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i.Invest Competition Founder Named to Silicon Bayou 100 List of Louisiana’s Most Influential L

Jan 24, 2020
2 min

i.Invest Competition Founder Named to Silicon Bayou 100 List of Louisiana’s Most Influential L

i.Invest Founder, Michelle Jackson NEW ORLEANS, LA – i.Invest Youth Business Competition founder and LifeSkills Foundation executive director, Michelle Jackson, was named by Silicon Bayou News to the Silicon Bayou 100 List of Louisiana’s most influential people in tech and entrepreneurship. The list is compiled by the community, through an anonymous nomination process. Jackson was recognized for her dedication to nurturing next generation startups created by youth entrepreneu

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i.Invest Competition Founder Named to Silicon Bayou 100 List of Louisiana’s Most Influential L

Jan 24, 2020
2 min

i.Invest Competition Founder Named to Silicon Bayou 100 List of Louisiana’s Most Influential L

i.Invest Founder, Michelle Jackson NEW ORLEANS, LA – i.Invest Youth Business Competition founder and LifeSkills Foundation executive director, Michelle Jackson, was named by Silicon Bayou News to the Silicon Bayou 100 List of Louisiana’s most influential people in tech and entrepreneurship. The list is compiled by the community, through an anonymous nomination process. Jackson was recognized for her dedication to nurturing next generation startups created by youth entrepreneu

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Mar 1, 2019
2 min

i.Invest National Youth Business Competition Now Accepting Applications

Now in its’ fourth year, i.Invest has attracted young business leaders from across the United States. Competing teams can win a share of $10,000 in cash and in-kind prizes, as well as receive numerical scores and written feedback from experienced professionals who volunteer their time to help young entrepreneurs build scalable businesses. Past winners have gone on to raise over $250,000 in pre-seed funding, create jobs, enroll in the best business schools in the nation, and e

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Mar 1, 2019
2 min

i.Invest National Youth Business Competition Now Accepting Applications

Now in its’ fourth year, i.Invest has attracted young business leaders from across the United States. Competing teams can win a share of $10,000 in cash and in-kind prizes, as well as receive numerical scores and written feedback from experienced professionals who volunteer their time to help young entrepreneurs build scalable businesses. Past winners have gone on to raise over $250,000 in pre-seed funding, create jobs, enroll in the best business schools in the nation, and e

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2017 i.Invest National Youth Business Competition Winners Announced

Sep 25, 2017
4 min

2017 i.Invest National Youth Business Competition Winners Announced

i.Invest first place winner and founder of PrepUP, Akhilesh Khakhar, 17 PR Solutions LLC today announced the winners of the second annual i.Invest National Youth Business Competition. Five teams consisting of youth entrepreneurs, 13 to 19 years-old, walked away with cash and in-kind prizes after successfully completing a six-month web-based competition that included three rounds of scoring, group virtual coaching, one-on-one mentoring and a finale pitch event. This year’s win

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2017 i.Invest National Youth Business Competition Winners Announced

Sep 25, 2017
4 min

2017 i.Invest National Youth Business Competition Winners Announced

i.Invest first place winner and founder of PrepUP, Akhilesh Khakhar, 17 PR Solutions LLC today announced the winners of the second annual i.Invest National Youth Business Competition. Five teams consisting of youth entrepreneurs, 13 to 19 years-old, walked away with cash and in-kind prizes after successfully completing a six-month web-based competition that included three rounds of scoring, group virtual coaching, one-on-one mentoring and a finale pitch event. This year’s win

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17-Year-Old NY-based Entrepreneur Develops Mobile App to Prep Students for SAT, ACT Exams

Jun 25, 2017
2 min

17-Year-Old NY-based Entrepreneur Develops Mobile App to Prep Students for SAT, ACT Exams

Akhilesh Khakhar, 17, of Brooklyn, NY is one of this year’s competitors in the i.Invest National Youth Entrepreneur Business Competition. Akhilesh’s company, PrepUP: The New SAT and ACT Prep App, is revolutionizing the world of testing by bringing students together on social media platforms to study for the SAT and ACT. Tell us about your business. PrepUP: The New SAT and ACT Prep App is a free iOS test preparation app that provides an interactive, live, head-to-head match be

