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A device to extend a school desk and an app to help busy professionals get dressed in the morning are two of five projects under development by students in the McHenry High School INCubatoredu program.

As economic developers seeking to diversify our local economy, we know that growing our own talent is a reliable way of generating both workers and new businesses. That’s why part of our multi-year strategy at the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corp. (EDC) includes a focus on fostering a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem...Starting next school year, the School District of Manatee County will pilot an ambitious entrepreneurial program at two high schools...

The students, Daliso Chitulangoma, Noah Decker and Ethan Kleven, call themselves team "FürDogs." On Wednesday, the trio pitched their toy concept "Shark Tank"-style before a board of advisers, seeking funding to test their product. 

INCubatoredu Alum and U of I student, Mona Fang:  "It was something I saw that wasn't done right and I just thought, there has to be a new solution out there," she says.

In its third year, students, teachers and volunteer mentors at Vista Ridge High School, Leander ISD, Texas, share experiences with the INCubatoredu and ACCELeratoredu student entrepreneurship programs.

The INCubatoredu class consists of four teams with a wide range of startup business ideas. Each team has developed a focused experiment to test their riskiest business assumptions. These experiments are called Minimum Viable Product, or MVP, Tests.

You might not have seen it a decade ago, but South-Western Career Academy in Grove City has now created mobile app and cyber security pathways for their students to pursue.

For about two hours each day, Heather Sayre’s room at Grove City High School is an incubator and a classroom.  Seniors participating in the second year of her Innovation and Entrepreneurship course...

It was 2017 when I first heard that a business incubator program was starting at my high school, Vista Ridge High School in Cedar Park, TX. 
I was curious as to what this class could offer me. I decided I would give it a try.