The Camps

BASIC SUMMER BUSINESS CAMP

Through our Youth About Business Summer Business Camp Program 9th-12th grade high school students gain a contextual understanding of business by participating in actual merger and acquisition transaction simulations. Our program exposes students to business in a fun, competitive environment and adds relevance to their education by helping them understand why academic preparation is important.

In our first year “Basic Camp,” students attend a one-week overnight camp on a university campus. Youth spend the week engaged in Mergers and Acquisitions transaction simulations, working in teams of seven. During the week, the student teams assume the leadership of their assigned corporation by acting as the executive management committee and begin their due diligence by researching their company’s Annual Report.

Each team is taught by local executives who serve as their business consultants. They help the youth understand complex business transactions and provide guidance on the proper techniques to use in negotiating a merger or acquisition. Volunteer executives include: accountants, attorneys, investment bankers, marketing specialists, and IT and HR specialists. Senior-level executives serve as judges and speakers.

ADVANCED SUMMER BUSINESS CAMP

Selected students who complete Basic Camp have the opportunity to participate in Advanced Camp the next summer, tackling business transactions such as Joint Ventures and Leveraged Acquisitions. The 2009 Advanced Camp was held at the Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University.

Advanced Camp is open to 2nd year students and above from the Northeast, Southeast, Southwest and Midwest Regions. An invitation-only Advanced Camp for the Northeast Region will be held at a location to be determined.

The Advanced Camp Champion is determined by a group of judges (senior level executives) who watch the student teams justify their business analysis and outcome of their case at the end of the week.

WALL STREET CONFERENCE

The Summer Business Camp culminates with the Wall Street Conference for Teens, a week-long trip to visit one of the most fascinating financial districts in the world.

During the Wall Street Conference, students who excel during the camp are offered leadership opportunities for next year’s camp. The infrastructure of the Summer Business Camp is constructed and executed by our youth leaders. This opportunity includes helping to build camp guidelines, promote membership in local high schools, organize the annual Wall Street Conference, and many other duties that are necessary for making the camp successful.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

The winners of our Championship Camp competition are announced at our annual banquet held in New York in November. The winning team receives shares of stock in a major corporation.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

The Summer Business Camp is a resident camp held at a partner University. Each summer, more than 600 high school students are invited to participate in the summer camp. The Summer Business Camp program is primarily targeted to 9th – 12th grade public school students.

We seek ambitious students with a desire to excel in all aspects of their lives, and promote racial and gender diversity by recruiting students from all socioeconomic backgrounds: 70% of our participants are low- to moderate-income; 65% are from single parent homes; and 80% are from racially diverse backgrounds.

Our Youth About Business Summer Business Camp 2010 Schedule is as follows:

*The National Championship Camp in New York is by invitation only.

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The competition concludes with the students negotiating and presenting the best deal to a panel of senior-level executives. The top three teams for each market advance to “Championship Camp” to compete for the National Championship title.