Area Students Take Honors at Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship Competition
SLU’s Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship at the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business welcomed 20 finalists from area high schools Saturday, Sept. 30, for the final round of the Teen Idea Dash. Students worked in teams to race throughout City Museum on a problem-solving scavenger hunt.
Representatives from seven local businesses were located throughout City Museum as “Pit Stop Judges" to present real challenges facing their businesses. Students worked to creative unique ideas to address those challenges. This year’s Pit Stop Judges included representatives from the Saint Louis Science Center, Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis Blues, Saint Louis Surge, the City Museum, Notes for Life and Volcano Bean.
Top honors went to the following teams:
- 1st Place: Caitlyn Bartsch (Fox High School), Ariel Costa (Fox High School), Ian Crossey (Saint Louis Priory High School), and Tyler Spradlin (McCluer North High School)
- 2nd Place: Joseph Liu (Marquette High School), Tori Hemingway (Fox High School), Dacia Slater (McCluer North High School), Naiya Walton (Gateway STEM High School)
- 3rd Place: Jade Bauer (Fox High School), Selena Bell (Marquette High School), Gabrielle Flores (Fox High School), Jasmine Green (McCluer North High School)
The Center received more than 150 submissions from 20 different schools for the first round of this competition where students were prompted to submit their best solutions for the following problem: “Disney, Red Cross and Microsoft are three businesses launched during turbulent times. What event, product or service would you create to positively impact our world right now?”
Watch for details of the upcoming SLU Teen Escalator Pitch Competition, which opens for submissions Tuesday, Oct. 31.
For more information, contact Laura Brugger-Gardner, high school program coordinator at the Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship, at (314) 977-3282 or laura.gardner@slu.edu.