BestPrep plans to announce its Educational Forum speaker and Essay Competition topic soon! The Essay Competition is in conjunction with BestPrep’s biennial Educational Forum, and any Minnesota student in grades 9-11 during the 2014-2015 school year is eligible. The Competition is sponsored by Thomson Reuters, and gives students and teachers the opportunity to win prizes […]
After the amazing business plan presentations Thursday afternoon, Minute to Win It started which is a bunch of fun games with students coming together and cheering for students. There were also some great acts in between the competitions, > like the CEO’s dancing together on stage. Later in the night was the dance! Students got to […]
Today was the big day at Minnesota Business Venture: companies presented their final business plans to a panel of judges! In addition to that, students learned many valuable lessons about entrepreneurship and personal finance. The Shareholders Address in the morning was by a very successful entrepreneur, Joe Keeley. Joe started his business, College Nannies & […]
It was another great day at Minnesota Business Venture at Saint John’s University. After a fun rec time Tuesday night, the students were awake and ready to have a busy day. The day started off with a Shareholders Address by Jared Rendell of Thrivent Financial. Jared talked about how to succeed in personal finance. It […]
Minnesota Business Venture students dressed to impress in anticipation of the Mock Interviews today. But first, there was an exciting Shareholders Address from Jeff Munneke of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jeff spoke about his role as the VP of Fan Experience for the Timberwolves. One of his most important messages was to practice interviewing like any […]
On Sunday, July 27, over 140 students arrived happily to Minnesota Business Venture on the St. John’s Campus. At 11:00 a.m. the students started arriving in bunches. After the hustle and bustle of registration, students and parents gathered in Pellegrene Auditorium to be inspired by Scott Morris of 3M. Scott spoke about the importance of […]
It’s the last day of Minnesota Business Venture and the nerves are no more. Each individual company successfully presented their business plan in front of a panel of judges. The students improved their career skills for the future and now instill the confidence they never realized they had. In the beginning, students started out shy […]
What another exciting day at Minnesota Business Venture. The students heard from Jashan Eison, the CEO and President of H&B Elevators, and his inspiring presentation on taking advantage of opportunities in career and life. Jashan spoke about how to recognize opportunities and one of the most powerful quotes he shared was by Richard Branson; “If […]
