8 TEAMS COMPETING FOR A SPOT ON STAGE
DURING THIS WEEK'S ACADEMIC PITCHES
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Moments from the '23 Minimum Viable Product Pitches |
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The 2022-23 school year has been another year of student growth and innovation in the Business Incubator program at Lake Forest High School. This year saw the formation of a dozen student teams, guided and mentored by local business leaders. Each team stepped up to the challenge of creating the foundation for its new business with many demonstrating their ability to adapt and pivot their plans in response to feedback and/or unanticipated challenges. The LFHS Foundation is proud to give them a platform to share their ideas with our community in the hopes of attracting investors and raising much needed start-up capital through donations.
In late February, all 12 teams presented minimum viable product (MVP) pitches for our judges. Each team was provided with feedback from our volunteer judges and funding was allocated from the Foundation's Standing MVP Grant for the MVP process. During the next phase of the process, 8 self-selected student teams will make their Academic Pitches to our panel of judges on May 10 and 11 during class. At that time the judges will determine which teams will move on to Pitch Night, the ultimate competition for recognition and financial awards. The teams moving on will be announced on May 12 and will participate in Pitch Night on May 18 starting at 7 PM. This year's event will take place in the Raymond Moore Auditorium at LFHS and the entire community is invited to attend. RSVP TODAY FOR UPDATES BEFORE, DURING & AFTER THE EVENT.
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Students Share their Thoughts about
the Business Incubator Experience
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Over 60 Students Engaged in Incubator & Accelerator |
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8 TEAMS WANT A SPOT AT PITCH NIGHT |
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WHICH TEAMS WILL EARN SPOTS ON THE PITCH NIGHT STAGE? |
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Fresh Box
Fresh Box is a new company founded with the purpose to help you save money and stay healthy. We do this through the conservation of your produce. Our product utilizes UVC light to kill harmful bacteria and pathogens off of produce resulting in longer lasting fruits and vegetables. This means less trips to the store, less money spent per month, and more time with your loved ones.
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Fresh Box can also be found on Instagram.
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Group Members
Finn Avis
Adil Conjeevaram
Connor Harling
John Strothman
Mentor: Laura George
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Gear Tree
Our stand uses airflow technology along with our partner's Fresh Wave technology to eliminate moisture and bacteria from sports equipment. Unlike our competitors, we are the only sports gear dryer that goes inside the bag instead of being a bulky stand inside your house. By keeping the gear and the dryer inside the bag, it helps dry and freshen up the gear faster without stinking up your home. Finally, our Gear Tree is adjustable to fit in a sports bag, as well as to become smaller for easy storing unlike our competitions' stands.
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Gear Treecan also be found on Instagram.
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Group Members
Reagan Collins
Jonathan Richmond
Andrew Summers
Andrew Marsch
Mentor: Joe Collins
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Homework Haven
Homework App
Homework Haven is a planning system that will send a daily notification with all your homework for the night, with all the assignments automatically pulled from Schoology, so there is no manual input required. Additionally, it will tell you how long those assignments will take you so you can plan effectively for your night of homework.
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Homework Haven can also be found on Instagram.
Group Members
John Nikatis
Chloe York
Will Goodsir
Claire Crawford
Mentor: Matt Keisling
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Jr. Scouts Sports Camps
We are Junior Scouts Sports Camp, a youth Camp run by all high school Varsity athletes. Our sports camp provides peer-to-peer coaching and athletic mentoring for students of parents looking to get their kids off the couch, engaged, and involved in youth athletics. As members of our team are a part of Varsity sports at Lake Forest Highschool, we have first-hand experience of what it takes to have fun and learn the fundamentals of the game.
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Jr Scouts Sports Camps can also be found on Instagram.
Group Members
Charlie Savage
Rocco Marsico
Murphy Moorehead
Oscar Kokke
Mentor: Rudy Dell
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Simple Sustainability
Our Company provides sustainable items subscription boxes. We founded Simple Sustainability with one goal in mind: providing a high-quality, smart, and reliable online store. Our passion for excellence has driven us from the beginning, and continues to drive us into the future. We know that every product counts, and strive to make the entire shopping experience as rewarding as possible.
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Simple Sustainability can also be found on Instagram & Facebook.
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Group Members
Courtney Fitzgerald
Elise Raffiani
Hayden Shortsle
Brent Stauffer
Mentor:
Sonia Boudereau
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Soluable
Soluable aids the environment while keeping up with the world's growing needs. With the first-ever dissolving and 100% sustainable bubble wrap, the packaging market can continue to grow while plastic pollution becomes a thing of the past.
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Soluable can also be found on Instagram & Facebook.
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Group Members
Kyle Camardo
Jack Cushing
Teddy Huddlestun
Mentor: Serena Lal
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Swift Spray Nails
Our company provides a quick drying, easy-to-apply, sprayable nail polish that comes with a stencil to put around your nail that you can peel off after, as well as alternative stencils to get the same designs you can get in a nail salon, for your nails to women who like painting their nails at home, and want to look good, feel good and succeed.
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Swift Spray Nails can also be found on Instagram.
Group Members
Ava Bleck
Sara Khater
Brandon Panagoplos
Benjamin Merfeld
Co-Mentors:
Catherine Yehle
Chris Hartrich
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UV-PC
Ultraviolet Public Cleaner
Our product provides a way to store your cellular device in the bathroom while UV lights clean the device to offer a sanitary and convenient option for public bathroom users.
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UV-PC can also be found on Instagram.
Group Members
Andrea Constantine
Chris Fallidas
Will Quigley
Lily Rosenberg
Collin Sinclair
Mentor: Brett Dugan
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Join Us • Invest • Donate
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Do you have an interest in supporting these entrepreneurs or the Business Incubator program? Please join us for this year's event. Investors are always welcome at Pitch Night and we encourage them to connect with teams about possible funding opportunities. We will also have opportunities for community members to donate to specific teams, contributing to their start up costs without an expectation of a return. Finally, we will be providing opportunities for our audience to donate toward future Pitch Night Prize pool or the LFHS Foundation. You can stay up to date on all of this at our event website:https://pitchnight23.givesmart.com/
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GRATITUDE & APPRECIATION
FOR OUR TEACHERS, JUDGES, & BUSINESS INCUBATOR VOLUNTEER LEADERS
We couldn't do this without you!
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Pete Clemens
Business Incubator Co-chair
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Keevie Silvay
Business Incubator Vice Chair
Susan Loiacano
Pitch Coordinator
Suzanne Sands
LFHS Foundation Chair
& Pitch Night MC
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THANK YOU TO OUR PITCH NIGHT PARTNERS |
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Your support provides prize money used as start up funding by LFHS student businesses & in-kind support for our teams. |
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2023 UNDERWRITING PARTNERS |
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2023 GENERAL & PRINT PARTNERS |
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Apply NOW to be a Coach or Mentor
for the 2023-24 school year!
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The LFHS Business Incubator program is always looking for committed community members, engaging business leaders, and enthusiastic entrepreneurs to help guide and mentor our students through the process of developing and implementing their business plans. Learn more.
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