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CORRECTION: Student from The Met School in Providence, Rhode Island, Wins National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge

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Thursday, October 5, 2023
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    Global nonprofit Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) named Raneem Al Suwaidani as the winner of last night’s annual National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, presented by the Citi Foundation and Ernst & Young LLP (EY US), with additional support from PayPal and Santander.
  • Al Suwaidani won after three rounds of a high-stakes pitch competition against 46 regional challenge finalists from across the country.
  • Al Suwaidani, a student at The Met School in Providence, RI, was awarded first place with her business Lilypad, a food truck rental opportunity for BIPOC entrepreneurs testing culinary concepts in a low-cost, risk-free environment.
  • “At our National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, audiences expect and witness business concepts that could shape our economic future, ideas that could revolutionize traditional industries, and new thinking around the use of emerging technologies,” said NFTE CEO Dr. J.D.

Student from The Met School in Providence, Rhode Island, Wins National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge

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Al Suwaidani won after three rounds of a high-stakes pitch competition against 46 regional challenge finalists from across the country.

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  • Al Suwaidani won after three rounds of a high-stakes pitch competition against 46 regional challenge finalists from across the country.
  • Al Suwaidani, a student at The Met School in Providence, Rhode Island, was awarded first place with her business Lilypad, a food truck rental opportunity for BIPOC entrepreneurs testing culinary concepts in a low-cost, risk-free environment.
  • She was awarded $10,000 plus a 45-minute mentorship session with Daymond John, The People’s Shark and the founder and CEO of FUBU, a $6 billion hip-hop apparel company.
  • “At our National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, audiences expect and witness business concepts that could shape our economic future, ideas that could revolutionize traditional industries, and new thinking around the use of emerging technologies,” said NFTE CEO Dr. J.D.

Three Florida Students Win NFTE's Southeast Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Competition

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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MIAMI, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global entrepreneurship education nonprofit Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) has named three local student businesses as the winners of its annual Southeast Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge.

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  • MIAMI, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global entrepreneurship education nonprofit Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) has named three local student businesses as the winners of its annual Southeast Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge.
  • Ten semifinalists will advance to the New York competition finals along with the winners.
  • 1st Place: Sasha Stoppi of Miami-Dade County's New World School of the Arts with Noodlepudding, creators of Pudding Buddies (a portable plush toy with built-in fidget toys for neurodivergent students).
  • "Through their creativity and original ideas, our students demonstrate the power of their generation to transform their communities.

Local Youth Entrepreneurs Advance to National Pitch Competition

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
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Imagine participating in a Shark Tank-style pitch-off as a young person, winning funds to further your businessand advancing from a regional competition to a national arena.

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  • Imagine participating in a Shark Tank-style pitch-off as a young person, winning funds to further your businessand advancing from a regional competition to a national arena.
  • It provides students with affordable and accessible tutoring services and a way to acquire either community service hours or money.
  • Each young entrepreneurs innovative idea signifies an opportunity to address key challenges facing communities around the globe.
  • To learn more about how we are promoting inclusive capitalism and building the next generation of diverse entrepreneurs, visit www.nfte.com .

Southeast Youth Entrepreneurs Advance to National Pitch Competition

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Thursday, June 2, 2022
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The winners of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Southeast Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge Finals will do just that, taking their business ideas to New York mid-October to vie for the title of National Champion and prizes from a pool of $18,000.

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  • The winners of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Southeast Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge Finals will do just that, taking their business ideas to New York mid-October to vie for the title of National Champion and prizes from a pool of $18,000.
  • It provides students with affordable and accessible tutoring services and a way to acquire either community service hours or money.
  • Each young entrepreneurs innovative idea signifies an opportunity to address key challenges facing communities around the globe.
  • To learn more about how we are promoting inclusive capitalism and building the next generation of diverse entrepreneurs, visit www.nfte.com .