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Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes A Junior Achievement chapter will give high school students a taste of “Shark Tank” next month. Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes, based in Grand Rapids Township, will host a virtual JA Pitch Day event for students to pitch their product and sales and marketing strategies to a panel of area business professionals and entrepreneurs on May 7. Students will submit their pitch via video in advance of JA Pitch Day, incorporating a PowerPoint presentation that will demonstrate to the judges their ...

It is a six-month project in which high school students put their ideas into practice by launching and operating a real company with other students, under the tutelage of professional entrepreneurs.

The Repository NORTH CANTON – In the fall, Hoover High School senior Gavin Williams and eight classmates formed FinLit as part of the JA Company Program through Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio in teacher Mike Grady’s business program. Focused on bringing vital financial literacy education to students in a fun and understandable way, the students designed Budget or Bust, a board game that teaches kids how money decisions and habits affect their financial futures.  On April 22, Gavin will have the chance to share his story and experiences with industry experts, business pro...

JA Nigeria has announced a partnership with Facebook in line with the vision of raising a generation of digitally-inclined young business leaders. The new partnership will result in the incorporation of a digital marketing module into JA’s flagship Company Program to empower young people with digital marketing skills. According to a statement, with the growing need for digital literacy among young people, it was pressing to expose students to digital tools in order to help them bring their business online and market their brands through JA Company Program. JA Company Program teaches seconda...

MentorStark aims to strengthen area mentoring programs Laurie Moline knows there are numerous opportunities for Stark County children and young adults to find mentors — but she wants them to know that, too.  The importance of relationships and community connections was noted in a 2018 Northeast Ohio Youth Health Survey conducted by local agencies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after an alarming increase in youth suicides. "One of the things that they talked about was promoting connectedness," Moline said. "A lot of our young people did not feel connected." Moline...