of the EducationUSA Academy at the University of Colorado, Boulder, one of the most innovative and beautiful
campuses in the United States. Here at the EducationUSA Academy, students explore aerospace, engineering, health sciences,
international business, and psychology. MALE STUDENT: A little bit about our business and financial breakdown. MS. JUZA: They work closely with successful, local entrepreneurs
to develop their own company and present to real investors. MALE STUDENT: This is the buckle of the solar panel.
And these on the sides are the plug-ins. The fabric will cost around, like, $3, each fabric,
like, to make a belt. We give people the option to choose the material, the color of the belt, and the shape of the buckle.
MR. DANIEL ZACEK: If you had three startups and they all failed, not a single investor is going to say, oh, you had three failed startups.
I’m not going to invest in your company. They’re probably more likely to, because every time you’ve failed, you’ve learned something really valuable
and you have an even better chance of success. As a team, what you need to know is, how much do we need to spend to create something
that will bring in more money so we can spend money to create more? And how do we keep this loop going?
MS. JUZA: We designed this entrepreneur project using a variety of disciplines so
that the students get hands-on experience in creating something.
They may not necessarily want to start their own business some day.
But, you know, if they’re working for a nonprofit or the government or some kind of Fortune 500 company,
they’re going to have to influence people. They’re going to have to identify problems and propose
solutions. They’re going to have to ask people for resources. SINEM: And the total cost is $117.
MS. JUZA: These skills are transferable to anything that they want to do in life. SINEM: Thank you. [APPLAUSE]
[INAUDIBLE] The presentation went really well. Well, I think if you have a passion for something,
you don’t need to take any notes with you and have cards in your hands. Just go for it. [LAUGHS]
[CHEERING] (LAUGHING) [CHEERING] MS. JUZA: Boulder is this incredibly safe and welcoming
place for people from all over the world. [CHEERING CONTINUES]
Pearl Street– so many cafes and musical performers and street performers.
[LAUGHTER] And it’s safe to explore and discover new things. FEMALE STUDENT: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
JASMINE: Growing up, I always dreamed of going to the United States.
And I thought it would just be like that– a dream. But because of this scholarship, this dream
has turned into a reality. [LAUGHTER] [INTERPOSING VOICES] SAMET: Before I came here, I thought about, maybe it’s
difficult to make friends. And maybe I will have a difficult time here because Austria and the United States
are really far away. I was worried about being homesick.
Especially my parents– they said they are people all over the world. Maybe they wouldn’t understand your culture,
the way you are thinking. But it was exactly the opposite. [LAUGHTER]
[INTERPOSING VOICES] MS. JUZA: The range of diversity here is incredible.
[LAUGHTER] There are 15 different countries represented from all over the world and every continent,
with the exception of Antarctica. GUSTAVO CHEHADE: I remember getting here, and I was like, man, I’m so tired.
I need to go to bed. I need to rest. And– and then my roommate arrived, coincidentally at the same time as I did.
And I was talking to him. And I was like, I pulled a 14-hour flight. I’m so exhausted. And he was like, yeah, I pulled a 38-hour.
And I was like, lesson number one. [LAUGHS] [MUSIC CONTINUES]
[INTERPOSING VOICES] JASMINE: The forensic exhibit is definitely the most interesting exhibit to me.
Courtney arrived in [INAUDIBLE]. MALE STUDENT: No. JASMINE: [GASPS] It’s not. Look, it’s not the same.
Growing up, I always read a lot of Nancy Drew mystery books. And that has fueled my passion for mystery.
Alice. Alice.
SINEM: When I get older, like, for example, let’s say 50, I want to look back to my life and say, I did it, I saw it,
and I felt it in my heart. That’s my life passion. ELANE: (LAUGHING) I mean, we been walking around hugging
each other the whole day. SINEM: (LAUGHING) So really the whole day, though. [DOG BARKING] ELANE: [LAUGHING] It all happened– SINEM: It’s like, only been– ELANE: –in one month.
SINEM: –one month. ELANE: That’s– SINEM: It’s like– ELANE: –that’s what’s– SINEM: –that’s amazing. ELANE: –surprising. SINEM: Yeah. ELANE: But, I don’t know, because when they matched us up, they did it perfectly right.