Starting a SAGE Team of
Teenage Entrepreneurs in
Your Community
Helping Teens Pursue Entrepreneurship and Social
Responsibility
Are there teens in your community
who:
• Have a GREAT business idea that can
make a lot of money and/or address a
social need?
• Want to start their own sociallyresponsible business OR social
enterprise?
• Want to develop leadership,
teamwork and project management
skills?
Do These Teens:
• Like to travel to exciting new places?
• Want to meet successful business
and civic leaders?
• Want to be teamed up with one or two
mentors/consultants from Chico State
(these mentors will help them with
their business, and their annual
report and presentation, via Skype
and texting)?
• Want to create better futures for
themselves and their children?
SAGE’s Vision and Mission
SAGE Vision
– Creating better futures through social enterprises,
socially responsible businesses and community
service.
SAGE Mission
– To help create the next generation of
entrepreneurial leaders whose innovations and
social enterprises address the major unmet
needs of our global community.
What You Need to Do (3 Steps)
1. Identify a business venture, form a team of at least two
more teens at your school, church, Boys & Girls Club, or in
your garage, and find an adult ally/sponsor
– The business must be either be a
• Socially responsible business (SRB) or a
• Social enterprise business (SEB)
2. Operate the business during the year
– Focus on:
• Marketplace viability
• Social impact
3. Travel to the SAGE national tournament to present your
business to a panel of leaders (by invitation only: your
invitation will be extended only if you meet certain reporting
benchmarks during the year)
Note: the highest-rated SRB and SEB will be invited to participate in the SAGE World Cup (most recent World Cup hosts
have been USA (2005), China (2006), Ukraine (2007), Nigeria (2008), Brazil (2009), South Africa (2010), USA (2011),
USA (2012), Nigeria (2013), Moscow (2014), South Korea (2015). In 2016, Manila!
Key Milestones Each Year
(USA Example in 2015-2016)
By April 1, 2016: Submission of an acceptable annual
report (send to ewendorf@mail.csuchico.edu)
Later May or early June, 2016: Travel the SAGE USA
National Tournament (to be in Sacramento, Phoenix, or
Buffalo/Niagara Falls)
The winning teams are invited to the SAGE World Cup in
Manila, Philippines August 11-16, 2016.
SAGE Competition #1: SRB (mainly
profit driven)
In their annual report and verbal presentation, how effective were
the students in demonstrating that they were:
Innovative and Creative in Operating Their SRB?
Note: The primary purpose of an SRB is to make a profit; a
secondary purpose might be to solve a social problem. Judges will
evaluate how successful was the SAGE team in creating and
implementing one NEW enterprise this year or CONTINUING a
SAGE enterprise from prior years.
SAGE Competition #1: SRB Judging
Criteria (100 points total)
Socially-Responsible Business (SRB)
Judging Criteria
Written
Annual
Report
Oral Presentation
1. How innovative and creative is the business? Does this business have features which
few, if any, other businesses have, which add to the success of the business?
10
10
2. What is the amount of profit of the business (e.g., has it achieved profitability through
earned income? Or has it defined a believable path toward profitability)?
10
10
3. Has the business exhibited sustainable business practices? Does the business meet
the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs? Has the SAGE team understood the importance of being responsible
stewards of the environment in a market economy, either through its products or services,
or by its actions in the community?
10
10
4. Is there evidence that the business has a succession plan in place? In other words,
has the team demonstrated that the business continue after the current year? Will the
team carry on over the summer, winter and spring?
5
5
5. How effective were the students in utilizing mass media and social media to publicize
their business (e.g., newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, billboards, newsletters, a website
devoted to their SAGE business; Facebook)? Insert samples, such as newspaper articles,
with your annual report.
5
5
40 pts
40 pts
TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS
How effective were the students in their responses to judges’ questions during the
Q and A period?
20 pts
SAGE Competition #2: SEB (mainly
driven by social impact)
In their annual report and verbal presentation, how effective were
the students in demonstrating that they were:
Impactful in Operating Their SEB?
