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title: New Trier entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life leading up to Pitch Night
description: Teenaged minds are nurturing and workshopping business ideas in Startup U, an entrepreneurship class in the business education program at New Trier HS
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# [New Trier entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life leading up to Pitch Night](https://www.unchartedlearning.org/newsroom/new-trier-entrepreneurs-bring-their-ideas-to-life-leading-up-to-pitch-night)

 Written by [Joe Coughlin](https://www.unchartedlearning.org/newsroom/author/joe-coughlin) | 03.14.22

Looking for the next big thing? You may find it on the third floor of New Trier High School’s Winnetka campus.

Tucked in a corner classroom, teenaged minds are nurturing and workshopping business ideas in Startup U, an entrepreneurship class in the business education program.

The year-long class, which is led by Sara Burnett and Bob Bollweg, unites student groups and their ideas with mentors, members of the New Trier community who offer real-world experience as the students build and pitch their ideas.

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