3,000 Student Entrepreneurs from Virtual Enterprises Prompt a Surge in Global Trade

NEW YORK, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- April 11, 2013 will go on record as the highest volume trading day ever for the Virtual Enterprises International (VEI) global business community.  From the moment the trade bell rings until the final nanosecond of the day's closing bell some 160 businesses at the 16^th annual VEI International Trade Show will be racing against time to log sales of highly desired goods and services, increasing their bottom lines and enhancing their employees' virtual lifestyles.

VEI CEOs, Marketing Directors, and Sales Managers from high schools around the world and across industries have spent months priming their sales force with positive thinking, planning their marketing strategies, building their displays, and devising innovative ways to outsmart and outsell the competition.  It's a high stakes, high-energy day that models the best of the free enterprise system … only this one is for students.

Please join us at this one-of-a-kind, must-see event, which showcases some of the best creative minds of the next generation of entrepreneurs. Visit one of our newest firms at Booth 74 – Nuapps -- who has partnered with Apple to develop real apps from conception to coding to iTunes sales.  The trade show commenceson Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. (and concludes at 3:30 p.m.) at theRegiment Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue at East 25^th Street.

With a network of over 5,000 virtual businesses employing and training 50,000 students each year in more than 42 countries, VEI is regarded by governments and private sector companies as one of the most effective youth entrepreneurship program, preparing young people to succeed in higher education and the workforce.

Virtual Enterprises International is an in-school program in which students create and manage a virtual business with the guidance of a teacher and experienced business professionals. Among the highlights of the VEI experience is the opportunity to gather with peers from around the globe each spring for the VEI Youth Business Summit, which includes the National Business Plan Competition and Global Business Challenge and culminates with the International Trade Show.   Judges for events are professionals from the business community.

The VEI Youth Business Summit is sponsored by the New York Life Foundation and HSBC Bank.

Schedule
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM - Trade Show Opening Ceremony - Chris Park, President, NY Life Foundation
9:30 AM – 2:45 PM - Exhibition and Trading 
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM - Awards Presentation - Best Catalog, Website, Booth and Salesmanship

CONTACT
Deni Frand, Sr. Director, External Relations  
E: [email protected]  ·  P: 212-769-2710 Ext. 8

Media Contact:

Deni Frand Virtual Enterprises International, 212-769-2710 ext 8, [email protected]

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SOURCE Virtual Enterprises International