The mission of YouthBiz is to advance the social andeconomic empowerment of youth through a focus on entrepreneurship, education,and community leadershi” eight inner-cityteens and a local leader started the organization to teach job and life skillsto youth from some of Denver’s most underserved communities. In the twentyyears since, YouthBiz has served over 4,500 youth and distributed over $1.2million-dollars through academically-enriched afterschool and summer programs.