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17-Year-Old NY-based Entrepreneur Develops Mobile App to Prep Students for SAT, ACT Exams

Jun 25, 2017
2 min

17-Year-Old NY-based Entrepreneur Develops Mobile App to Prep Students for SAT, ACT Exams

Akhilesh Khakhar, 17, of Brooklyn, NY is one of this year’s competitors in the i.Invest National Youth Entrepreneur Business Competition. Akhilesh’s company, PrepUP: The New SAT and ACT Prep App, is revolutionizing the world of testing by bringing students together on social media platforms to study for the SAT and ACT. Tell us about your business. PrepUP: The New SAT and ACT Prep App is a free iOS test preparation app that provides an interactive, live, head-to-head match be

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i.Invest 2016 Winner, Beacon Health, Raises $225K in Pre-Seed Funding

Mar 1, 2017
2 min

i.Invest 2016 Winner, Beacon Health, Raises $225K in Pre-Seed Funding

In 2016, 19-year-old founder of Beacon Health, Shrenik Jain, took home the top prize from the i.Invest National Youth Business Competition with his mobile app designed to help people struggling with mental illness. Since winning the competition and being named the i.Invest 2016 Youth Business of the Year, Jain, Co-Founder Ravi Shah and Chief Data Scientist Satya Prateek Bommaraju, have diligently worked to transform their innovative idea into a successful health IT business.

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i.Invest 2016 Winner, Beacon Health, Raises $225K in Pre-Seed Funding

Mar 1, 2017
2 min

i.Invest 2016 Winner, Beacon Health, Raises $225K in Pre-Seed Funding

In 2016, 19-year-old founder of Beacon Health, Shrenik Jain, took home the top prize from the i.Invest National Youth Business Competition with his mobile app designed to help people struggling with mental illness. Since winning the competition and being named the i.Invest 2016 Youth Business of the Year, Jain, Co-Founder Ravi Shah and Chief Data Scientist Satya Prateek Bommaraju, have diligently worked to transform their innovative idea into a successful health IT business.

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13-Year-Old Pittsburgh Youth Entrepreneur Uses All-Natural Ingredients to Create Lip Balm

Jun 10, 2016
2 min

13-Year-Old Pittsburgh Youth Entrepreneur Uses All-Natural Ingredients to Create Lip Balm

A’Niyah Dixon, 13, from Manchester Academic Charter School in Pittsburgh, PA, is one of this year’s competitors in the i.Invest Competition. With her business, Winter’s Heart, A’Niyah hopes to put an end to chapped lips once and for all. Tell us a little about your business. Winter’s Heart is a bubble gum lip balm that A’Niyah plans on marketing to both females and males. Unlike other lip balms on the market, A’Niyah crafts her products with safe ingredients including food dy

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13-Year-Old Pittsburgh Youth Entrepreneur Uses All-Natural Ingredients to Create Lip Balm

Jun 10, 2016
2 min

13-Year-Old Pittsburgh Youth Entrepreneur Uses All-Natural Ingredients to Create Lip Balm

A’Niyah Dixon, 13, from Manchester Academic Charter School in Pittsburgh, PA, is one of this year’s competitors in the i.Invest Competition. With her business, Winter’s Heart, A’Niyah hopes to put an end to chapped lips once and for all. Tell us a little about your business. Winter’s Heart is a bubble gum lip balm that A’Niyah plans on marketing to both females and males. Unlike other lip balms on the market, A’Niyah crafts her products with safe ingredients including food dy

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Johns Hopkins Engineering Students Develop Virtual Hand, Wrist Physical Therapy Software

Jun 1, 2016
2 min

Johns Hopkins Engineering Students Develop Virtual Hand, Wrist Physical Therapy Software

Group photo (from left to right): Adam Polevoy, Parth Singh, Rahul Yerrabelli, Himanshu Dashora. Single photo: Benjamin Pikus Rahul Yerrabelli, 18, Benjamin Pikus, 18, Himanshu Dashora, 18, Parth Singh, 19, and Adam Polevoy,19, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, are one of the teams participating in this year’s i.Invest Competition. Each of these young men are studying Biomedical Engineering, and were eager to solve one of the many issues facing the medical commu

