Nelson Marlborough Young Enterprise Scheme 2022 Highlights

The Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) grew out of an initiative started by the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce back in the late 1970s and aims to inspire young people to discover their potential in business and in life.

YES is an opportunity for students to unleash their inner entrepreneur and experience the start-up world first-hand. It is an experiential programme where students set up and run a real business. Each YES company creates their own product or service and brings this to market.

There are four YES Challenges that each company needs to complete.

Challenge 1 – Validation

Challenge 2 – The mid Year Pitch

Challenge 3 – Sales & Promotion

Challenge 4 – Annual Review

Students compete regionally and nationally in these challenges.

Why do YES? There are many different reasons why students choose YES.

To get work-ready and worldready!

By setting up and running their own business they will develop a range of important skills that will help in their careers and in life including problem solving, resilience, teamwork, leadership, creative thinking, decision-making and networking.

Students want to make a difference in their community, New Zealand and the world?

Every year, more and more students use their YES business to make a positive social or environmental change, mixing profit with purpose.

There are great prizes to be won!

There is over $20,000 in national prize money to be won and plenty of other prizes available in each region. Some ambitious students are highly motivated to win a Regional Award, or be the Regional Champion or the National YES Company of the Year!

Throughout the programme students engage with the local business community. Coaches, mentors, advisors and suppliers all contribute to the learning experience, providing out of class learnings.

All students that complete YES (Challenges 1-4) will receive the YES micro-credential on their NZQA Record of Achievement.

And if your school offers YES as part of a timetabled Business Studies course, they will be able to gain NCEA achievement standards at either level 2 or level 3.

YES 2022

4,687 secondary school students participated in The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme nationally, setting up over 1,000 companies between them.

Nelson Marlborough

230 Year 12 and 13 students in the top of the south (Te Tauihu) participated, including students from;

 Waimea College

 Nayland College

 Nelson College

 Nelson College for Girls

 Richmond Veiw

 Marlborough Girls College

What is YES? What is YES?