, funders, agencies, artists, entrepreneurs, and community leaders to create real opportunities for young people.
Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.
Why Partner
Partnerships help turn exposure into mobility.
YEI creates entrepreneurship, STE(A)M, creative economy, social enterprise, vending, travel, and work-based learning experiences that help young people build confidence, skills, products, income, and leadership.
Our partners help make that possible by opening doors to workshops, mentorship, sponsorships, program sites, internships, markets, product opportunities, funding, and career exposure.
When you partner with YEI, you help young people practice what opportunity looks like in the real world.
Ways to Partner
There are many ways to support the work.
Bring YEI to your students
Partner with YEI to offer entrepreneurship, STE(A)M, BizBeauty, creative economy, vending, product-making, and work-based learning programming.
Create career exposure
Host workshops, mentor students, sponsor programs, create site visits, support internships, or introduce students to career pathways.
Invest in opportunity
Support programs, youth stipends, travel, equipment, KidBizCON, social enterprise, youth businesses, and access-building experiences.
Teach what you know
Lead workshops, coach youth businesses, support product development, share your creative journey, or help students understand real markets.
Build together
Collaborate on youth programming, events, neighborhood activations, family engagement, referrals, and community-centered opportunities.
Give youth a place to sell
Host youth vendors, sponsor pop-ups, provide marketplace space, invite student entrepreneurs, or support KidBizCON activations.
What Partnership Looks Like
Partners help students move from idea to experience.
YEI partnerships are not just logos on flyers. They create real moments where young people meet mentors, build products, visit new spaces, pitch ideas, sell to customers, and see pathways they may not have seen before.
Partnership Areas
Help us build access on purpose.
YEI partnerships are designed around action. We look for partners who can help students build skills, meet people, access tools, enter markets, and see new possibilities.
Workshops
Lead a hands-on session in business, STE(A)M, creative industries, finance, branding, law, marketing, technology, wellness, or leadership.
Mentorship
Coach young entrepreneurs as they develop business ideas, prepare pitches, create products, and build confidence.
Markets
Provide vending, pop-up, showcase, or marketplace opportunities where youth can sell products and interact with customers.
Funding
Sponsor student stipends, materials, travel, equipment, events, social enterprises, or entrepreneurship programs.
Career Exposure
Host site visits, speak to students, support internships, or introduce youth to career pathways and professional networks.
KidBizCON
Support YEI’s youth entrepreneurship experience through workshops, judging, sponsorship, marketplace support, activations, or VIP engagement.
Why It Matters
Partnerships create real firsts.
Students gain practical business, STE(A)M, creative, and leadership skills.
Youth turn ideas into products, brands, services, and ventures.
Students enter real markets through pop-ups, vending, showcases, and events.
Young people build confidence, ownership, voice, and future pathways.
Partner Inquiry
Tell us how you want to support youth entrepreneurs.
Use the form to share your partnership idea, organization name, contact information, and the type of support you would like to provide.
Good Partner Fit
We are looking for partners who show up with purpose.
Still Have Questions?
Let’s build the right partnership together.
Not sure where your organization fits? Reach out and we can explore the best way to connect your resources, skills, or network to youth opportunity.