Camp Information

Camp BizSmart

  • Program Address:

    Santa Clara University
    500 El Camino Real
    Santa Clara, CA 95053, U.S.A.

    Tel:
    Phone: 408-472.2861
  • Winter Address:


    218 Alder Street
    Pacific Grove, CA 93950, U.S.A.

Directors: Kal Sandhu and others

Gain Valuable Skills: At Camp BizSmart students gain real-world skills while they experiemnt with the latest business methods and design tools and get personal experience working with company founders and CEO's. At the beginning of each camp, students form dedicated teams to work together solving actual business problems. As they work on productss from innovative companies, they lesarn entrepreneurship skills, product design and business pitch essentials. It doesn't end there: Students learn how to make a preliminary design sketch, do marketing analysis, assess the strengths anbd weaknesses of the competition, compile a simple financial spreadsheet and make collaborative decisions. The entire curriculum is designed to foster leadership, public speaking, design thinking and teamwork. It's fast paced but fun and appropriate for tweens and teens who are imaginative and full of big ideas. Students learn from business leaders and entrepreneurs about the latest technology trends that will change the world. Teams present their product solution to angel investors in the pitch competition. Aspiring young entrepreneurs graduate with a product design and biz pitch portfolio, professional, full color product renderings and the tools to excel at starting their own business. And they also leave prepared, in the words of the late Steve Jobs, to "put a ding in the universe."

  • Camp size:
    24
  • Cost, 1 week:
    $1,087-$1,987.00
  • Directors:
    Kal Sandhu and others
  • Founded:
    2007
  • Gender:
    Co-Educational
  • Maximum age:
    15
  • Minimum age:
    11
  • Nearest city:
    San Jose, CA
  • Season opens:
    June 19, 2022
  • Season closes:
    July 22, 2022

Activities

  • General Academics
  • Business
  • Creative Writing
  • Finance
  • Leadership
  • Public Speaking
  • Debate
  • Team Building
  • Special Accommodations
  • Food Allergies
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Writing
  • Business Planning


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