Lt. Gov. McKee Announces Finalists for Entrepreneurship Challenge
Tuesday, May 07, 2019
Lt. Governor Dan McKee announced the finalists of Rhode Island’s 2019 Lt. Governor’s Entrepreneurship Challenge.
“Our competition challenges students to create, innovate and think seriously about pursuing their entrepreneurial dreams here in Rhode Island. For the second year in a row, students accepted that challenge and blew us away with their thoughtfulness and passion for business. I want to thank all of our applicants for their bold ideas. Best of luck to our finalists,” said McKee.
The five finalists are:
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- BrickLay by Thomas Jefferson, La Salle Academy
- Climate Cuff by Jack Holmgren, Rob Ayers and Cole Batista, East Greenwich High School
- Digi-Sticker by Alfred Timperley, East Greenwich High School
- Twin Skin by Kate and Kristianna Lapierre, North Smithfield High School
The winner will be determined on Saturday, May 18 at 10 a.m. at the New England Institute of Technology in East Greenwich.
The final competition is free and open to the public
The Competition
The Lt. Governor’s Entrepreneurship Challenge is a business pitch competition that allows high school students to compete for $12,000 in scholarships.
The students' business pitches will be judged by a group of local millennials who have business experience including Carlos Ventura, CEO of Feast and Fettle; Audrey Finocchiaro, Co-Founder of The Nitro Cart and Christine DiBiase, Corporate and Real Estate Attorney at Orson and Brusini.
Last year, Sree Dasari, a senior at La Salle Academy, won first prize in McKee's inaugural Entrepreneurship Challenge. She is applying virtual reality technology to those that have anxiety in public speaking. Read about Dasari and other young people transforming RI.
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