Aspiring High School Entrepreneurs Pitch Company Ideas at the University of Maryland

Aspiring High School Entrepreneurs Pitch Company Ideas at the University of
Maryland

College Park Program Offers First University-Level Entrepreneurship Course for
High School Students in the Region

What: Nine student teams unveil their dream company ideas during the last day
of the region's first college-level summer entrepreneurship course for high
school students offered in the D.C. region by the University of Maryland. Now
in its fourth year, with tripled enrollment from year one, the program
compresses a 15-week, college-level syllabus into three weeks -- focusing on
business fundamentals such as idea validation, market research, strategic
marketing, and management -- as well as leadership, ethics and creativity.

Who: Nine student teams comprised of 74 students from eight states around the
U.S., Washington, D.C. and Turkey pitch the following ideas for new companies:

-- Club Connections provides a fun and safe way for teens and pre-teens to
socialize and participate in recreational and educational programs after
school, during the summer and on weekends.
-- Exert Gym offers an affordable gym that offers daycare services in small
town locations with limited competition.
-- Fresh Out the Pot offers a wide variety of affordable, all-natural, organic
foods and drinks to companies and consumers as an alternative to traditional,
unhealthy dishes.
-- The Green Alt designs and retails fashionable, environmentally friendly
apparel to help change peoples' lifestyles.
-- Nutri-Co empowers the public by providing an easily understandable,
Web-based system focusing on the various types of food available and the
nutritional value of these foods.
-- Perfect Practice Instruments develops innovative drumsticks allowing
unmatched portability, versatility, and durability for both professional and
aspiring drummers.
-- Remembox connects the elderly and their families by creating and hosting
online family photo albums that make their memories last forever.
-- Sunrise Valley aims to give seniors the opportunity to make a difference in
the world and assert their independence by living in an eco-friendly lifestyle
to protect the world for future generations.
-- Work Out World creates a fun exercising experience for children in a
non-intimidating environment that contains the latest interactive technology.

Participating students: Maryland:Baltimore (2), Bowie (1), Clarksville (2),
College Park (1), Columbia (2), Derwood (1), Ellicott City (1), Gaithersburg
(1), Germantown (1), Greenbelt (2), Indian Head (1), Laytonsville (1), N.
Potomac (4), Oxford (1), Parkton (1), Poolesville (1), Potomac (3),
Reisterstown (1), Rockville (2), Sandy Spring (1), Silver Spring, Md. (3),
Upper Marlboro, Md. (3), Waldorf, Md. (2)
Washington, D.C. (11)
California:Agoura Hills (1), Westlake Village (1)
New Jersey:Flemington (1), Green Brook (1), Hillsborough (2), Linwood (2),
Livingston (1), Middleton (1), River Vale (1), Teaneck (1)
New York:Great Neck (2), Huntington (1), New York City (1)
Florida:North Miami (1)
Illinois:Chicago (1)
Massachusetts:Westford (1)
Pennsylvania:Avondale (1), Philadelphia (3), Thornton (1), Wayne (1), West
Chester (1)
Turkey

When: Friday, August 1, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- student presentations, lunch to follow in the
Rotunda

Where: 1110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, University of Maryland, College
Park, Md.

CONTACT: Eric Schurr of University of Maryland, College Park,
+1-301-405-3889, schurr@umd.edu

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SOURCE University of Maryland, College Park