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Johns Hopkins Engineering Students Develop Virtual Hand, Wrist Physical Therapy Software

Jun 1, 2016
2 min

Johns Hopkins Engineering Students Develop Virtual Hand, Wrist Physical Therapy Software

Group photo (from left to right): Adam Polevoy, Parth Singh, Rahul Yerrabelli, Himanshu Dashora. Single photo: Benjamin Pikus Rahul Yerrabelli, 18, Benjamin Pikus, 18, Himanshu Dashora, 18, Parth Singh, 19, and Adam Polevoy,19, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, are one of the teams participating in this year’s i.Invest Competition. Each of these young men are studying Biomedical Engineering, and were eager to solve one of the many issues facing the medical commu

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19-Year-Old Penn State Student Uses 3D Printing to Keep Headphone Cords Tangle-Free

May 29, 2016
2 min

19-Year-Old Penn State Student Uses 3D Printing to Keep Headphone Cords Tangle-Free

Shemar Coombs, 19, from Pennsylvania State University in Philadelphia, PA, is one of this year’s competitors in the i.Invest Competition. After dealing with tangled or lost headphones for far too long, Shemar came up with a solution to this problem with his company, Rap It Up. Tell us a little about your business. Rap It Up is an iPhone case that allows customers to store their headphones safely without having to worry about them getting tangled or damaged. This case features

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19-Year-Old Penn State Student Uses 3D Printing to Keep Headphone Cords Tangle-Free

May 29, 2016
2 min

19-Year-Old Penn State Student Uses 3D Printing to Keep Headphone Cords Tangle-Free

Shemar Coombs, 19, from Pennsylvania State University in Philadelphia, PA, is one of this year’s competitors in the i.Invest Competition. After dealing with tangled or lost headphones for far too long, Shemar came up with a solution to this problem with his company, Rap It Up. Tell us a little about your business. Rap It Up is an iPhone case that allows customers to store their headphones safely without having to worry about them getting tangled or damaged. This case features

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Youth Social Entrepreneur & i.Invest Applicant Provides Specially Designed Bikes to Students in

May 23, 2016
2 min

Youth Social Entrepreneur & i.Invest Applicant Provides Specially Designed Bikes to Students in

Wu, 16, Youth Entrepreneur from Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, CA provides bikes to people in Bangladesh Randy Wu, 16, from Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, CA, is one of this year’s competitors in the i.Invest Competition. LyfeCycle, which started as an idea in a model UN class, has now turned into Randy’s life mission: to help the less fortunate in developing countries. Tell us a little about your business. LyfeCycle is a nonprofit organization that is on a

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Youth Social Entrepreneur & i.Invest Applicant Provides Specially Designed Bikes to Students in

May 23, 2016
2 min

Youth Social Entrepreneur & i.Invest Applicant Provides Specially Designed Bikes to Students in

Wu, 16, Youth Entrepreneur from Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, CA provides bikes to people in Bangladesh Randy Wu, 16, from Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, CA, is one of this year’s competitors in the i.Invest Competition. LyfeCycle, which started as an idea in a model UN class, has now turned into Randy’s life mission: to help the less fortunate in developing countries. Tell us a little about your business. LyfeCycle is a nonprofit organization that is on a

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Contained, Stored or Leashed: How not to handle innovation

Feb 6, 2016
3 min

Contained, Stored or Leashed: How not to handle innovation

Have you ever watched an innovator convert an idea into a practical concept, mold that concept into a viable business model then employ an operational process that allows a new venture to spread its wings and soar? If not, you should, because the sheer curiosity and eagerness of a dedicated business leader is inspirational beyond words. It takes commitment to start a business. It takes boldness to put forth an innovative idea. It takes heart to see it through to the very end.

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Contained, Stored or Leashed: How not to handle innovation

Feb 6, 2016
3 min

Contained, Stored or Leashed: How not to handle innovation

Have you ever watched an innovator convert an idea into a practical concept, mold that concept into a viable business model then employ an operational process that allows a new venture to spread its wings and soar? If not, you should, because the sheer curiosity and eagerness of a dedicated business leader is inspirational beyond words. It takes commitment to start a business. It takes boldness to put forth an innovative idea. It takes heart to see it through to the very end.

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