Young entrepreneurs plan eight-month projects

Business mentor Jules Radich brainstorms with Young Enterprise scheme project students Aleisha Hutton (16), Thomas Telford (16) and Leon Jory (16).  Photo by Jane Dawber
Business mentor Jules Radich brainstorms with Young Enterprise scheme project students Aleisha Hutton (16), Thomas Telford (16) and Leon Jory (16). Photo by Jane Dawber
The 2008 Young Enterprise Scheme began for 10 Otago schools and 110 pupils in Dunedin yesterday, with teams meeting mentors and brainstorming business ideas for the eight-month project.

The scheme, co-ordinated by the Otago Chamber of Commerce, encourages the 19 teams to operate as small companies and to come up with business ideas to make, sell or manufacture services or products, working their way through marketing, manufacturing, distribution and sponsorship scenarios and delivering business strategies and reports.

Last year, the Columba College team won third place in the national competition.

This year's finalists will be judged and announced in October.

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