ABOUT THE PROGRAM
If you are a Pittsburgh high school student interested in learning how to start your own business, apply for the Pittsburgh High School Select Startup Marathon. In this 3-day startup boot camp, you will learn and apply essential entrepreneurial concepts and skills, connect with local experts, and work with other aspiring entrepreneurs to build the plan for a new business. Participate for the chance to win prizes! Oh, and there's free food (who doesn't love free food?)!
Agenda
Saturday, November 9 (10:00 AM - 6:30 PM):
- Learn about entrepreneurship basics
- Brainstorm and pitch ideas
- Form teams
- Create your first business model
- Work with mentors to get feedback on your idea
- Develop a prototype of your solution
- Learn about different ways to make money and think through your costs
Sunday, November 10 (11:00 AM - 5:30 PM):
- Finalize your business model including how you make and solidify how you make money.
- Spend the day preparing your final pitch with your team.
- Finish the program strong with your final pitch followed by networking
FACILITATORS
Nick Chagin
Having worked with 2000+ aspiring entrepreneurs across different countries, Nick knows that the power of entrepreneurship can unlock individuals.
Nick's energizing and infectious facilitation techniques have been utilized in workshops with over 50 universities, eight U.S. Embassies within the U.S. Department of State, the U.S Air Force corporations, and international study programs to help more aspiring entrepreneurs bring their innovations into the world.
He is typically found elsewhere exercising, walking his dog Lennon, booking a flight somewhere with his wife Abby, or listening to an audiobook.
Aidan Leahy
Aidan is an expert in innovation workshop design & execution. He has a proven track record of curating immersive and impactful experiences for the world's largest companies and using those precious moments of collaboration to help clients move from 0 to 1.
Aidan combines his corporate innovation experience with a background in Strategic Foresight, Design Thinking, and Agile and the enthusiasm of a wedding singer (no, really).
When he isn't building programs for TSB, he's on the volleyball court, hiking up a mountain, or (unsuccessfully) figuring out how to beat Nick in Fantasy Football.
Also, Aidan is a Pittsburgh native and a class of 2013 alumnus of Upper St. Clair High School!
