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Gaston
2012 Entrepreneurial Action Team
Announces Winners of the
“Student Contest For Business
Ideas”
The
Gaston 2012 Entrepreneurial Action
Team, an initiative of Gaston
Together, recently announced the
winners of its 2008-2009 Student
Contest For Business Ideas.
The winners were presented at
the May 28th Gaston
County Commissioners’ Meeting.
Action Team Chair, Brad Rivers, made
the presentation of the winning
students.
The focus of this program is
to provide in-depth opportunities
for students to explore the
mechanics of developing a new
business idea.
The
winners were:
First Place, the team of
Charley Drum, Brook Cole and Drew
Swift, Bessemer City High School
(Bill Busshart teacher) for their
business proposal, “ Dog Days
Inn.” The team received a $1,500
scholarship for their proposal to
create a kennel service with
grooming and exercise facilities
located in the west side of the
county.
The Second Place and a
scholarship of $1,000 went to Misty
Haskin, North Gaston High School
(Terri Cochrane teacher), for her
proposal, “Happy Days Children’s
Facility,” a proposal for a day
care for the younger disabled child.
Abbie Gibson, Hunter Huss
High School (Carmella Watson
teacher), won third place and a $750
scholarship for her business
proposal, “Mind Over Matter,” a
psychological health center that
will help people deal with problems
from daily stress. Fourth place and a $500 scholarship went to the team of
Olivia Costner, Haley Knight and
Savannah Lucas, Forestview High
School (Kitty Lyon teacher), for
their business plan, “Sensuous
Breeze Beauty Salon,”
a full service salon
featuring hair, nails, skin care,
makeup and tanning.
The
four winners were among a group of
seven finalists who gave oral
presentations on their business
plans to the selection committee.
Sixty-seven business
proposals from seven different high
schools were submitted during the
school year.
The requirements for the
business plans included:
need for the product or
service, description of the product
or service, basic market analysis,
marketing plan outline, and revenue
model.
The
selection committee was composed of
some of the members of the Gaston
2012 Entrepreneurial Action Team and
included:
Brad Rivers, Small Business
Center, Gaston College; William
Manning, retired US Postal Service;
Diane Norris, Carolina Health
Information Consulting, Inc.;
Mitchell Johnson, BB&T;
Stephanie Michael-Pickett, Marketing
& Public Relations, Gaston
College and Chris Caveny-Cox, NC
Cooperative Extension.
Corporate
sponsors of the student business
competition were:
Gold Sponsor, Defense
Technologies, Inc.; Silver Sponsor,
Fab-Tec, Inc.; and Bronze Sponsor,
Community One Bank.
The Action Team
partnered with Gaston County Schools
and Karen Gilbert, Director of
Career and Technical Education, to
develop this business competition
which serves as a hands-on learning
experience to promote the
entrepreneurial spirit.
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Pictured
from left are winners: Savannah Lucas, Haley Knight, Olivia Costner, Misty Haskin,
Drew Swift, Abbie Gibson, Brook Cole
and Charley Drum
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from left are corporate sponsors:
David Bolding, Fab-Tec, Inc.,
John Torbett, Defense Technologies,
Inc., and Don Harrison, Community
One Bank, along with Contest
Chairman, Brad Rivers, Gaston
College. |
