PASEFIKA BOSS UP
YOUTH entrepreneurship program
OVERVIEW
PASEFIKA BOSS UP - 2023 SUMMER SESSION - WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!
PASEFIKA BOSS UP is a Summer Enrichment, Career Technical Education (CTE) Entrepreneurship Program that aims to support, empower & foster the future generation of Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander entrepreneurs in San Mateo County. The program will introduce participants to the basic steps & skills needed to launch & maintain their own business. Learners will participate in Project-based, hands-on learning and meet Pasefika Business professionals.
PASEFIKA BOSS UP is open to Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Youth in 7th - 12th grade who live/work/go to school in San Mateo County.
Stay tuned for our Summer 2024 program details!
IN THE NEWS
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THE NEED
Access to entrepreneurship curriculum is not always available for our youth in school. The number of Pacific Islander Business owners is small compared to other minority groups. In addition, COVID-19 resulted in the closing down of Pacific Islander Small Businesses throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. This program aims to spark & incubate young entrepreneurs so they have both the tools & the confidence to start their own business.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Our BOSS UP program is a 5 week Summer Program focussing helping to incubate & educate young Pasefika Youth Entrepreneurs. We do so through project-based hands on learning. Youth will will walk through the following topics to develop their ideas into a small business pitch or launch. At the end of the program, Youth participants will showcase their pitch & business at our Pasefika Youth Makeki (Market place).
Learners will be learning through the following BOSS UP .
MANATU - Mapping out our ideas by exploring two key questions:
A need in the community
Personal Passions/interests
ILOA - Discovering different methods of bringing our ideas to life. By leaning into:
Our personal strengths
Networks - Connecting with local Pasefika Business Owners
Resources
FESO'OTA'I - Ensuring our young bosses are connected with a network of Entrepreneurs:
Pasefika Boss Up Fireside - Led by 1 of our young bosses & 1 program staff, we invite Pasefika Business Owners for an intimate talanoa (discussion) where youth can ask questions and our guests can share their experience in entrepreneurship.
Work-based learning Trips - Visiting Pasefika Brick & Motar businesses, speaking with their owners/staff and allowing them to share knowledge with our young bosses. As well as a pop up style trip, where your young bosses are allowed to explore life of pop up vendors. See first hand the pros/cons of both business models.
FAU - Building out the following:
Business plan
Branding
Marketing Plan
Accounting Practices
Pitch
FA'ATU - Launching or Pitching our business to the community at Samoan Solutions NESIAN NIGHT MARKET:
Pitch Presentations to community panels
Vending/Selling product directly to customers