Note: Social enterprise businesses (SEBs) directly address social
needs through their products or services or through the numbers
of disadvantaged people they employ; they can be legally
structured either as nonprofits or as for-profit businesses, but in
either case must be profitable
SAGE Competition #2: SEB Judging
Criteria
Social Enterprise Business (SEB)
Judging Criteria
Written
Annual
Report
Oral Presentation
1. Does the business have measurable and proven impacts? Has the organization
succinctly defined exactly what change it is trying to achieve? How has the organization
measured the desired changes, and demonstrated that they are caused by the
actions/interventions of the organization?
10
10
2. What are the community resources obtained by the business in helping it achieve its
mission, and how were these resources employed (e.g., earned income; sources and uses
of unearned income; cooperation from community organizations, volunteers, local
government; note: at least 50% of the financial resources during the first year of business
must come from earned revenue and the business must have a clear plan to eventually
achieve profitability from earned revenue alone)?
10
10
3. Has the business exhibited sustainable business practices? Does the business meet the
needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs? Has the SAGE team understood the importance of being responsible
stewards of the environment in a market economy, either through its products or services,
or by its actions in the community?
10
10
4. Is there evidence that the business has a succession plan in place? In other words, has
the team demonstrated that the business continue after the current year? Will the team
carry on over the summer, winter and spring?
5. How effective were the students in utilizing mass media and social media to publicize
their business (e.g., newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, billboards, newsletters, a website
devoted to their SAGE business; Facebook)? Insert samples, such as newspaper articles,
with your annual report.
5
5
5
5
40 pts
40 pts
TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS
How effective were the students in their responses to judges’ questions during the Q and A period?
20 pts
Q & A from Judges (7 minutes)
In their oral presentation, how effective were
the students in:
Responding to judges’ questions during the
mandatory seven-minute Q and A session
following the 13-minute oral, multimedia
presentation.
Other Things to Consider
• Each country will send its two winning teams to the
World Cup; however, if a country conducts only
one competition (SEB or SRB), only the winning
team will qualify for the World Cup
• A number of special awards (to be determined) will
be given at the World Cup in both competitions
(e.g., “best social enterprise businesses addressing
the United Nation’s Sustainability Goals”
How To Fund A SAGE Team
• Recruit a Business Advisory Board (BAB) that includes
successful entrepreneurs and business leaders
• Approach civic organizations and leading businesses to
seek their support (e.g., Wells Fargo, Target, Staples, Best
Buy, Rotary, Elks Club, Noon Exchange Clubs) provide
small grants to local schools for leadership/community
activities like SAGE.
• As your SAGE business grows, more companies will
support you by providing BAB members and financial
resources
Other Information
• A high school or organization can have many SAGE
teams, as long as each team:
– Consists of at least three active teens
– Selects one SEB or one SRB to focus its effort (but
not both)
– Each team can only enter the same business for a
maximum of three years
SAGE World Cup History
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The 2006 SAGE World Cup, August 3-6, 2006 in Shanghai, China.
The 2007 SAGE World Cup August 1-6, 2007 in Odessa, Ukraine.
The 2008 SAGE World Cup July 21-28, 2008 in Abuja, Nigeria.
The 2009 World Cup Brazil in August 2009
The 2010 World Cup Cape Town, South Africa in July.
The SAGE World Cup in 2011 Niagara Falls/Buffalo NY on July 22-26.
The SAGE World Cup in 2012 San Francisco, CA USA on July 27-31
The SAGE World Cup 2013 Abuja, Nigeria in August, 2013
The SAGE World Cup 2014 Moscow, Russia in August 2014
The SAGE World Cup 2015 Seoul, South Korea, August 6-9.
The SAGE World Cup 2016 will Manila Philippines, August 11-16 2016.
For More Information:
SAGE USA:
Mr. Peter C. Eimer, MBA
(716) 829-7609
pce633@aol.com
SAGE GLOBAL:
Dr. Curt DeBerg
SAGE Founder
California State University, Chico
College of Business
Chico, CA 95929-0011
530-898-4824
cdeberg@sageglobal.org
http://sageglobal.org