Ernest Ruffin, Jr.

Great college ball action at the YES USVI HBCU Classic. Watch on YouTube @yessportstv

Hi all! I just wanted to share YES is bringing top ranked HBCU College Basketball to ST Thomas December 11-13th games start at 9am to 5pm Dec 11th & 12th Championship Noon December 13th at Eudora Kean UVI will play again this year!

Vernon Maxwell (MadMax) Celebrity Golf Tournament Houston, TX was outstanding. YES Sponsored a hole. Jerry Stackhouse & V-Max, my son ER3 and Danielle Fontenot getting her championship Rocket jersey signed.. #madmax #yngentrepreneurz #houston

The YES NBA - WNBA Business Plan Challenge was awesome! Markita Aldridge formerly of the Washington Mystics captured 1st place and $10,000 with her Queen of Mortgage Business. Tamecka Dixon of LA Sparks fame finished 2nd & the $4,000 prize. Great judges, Rutgers CUEED Sponsor

The final four retired NBA / WNBA players 1st YES Business Plan Challenge for a grand prize of $10,000 will be on zoom this Friday at 9AM EST. Please see attached flyer to view the challenge.. #yngentrepreneurz #retiredprofessionalathletes #kingjames #rutgersuniversitycueed

YES Milwaukee Businesss Plan Challenge students hard at work. Their Director has added pressure to them by saying “you know we won the YES National Chip last year” #yngentrepreneurz #milwaukee

YES Milwaukee Businesss Plan Challenge students hard at work. Their Director has added pressure to them by saying “you know we won the YES National Chip last year” #yngentrepreneurz #milwaukee

After a very tough competition, a winner emerged from the YES London 2025 Business Plan Challenge. Litter Logic manufacturers of automated cat liters. #yngentrepreneurz #london

NYC Attorney Jack McCue and his IP Global Company have donated the first of a few pallets of vintage Air Jordan’s and apparel to YES. McCue has seen the growth of YES and wanted to get involved with YES’s success. #yngentrepreneurz

YES keeps growing to new cities globally… #yngentrepreneurz #buildingbridgesacrosstheriver #washingtondc

Week 1 we had a cigar ashtray designer and manufacturer (Cigar Fraternity) share his business with the students. This week MJ’s Ice Cream and Brew-Tiful Coffee of Detroit shared their entrepreneurial experiences. Students had plenty of questions, those on-line enjoyed the talks 2

Calling all retired NBA & WNBA Players to come learn entrepreneurship take part in the YES Business Plan Challenge and the chance to win $2,500 each team member, then on to Vegas for a grand prize of $10,000 each.

YES Eagle Academy of Newark, NJ Business Plan Challenge hard at work on their business plans. One group won’t tell nobody what type of business they are starting. The competition is fierce. #yngetrepreneurz #thefutureisbright

On B.M.O.R.E. Panel about domestic and international entrepreneurship. The young people were very smart. Our future is bright… #yngentrepreneurz

@HereandNowABC Ms Bookman it would be great to come on your show and share how Young Entrepreneurz Solutions (YES) is teaching youth entrepreneurship globally & hosting HBCU Sport teams in the Virgin Islands yngentrepreneurz.org

JJ Reddick cost lakers this game by not playing Hayes at all! Max Keepler not n shape

@35KYSportsMedia Junior played in the NBA for the Milwaukee Bucks. Congrats to him and his business success…

💵Louisville Cardinals legend Junior Bridgeman has reached BILLIONAIRE status, with Forbes estimating his net worth at $1.4 billion. After his NBA career, he built a fast-food empire with over 500 Wendy’s, Chili’s, and Pizza Hut franchises. In 2016, he sold most of these restaurants for about $250 million and became a Coca-Cola distributor across three states. Over eight years, he nearly tripled his bottling business’s revenue to nearly $1 billion in 2023. Today, Forbes estimates Bridgeman’s net worth at $1.4 billion. 💵