CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – October 7, 2021 — The Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority’s (VIEDA) Business Incubator Program invites parents, guardians and young people ages 11 through 18 to register for a Young CEO Camp led camp presenter and Small Business Camp President Andrew Morrison. This Young CEO Camp will be held virtually, via Zoom.com, on Saturday, October 9th and Sunday, October 10, 2021 from 9AM to 3PM.
This camp will show younger children and teens how to make money with their ideas, to transform these ideas into a for-profit or non-profit business in less time and with less effort, to generate sales and sell products online, and more. Participants must attend the camp on both days. Parents or guardians must attend on October 9th.
To register for the virtual Young CEO Camp, interested individuals can visit: https://usviyoungceo.eventbrite.com ..
Camp instructor Andrew Morrison is the founder of Small Business Camp – an entrepreneurial training, coaching and consulting firm with an expertise in business development. Previously he built a multi-million dollar company by providing innovative direct marketing services to Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Morrison was featured in the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, Crain’s Magazine 40 Under 40 and Advertising Age. He also appeared as a “Young Millionaire” on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Mr. Morrison is the recipient of the prestigious Young Direct Marketer of the Year Award and lectured at Harvard University. He has trained thousands of entrepreneurs in Nigeria and completed his first book titled, “21 Questions That Can Build Your Business in 90 Days”.
According to Mr. Morrison, his accomplishments in the U.S. Virgin Islands include being speaker at the Man Up 2015 conference on St. Thomas and St. Croix, training 35 entrepreneurs on St. Croix at Small Business Boot Camp in November 2014, training 90 entrepreneurs at Small Business Boot Camp in March 2015, published the book titled, “Launchpad: Small Business Owners Pursuing Excellence”, and conducting an in-class “E-Commerce Entrepreneurship” program at St. Croix’s Central High School.
For questions, contact Ms. Cusa Holloway, VIEDA Business Incubator Program Manager, at 340-773-6499; or send an email to Ms. Holloway at cholloway@usvieda.org .