PITTSFIELD â Itâs more than 2,500 miles from North Adams to Las Vegas. But, that trip must have seemed even longer to Williams College senior Zachary Schreier, considering the journey he has been on this year.
Twelve months ago, Schreier was part of a team of Williams students who received the first-place prize in a local business pitch contest held by Entrepreneurship for All in North Adams. Fast-forward almost a year, and there were Schreier and childhood friend Nick Hamburger standing on a television stage in Las Vegas, pitching a different business venture to a panel of investors on the popular show âShark Tank.â