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YES BizCenter, 26 South Main Street
Orange, MA 01364
978-544-1869
www.yes-inc.org

Tim Cohen-Mitchell, Executive Director/Founder

Young Entrepreneurs Society, Inc.

In 1998, young people in Orange—one of Massachusetts’ poorest towns, in the isolated rural North Quabbin region—identified lack of jobs as their main problem. In response Timothy Cohen-Mitchell launched YES as a project of the state-funded Orange Revitalization Partnership, of which he was Community Organizer. Originally it had two programs: the Odd Job Squad—an advertising service for teens—and BizVenture!—classes in entrepreneurship. Incorporated in 2000, YES moved in 2001 into a downtown storefront and began to expand services across a 30-town Franklin County region, partnering with schools and training 18 teachers. By 2004, YES had another five programs in its repertoire: MoneySmarts, TechVenture!, Learn-2-Earn, Teen Cyber Café, and YES BizCenter. Today YES annually helps unlock the entrepreneurial potential of 250 youths, from 13-21. In 2002, YES alumni developed a plan for a cyber café and copy shop, that won a national competition. In 2003, YES used the plan to get a mortgage on two blighted adjoining buildings, which they renovated with volunteer help to house two facilities unique in the region: a business center staffed by YES alumni, serving 3000 area residents, plus the cyber café with a computer lab for 100 users. You can help YES teach folks to fish.

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