CEED PEI - Break into Business

Break into Business is an award winning one-week entrepreneurship camp developed by the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED). This camp gives children the opportunity to develop and implement entrepreneurial skills.

Break into Business was developed to provide young people (ages 11-16) with an entrepreneurial experience using the activities and business simulation as a vehicle towards discovering their own personal qualities, characteristics and attitudes as an entrepreneur. The program was designed around the Business for a Day activity, which allows participants to create operate and close a mini-venture in a day.

Today’s job market is changing rapidly and it is necessary to expose youth to the entrepreneurship option. By developing their personal qualities, characteristics, and attitudes, this program prepares youth for the challenge of their lives.

The program contains 25 hours of activities plus 5 hours devoted to selling. The goal for the participants is not to generate the highest dollar profit, but to recognize that they have what it takes to make it in today’s competitive world and to understand they can take control of their own futures.

Participants play various games and enjoy numerous activities including operating their own individual "Business for a Day." They then relate their experiences to what they have learned from the activities.

Break into Business camps recently received a Best Practice in Youth Entrepreneurship Training Award at the 1999 Enterprise Edge Conference held in Victoria, British Columbia.

Break into Business camps are held during the March break and at various times during the summer. If you are interested in registration information or establishing an entrepreneurship camp, contact The Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED) at:

98 Water Street – Waterfront Mall
Summerside, PE
C1N 4N6
phone: 902- 436-7200
fax: 902- 436-7229
email: warsenault@ceedpei.com