On Tuesday, the Riley County 4-H is meeting for a fun annual event that challenges area high school students to come up with innovative business ideas.
The event is called 2019 Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. K-State Research and Extension 4-H Agent, John Jobe has been updating KMAN for a few months now on the progress of the event, which aims to reward innovative, local youth ideas. This will be the challenge’s third year.
Jobe said students will pitch their idea for a business or product to a panel of judges. The top three competitors in this challenge will move on to the statewide competition next month. . The event is being compared to the television show Shark Tank.
Jobe says all the participants this year will submit a business plan a couple pages long, along with an elevator pitch and a trade show presentation.
“It allows the students to come out and get in front of a panel of judges that are local entrepreneurs,” said Jobe.
The challenge will take place Tuesday at Pottorff Hall at Cico Park from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
