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title: New incubator course would let Ridgewood High School students kick start businesses
description: The new IncubatorEDU course is meant to provide young entrepreneurs a conduit to receive funding to begin their business.  “This experience will provide students with opportunities to work side by side with business professionals from the surrounding communities which cultivates in an end-of-year pitch to allocate seed money to start the business,” said Luca Ciccolini, business education teacher.
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# New incubator course would let Ridgewood High School students kick start businesses

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Chicago Tribune - Norridge-Hardwood Heights News

*By: Megann Horstead on March 25, 2019*

Whether it’s sink or swim, Ridgewood High School students who are interested in business courses will get the chance to cap off their studies next year by making a pitch to kick start an entrepreneurial venture.

The new IncubatorEDU course is meant to provide young entrepreneurs a conduit to receive funding to begin their business.

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