Chayse Luckie, a precocious schoolhouse student, had ne'er participated successful a transportation contention before.
On Wednesday, helium stood successful beforehand of a tiny assemblage during the Vegas Chamber’s yearly Business Expo to transportation his thought for a nutrient motortruck concern that is delicate to dietary needs.
“I consciousness blessed to person the accidental to stock my idea,” Luckie said. “I similar to beryllium a talker of sorts and talk up for communities and get those voices heard.”
Luckie was 1 of 3 finalists successful the expo’s archetypal Baby Shark Tank Competition, meant to spark entrepreneurship successful teenage contestants. Each finalist presented their thought to a radical of 3 judges, who past concisely questioned the contestants earlier deliberating implicit however to divvy up the prize money. Luckie yet placed 3rd and won $200, which helium said helium would usage to bargain ingredients.
Mary Beth Sewald, the president and CEO of the Vegas Chamber, said the contention was a “great way” for her enactment to “engage with young entrepreneurs.”
“As a enclosure of commerce, we’re ever trying to foster maturation and concern affable individuals astatine a young age,” Sewald said. “We thought this was a truly bully mode to bash that.”
The winning thought was enactment distant by contestant Reyna Allen, who designed an app called Life Launch. Allen’s app is intended to impart beingness skills and fiscal literacy to teenagers and young adults.
Rico Cruz placed 2nd for his business, Rock with Rico, which seeks to assistance organizations link with young people.
The Baby Shark Tank Competition was portion of the Vegas Chamber’s yearly commercialized amusement for section businesses, held astatine the World Market Center. Around 1,000 radical registered for Business Expo, according to Cara Clarke, the vice president of communications astatine the Vegas Chamber.
Business Expo besides featured Resource Row, a dedicated country for a twelve tiny concern enactment organizations including the Nevada Department of Business & Industry and Nevada Small Business Development Center.
Ted Talk-style sessions led by Vegas Chamber members besides covered concern trends and strategies for success. For instance, Jason Lent, a income and selling manager astatine Hard Rock International, spoke astir the improvement of the Hard Rock brand.
Clarke said that Business Expo aims to springiness entrepreneurs an affordable mode to summation entree to resources and web with different concern owners.
“It’s hard to get your marque retired there,” Clarke said. “This benignant of personalized direct, narration gathering constituent is truly good.”
Contact Sophie Baker astatine sbaker@reviewjournal.com.
English (US)·