Promising High School Entrepreneurs Excel at Preliminary Rounds of Diamond Challenge
Delaware Technical Community College hosted the preliminary rounds of the Diamond Challenge for High School Entrepreneurs. Competitions were held March 20, 2013 in each county at three Delaware Tech campus locations.
The Diamond Challenge provides high school students the opportunity to explore entrepreneurship as a future career path. The competition gives students real world experience in developing a business plan. Students presented their business ideas to a panel of judges comprised of local business professionals. Business plans were judged on feasibility of the idea and growth potential.
Twenty-four teams representing thirteen Delaware high schools competed in the preliminary rounds.
New Castle County Winners:
Academy, Wilmington Friends School: Chase Conley, Roth Johnson, Luke Morgan and Greg Szumel (Advisor: Lynn Puritz-Fine)
Service with Perks, Wilmington Friends School: Emilio Ergueta, Elijah Jabbar-Bey and Fiona Nagaswami (Advisor: Javier Ergueta)
Four Corners, Tall Oaks Classical School: Hannah Crimson, Sabrina Myoda, Jaime Weber and Valerie Ziegler (Advisor: Laureen Davison)
Woodcraft Supply, Salesianum School: Michael Ryan and Chris Walker (Advisor: George Horn)
Kent County Winners:
Climate, PolyTech High School: Jeffrey Johnson, Jesse Sapp and Matthew Wright (Advisor: Dorothy Wilson)
Cookielicious, Middletown High School: Isabell Arellano and Lexas Murray (Advisor: Veronica Marine)
SunDown Drive-In, Lake Forest High School: Dominque Collier, Derek Glover, Dianna Nguyen and Jessica Sullivan (Advisor: Corey Yanoshak)
Sussex County Winners:
EZM Farms, Seaford High School: Zachary Marine (Advisor: Donna Saunders)
Raven Eyes, Sussex Tech High School: Tyler Butler, Devin Deloach, Emily Nichols and Jenna Stevens (Advisor: Frank Makray)
2 Past Max Music, Seaford High School: Joshua Mears (Advisor: Donna Saunders)
Brakelite, Seaford High School: Jordan Walls (Advisor: Donna Saunders)
Winners of the preliminary round all received $500 and will complete in a final round and awards luncheon at the University of Delaware on April 18, 2013.
A broad coalition of partners including Delaware Technical Community College, Junior Achievement of Delaware, Glasgow High School, Delaware’s Department of Education, and two University of Delaware programs – the Center for Economic Education & Entrepreneurship, and the Horn Program in Entrepreneurship worked to develop the Diamond Challenge for High School Entrepreneurs.
Visit Delaware Tech’s website www.dtcc.edu “What’s Happening” to view photos of the winners.
Delaware Tech – the First State’s only community college – offers academic, technical, continuing education, and corporate and community training comprising more than 120 associate degree, diploma and certificate programs. The College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Delaware Tech has four campuses across Delaware in Georgetown, Dover, Stanton and Wilmington. Visit www.dtcc.edu to learn more about Delaware Tech’s programs.
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