Fifteen middle school students from Palatine and Rolling Meadows took part in Wednesday's Young Entrepreneur Academy investor panel event at Harper College in Palatine.
Could you spend a school year setting up a business with a complete business plan and then get on stage in front of friends and family to present your plan -- when you were in middle school?
The kids spent more than two hours a week in class, in addition to their regular schoolwork, Gaus said. "I feel really great, obviously," said Gupta, who requested $1,200 funding from the investor panel."I really wanted to get a good position in this program because I really pursue business as my passion. I find this a very good opportunity for me."
"It was a matter of struggling with somebody who could make the product for him," Gaus said."We worked with Harper Maker Space, also with the Palatine library with their Maker Space to get a prototype made for him. And also a local manufacturer so he could get his costs set so he knew how much it was going to cost him to make in quantity so he could set his pricing and so on."
"Presenting. This is like the first time I've done such a big presentation. So it was definitely the presenting was the hardest part for me," he said.
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