TOMORROW’S ENTR EPRENEURS
Young
Enterprise
Terry Shubkin, CEO
YOUNG ENTERPRISE TRUST
W
e are getting down to the business end of the
year for our Lion Foundation Young Enterprise students. A champion company has been
named in each region around the country and those teams
will descend on Wellington next month to compete for the
National title.
There are some amazing business ideas in the mix.
INCYT, from Westlake Boys’ High School are the
Auckland North champions and their Chalk-Me T shirts
allow users to draw or write on their t-shirt. The company
was featured on the Erin Simpson TV show and are in
discussions with a large New Zealand retailer whom they
are hoping will stock their product from early 2014.
Tauranga Girls’ College team, Soar, were named the Bay
of Plenty regional winners after creating a product called
Collide - a crunchy peanut butter and chocolate hazelnut
spread. The group worked in collaboration with Ceres
Organics based in Auckland to create the product.
Then there’s Nelson/Marlborough champions, Reverb,
who have created The Little Thrift Dress; a t-shirt dress
that is made using handpicked material which has
been donated by thrift shops or local sewing fans. Each
material is used in only 3 dresses (small, medium and
large) so customers are guaranteed to have a unique
outfit.
The companies will each compete in the National Final
for the supreme title, The Lion Foundation Young
Enterprise Company of the Year. Each team will have
just five minutes to pitch their business idea to a panel
of New Zealand business leaders. The winners will
be announced at the National Awards gala dinner on
Wednesday 11 December – tickets are $110 each and
can be purchased from the Young Enterprise website. If
you’re in Wellington that day and want to check out our
next generation of business supremos, you might want to
come along.
ChalkMe directors Daniel Surkalim, Adam Qi, Guy Hermanoche, Jake Jiang,
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Jason Yan, Eugene Fong with their teacher Keryn Wright.