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2025

Helping young entrepreneurs discover, build upon the possibilities - The Business NewsClayton Elliott was crowned this year’s winner of the Junior Achievement’s Young Entrepreneur Live Competition: Northeast Region.

2023

North Fond du Lac students start food composting businessNORTH FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WFRV) – Local students are helping to prevent hundreds of pounds of food from getting wasted with a business idea they cooked up in class. “Pick up food from ou…

Emerging entrepreneursTurning food scraps into renewable energy

Project Pitch It

Commah, LLC, the business co-founded by students, Ayden Fowler and Lillian Goeckerman, was featured on Project Pitch It, a Wisconsin spin-off of CBS's "Shark Tank" (aired on May 13, 2023), and was awarded $1500 in funding.

2022

Fond du Lac High School students pitch ideas to local business leadersFOND DU LAC, Wis. (WFRV) – Local high school students in Fond du Lac had the opportunity to pitch business ideas to local community leaders for a chance to win a cash prize. Students from Nor…

Fond du Lac teen's business soars after Junior Achievement programFOX6 News first met the North Fond du Lac High School senior in 2022 – after a class project turned into a real-life company.

8 Pro Tips for Teen Entrepreneurship (From Teen Entrepreneurs)The wisdom I gain from teen entrepreneurs about teen entrepreneurship extends into my work, and my life. These students get it, and they have the right skills.

North Fond du Lac high school students are learning how to be entrepreneursA class offered in North Fond du Lac is teaching students how to become entrepreneurs by requiring them to start up successful businesses.

Teaching Entrepreneurship... Bringing on the JoyWe asked Teacher, Kurt Wismer, is there joy in teaching entrepreneurship for high school students? Kurt weighs in on what he gains from INCubatoredu.

2020

Real Stories of Young Women and High School EntrepreneurshipWomen and Entrepreneurship: Four young women share their personal stories of achievement and growth through INCubatoredu high school entrepreneurship.

2019

Perfect pitch: NFDL students create humane trap, bamboo bras, more in entrepreneur classThirty-eight Horace Mann High School students worked throughout the school year to create businesses with the possibility of turning them into a real product.

Kurt Wismer on Teaching Entrepreneurship to High School Students

2018

Insight Magazine:

Enterprising education - K-12 LEARNING PROGRAMS PUT THE FOCUS ON FOSTERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

North Fond du Lac team wins first place in 2018 IGNITE! youth idea challengeEight area high school teams pitched their big ideas during the third annual IGNITE! Youth Idea Challenge on April 18.

Streetwise: North Fond du Lac prepares students to be future business leadersFor students at Horace Mann High School, pursuing their business and product plans are more than just a dream, but rather a reality.

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