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PARENT'S PORTAL
If your student is enrolled in a Project ECHO entrepreneurship program, you're at the right place!
Since its inception in 1996, Launching ECHO has offered a comprehensive business and entrepreneurship program designed for teenagers. Our program culminates with a formal business plan competition, where students get to showcase their newfound skills. At Launching ECHO, we prepare young adults to succeed in a dynamic global marketplace.
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Empower Growth
Your student's school has licensed Project ECHO's entrepreneurship program to enrich their classroom-based educational experience. Your students will participate in a robust program where they will be challenged to:
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Ideate a solution to a community-based problem
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Develop a business team with their peers, and adopt a C-suite role focused on their academic strengths and career interests.
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Prototype the solution through an array of opportunities such as 3-D modeling, photography, drafting a website, or designing an app.
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Working together, teams will research their market, create marketing and operations planse, develop a financial analysis of their including start-up costs to profits, prepare a full "Shark-Tank" style pitch and presentation deck.
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Publish a written business plan, generally 10-20 pages.
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Compete for cash start up funds (aka college scholarships) at the High School Entrepreneurs' Business Plan Competition
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And along the way, your teens will learn life skills such as active listening, compromising, team work, public speaking, and so much more!