[CircleUp] Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs Program - Cash Prize up to $50, 000

[Heidi Davis]

A year ago, we shared our plans to enhance our Yoshiyama program and
further align it with the Foundation's new strategic plan.  Our research
and development process culminates this week with the launch of the
Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs Program. 

 

We are pleased to announce a nationwide search for the first-ever
Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs. They are 18 to 29-year olds, and they are
operating viable businesses that create jobs, supply goods or services,
or use internal management practices that offer low-wealth individuals
in America a leg up.

 

We are excited: we have stayed true to the vision of Mr. Hirokichi
Yoshiyama, former president and chairman of Hitachi, Ltd., in Tokyo,
whose gift launched the original Yoshiyama program. We will identify and
work with inspiring young business leaders and learn what it takes to
run a financially sustainable business that gives a boost to people who
feel stuck in place. Indeed, what distinguishes this program is that,
while many social enterprises have primarily relied on grants and
donations to supplement earned revenues, the Yoshiyama Young
Entrepreneurs Program will discover viable businesses that generate
earned revenue to sustain their efforts.

 

The application process
<http://rosenbergcommunications.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e8680f
6826e3fc385d8dd72ff&id=bbc3a0dd07&e=576da8e30e>  is now open. When we
find these inspiring young entrepreneurs, each will receive a cash prize
of up to $50,000 over two years, and technical resources to strengthen
their business.

 

March 22 is the first round application deadline. Please forward this
email to anybody you know who might want to apply, or who might know
America's first-ever Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs. You can learn much
more about the Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs Program on our website
<http://rosenbergcommunications.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e8680f
6826e3fc385d8dd72ff&id=c718cfaa90&e=576da8e30e> . 

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