5 results for tag: Business Incubator Pitch Night
D211 Post: 5th Annual Incubator Pitch Night Proceeds in Unique Format
For the past five years, Business Incubator courses have culminated with a District 211 Pitch Night. During the annual event the top business team from each school would pitch their business idea and plan to a panel of local business leaders with the goal of receiving funding.
With schools moving to e-learning, and many activities shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it looked as though this year’s pitch night would also be cancelled. However, in a program which requires imagination ...
D211 Post: District 211 to Hold 4th Annual Pitch Night May 14
Township High School District 211 will hold its 4th annual Business Incubator Pitch Night on May 14, 2019, in the William Fremd High School auditorium beginning at 6 p.m.
During the competition, student teams from across the District will pitch their business concepts to a group of investors comprised of area business leaders. The investors will choose which pitches will be awarded seed money to begin development. In last year’s competition, teams from Fremd and Palatine were awarded a combined $30,000 to further ...
D211 Post: DeoBlock – From PHS Incubator Project to Kickstarter
When Drake Roberts and Anthony Tamras were seniors at Palatine High School, they were encouraged to become involved in the business incubator program. Their decision to join the program changed their futures in ways they could not have at the time imagined.
Roberts and Tamras worked together along with two other students on a project that they called DeoBlock. The problem they chose to address was the unpleasant odor from gym bags.
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D211 Post: Investors Award $30,000 to Top Business Pitches During Pitch Night
Nearly 200 parents, students, and community members gathered in the auditorium at James B. Conant High School, May 15, for the third annual District 211 Pitch Night. During the evening, teams from throughout the District pitched business ideas and products to a panel of area business leaders with the intention of gaining funding. By the end of the night the panel of investors chose to invest $30,000 in teams Ideal Meal from William Fremd High School and i-Dry from Palatine High School.
Top money maker Ideal Meal, made up of ...