Next session begins June 20
Do you want to...
- Learn how to start a business?
- Earn money?
- Be a problem solver?
- Explore your passions?
- Engage your community?
- Act on ideas?
The virtual Teen Entrepreneurship Challenge is an engaging, six-week program designed to teach teenagers the skills and mindset needed to transform ideas into action.
Participants will explore their passions and identify problems, discover personal strengths and limitations, develop business ideas, and learn how to articulate and act on them.
The challenge concludes with a Shark Tank-style pitch competition, where students present their ideas to a panel of judges. The top prize of $1,000 will be awarded to the student or team that finishes in first place. The student or team that finishes second will earn a $500 prize.
Who
Open to rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors.
When
Mondays
1 to 3 p.m. via Zoom
June 20 to Aug. 15 (No class week of July 4)
Pitch competition Monday, Aug. 15
Where
The Teen Entrepreneurship Challenge will be held virtually via Zoom. Log in information will be provided after registration.
Registration
Thank you for your interest in this program. Registration for the summer Teen Entrepreneurship Challenge has closed. Please check back as dates are announced for the start of the next program.
For questions, contact Education Entrepreneurship Coordinator William Andahazy at 570-450-3135 or [email protected].
Partners
The Teen Entrepreneurship Challenge is presented in partnership with local community organizations and Penn State Schuylkill, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, and the Pennsylvania Technical Alliance at Penn State (PennTAP).
