Mission, Vision, Goals

VISION: A time when more African American youth and families are empowered to start, and successful manage their own business. MISSION: The mission is to empower African American youth and families to become entrepreneurs. This will be accomplished by youth Entrepreneurship training, motivations to dream and by exposing them to successful businesses. GOAL: The goal ...Read More

Our Background

AYO began in May 2004 with a grant from the Iddings Family Foundation to launch the Tiger Woods Start Something Program. Using the Tiger Woods Start Something Program as a teaching and training tool, the AYO programming quickly grew in response to the high demand for youth after school mentoring and entrepreneurship training. In 2007, ...Read More