AUSTIN, TEXAS, February 2024- Austin Area teen entrepreneurs will go head-to-head against Houston Area teen entrepreneurs at the Baylor University Bear Challenge
Twenty-five Junior Achievement (JA) of Central Texas students have been selected as finalists to compete at the Bear Challenge Venture Ideation Challenge on April 12 and 13, 2024 for cash awards. The students will travel to Baylor University in Waco, Texas for a two-day event to compete with twenty-five teen entrepreneurs from Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas. This venture challenge is a quick-thinking ideation to pitch challenge designed to have students think big while building confidence in their ideas.
The Austin students represent Akins Early College High School, Anderson High School, Northeast Early College High School, and Travis Early College High School. These students were selected because of their outstanding participation in JA’s entrepreneurship programs. Under the guidance of a volunteer from their local business community, they devised a product or service designed to fill an unmet consumer need. They produced a company concept, prototyped, worked on marketing their company then created a pitch to simulate a start-up pitch competition for recruiting investors for their company.
The student companies will be assessed on how they plan to solve their customer’s problem, business model, and pitch content and presentation.
About Junior Achievement USA® (JA)
Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. JA programs are delivered by corporate and community volunteers, and provide relevant, hands-on experiences that give students from kindergarten through high school knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship.
Visit www.ja.org for more information.
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