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RELEASE
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28th November 2012
Enterprising students rise to the business challenge at Stow
College
Stow College students have taken part in a one day challenge
designed to test their entrepreneurial skills.
More than 100 students from a wide variety of courses signed up
for the event, which took place in The Lighthouse in Glasgow’s Mitchell Lane.
Split into teams of 5 and each supported by an industry mentor,
the groups were tasked with devising a business idea, which they then had to
pitch to a panel of judges, Dragons’ Den-style.
The 20 teams each had only 60 seconds to explain everything from
their unique selling point to financial statistics. The four strongest teams
were then given more time to deliver detailed pitches
The
winning team – dubbed ‘Simu’ – impressed the judges with the business concept
of an ID app designed to store your paper identification on your smart phone.
Dr. Robert McGrory, Principal of Stow College, said: “Stow College
is placing a real emphasis on equipping learners with the entrepreneurial
skills they need to get out there and become industry leaders. I’m always
impressed by the scale of the talent within the college and that was clearly
evident from the successful 1 day business challenge.”
-ENDS-
Image 1: The winning team.
L-R – Louis Maguire (HNC Applied Science), Ross McCann (HND Music Business),
Kifayat Yussuf (NC Business) with Barry Gillespie, Peter Jones Enterprise
Academy.
For more information, contact: Brian O’Neill, Halogen
Communications, (T) 0131 202 0120 (F)
0131 225 3757 (E) brian@halogencom.com
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