Westlake High School Students Win National Pitch Competition to Help Fund New Business

Austin American-Statesman

Six Westlake High School students won a national competition, and with it $10,000 donated by Uncharted Learning, to help them with the launch of their new gift cart app GiftE. The group reached the final competition after being chosen as one of the top five teams in the country. 

GiftE came out of the high school’s business incubator program last year, which is part of a national program with a curriculum produced by Uncharted Learning. The team was awarded $15,000 this spring when it won a school pitch night in a competition with 30 Westlake entrepreneur teams...

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