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In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, hosts Victoria Andrews and Shawnee Caruthers travel to Chicago for the Uncharted Learning annual summit, where they sit down with students, alumni, teachers, a first-year educator, a school champion, and a program director to explore what happens when entrepreneurship becomes the organizing principle of a school community. From Mika Chang discovering her business-minded identity to Connor Boundy reflecting on pitching venture capitalists as a teenager in the very first INCubatoredu cohort, and from Alan Carranza connecting delegation skills to life in the Army National Guard to Spiky founder Abigail turning a product into statewide policy advocacy, the episode braids together voices across generations, roles, and geographies to reveal what Uncharted Learning has built over more than a decade...

For some people, plants are like pets.

The community is invited to attend Lyons Township High School’s Incubatoredu Final Pitch Night on May 11 at North Campus Reber Center, where student entrepreneurs will present their original business ventures after a year of hands-on development and one team will walk away with $1,500.

Walk through the doors ofWilliamson County Schools’ (WSC) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (EIC), and you might be greeted by one of Tennessee’s most promising future business leaders.

HANCOCK, Mich. (WZMQ) – The Copper Country Intermediate School District has brought the popular tv show ‘Shark Tank’ to freshwater.

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Back to school looks a bit different for high school students enrolled in the Williamson County Schools Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (EIC). Opened in 2019, the EIC has a state-of-the-art facility with a podcast room, fabrication lab, meeting rooms, and an incubator-style environment and it offers a chance for students to grow in a nontraditional way, to experience real-world business situations. In the EIC, students gain real-world experience in entrepreneurship and innovation by crafting business plans, conducting market research, launching products or services and pitching for funding. Enrollment is determined through an application process that includes short answer questions, teacher recommendations, and an interview. The one common thread among all of the students of the EIC is that the students should have a drive or interest in offering a service, developing a product, starting a business, being an entrepreneur, or thinking outside of the box. 

A team of student entrepreneurs from Naperville, IL, striving to make traveling easier, was among the finalists in a national competition.

A team of Naperville-area teen entrepreneurs who created a business designed to make travel smoother will compete this coming week as one of five national finalists in the INCubatoredu National Pitch competition in Chicago.

Teagan O’Carroll, 18, has worked for two years as a coordinator at the James Anthony Salon in Oak Park. During that time she has trained a few new employees.