The excitement builds for the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship's Young Entrepreneurs as they head to eMerge Americas Techweek. NFTE’s nine budding high school entrepreneurs will pitch complex concepts, including marketing analysis, economics of one unit, and business goals to a panel of distinguished entrepreneurs, community and business leaders. The top two young entrepreneurs selected by judges will win cash prizes and compete for top honors in NFTE’s National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge Oct. 9, 2014 at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley.
The NFTE Ignite Entrepreneurship Youth Biz Challenge is 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, May 5 as part of eMerge Americas Techweek at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
How to Attend: eMerge has offered NFTE supporters a special 15% discount off the $55 Expo Pass. Use registration code EMERGENFTE and click here to reserve.
Keynote Speaker: Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of M-DCPS
Judges: Leonel Azuela, Founder of Quaxar; Sheldon Anderson, Executive Vice President of Northern Trust; Gregory Ferrero, Managing Director of Goldman Sachs; Carolina Rendeiro, CEO of Right Space Management; Seth Schachner, Managing Director of Strat Americas; Eric Ackerman, Dean & Associate Professor of Nova Southeastern University Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences; Jeff Wilson, President Geo Central Division of MasterCard Latin American and Caribbean
And the NFTE finalists (pictured above) are ...
Lepsy’s App – Karen Bonilla, John A. Ferguson Senior High School
Power Lock – Sarel Lopez, Jorge Troitino, Mark Hurtado, Coral Gables Senior High School
Magic No Streak Cloths – Alyssa Herman & Maggie Bodner, Coral Springs Senior High School
Makoulian Smith – Jacob Makoulian & Kaleb Smith, Piper Community High School
Leading A.C.T.S. – Gary Smith, Miami Edison Senior High School
Posted: April 30, 2014