SENIOR WINS ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE
This weekend, five teams of high school students from across Rhode Island won a share of $9,000 as part of Lt. Governor Dan McKee's Entrepreneurship Challenge, a business pitch competition for students to compete for thousands of dollars in post-secondary scholarships.
Over 40 teams from high schools across the state participated in round one of the challenge by crafting detailed written business plans that address marketing, growth strategies, market conditions and more.
During this weekend's Final Competition at the New England Institute of Technology, the top five teams presented their business pitches to a panel of Rhode Island millennial business owners and received scholarships based on their pitch scores:
1st place: $4,000 scholarship - Vadati VR by Sree Dasari of La Salle Academy
"Congratulations to the first group of Lt. Governor's Entrepreneurship Challenge scholarship recipients and all participants who shared their entrepreneurial dreams with us," said McKee. "Thank you to the Credit Unions of Rhode Island for sponsoring this important program and Millennial Rhode Island for being a fantastic partner and helping us encourage young people to Choose Rhode Island."
The challenge is sponsored by the Credit Unions of Rhode Island and hosted in partnership with Millennial RI.
La Salle Academy is a high school rich in history and grounded in the person and teachings of Jesus and the Catholic faith, which are core to the school's life and culture. The De La Salle Middle School provides a strong holistic foundation for students to transition into high school. The high school and middle school provide students of diverse ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds, a community to foster growth in the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle’s ideals of faith, service, and community.
