Nowhere is entrepreneurship more real and exciting for youth than at Denver Startup Week. One of the highlights of the week was the Denver Startup Week Youth Pass – Early...
Douglas County Educator Empowers Colleagues to Achieve Their Classroom Goals with JA
Brittany Kinder with Summit View Elementary School students Brittany Kinder has been passionate about experiential learning all throughout her 18-year career with Douglas County School District. She became a fifth...
JA Student Entrepreneurs Take Home $100,000 Grand Prize at Denver Startup Week Pitch Competition
Two JA students brought home the grand prize at Denver Startup Week’s Pitch Competition on Thursday evening, winning a package including cash, products, and services valued at $100,000. High school...
Junior Achievement Welcomes Kelly Latterman as Routt County District Manager
Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain is thrilled to welcome Kelly Latterman as its new District Manager for Routt County. A Steamboat resident, Latterman will work directly with local schools and oversee Junior...
Kristi Shaffer, Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain, Inc. (JA) Executive Vice President, wakes up every morning at 4. She’s the first to arrive at her workout class, then she walks into the...
Meet the young entrepreneurs giving adults a run for their money
Nowhere is entrepreneurship more real and exciting for youth than at Denver Startup Week, weeklong event promoting innovation through workshops, presentations, sessions, networking and more. Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain, Inc. (JA)...
JA alumnus Elijah Janello says he owes a big portion of his success and his current role with Land Title Guarantee Company to JA. Prior to participating in JA, Elijah...
Keeping Their Son’s Memory Alive
For any parent, losing a child is unimaginable. The family of Carson Spencer, who passed away in 2004 shortly before his 35th birthday, took their moments of grief and turned...
JA Venture Academy Students There is no “typical” Junior Achievement (JA) Business Week student because there is no typical entrepreneur. By its very definition, entrepreneurship requires new ways of thinking...
