{"id":17594,"date":"2025-10-30T13:28:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=17594"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:32:05","slug":"business-students-help-entrepreneurs-hone-business-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/business-students-help-entrepreneurs-hone-business-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Business Students Help High School Entrepreneurs Hone Their Business Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Student consultants from Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Business Solutions (MBS) recently welcomed high school students from the <\/span>Spark! Incubator program<\/b><\/a> to campus for two mornings of hands-on collaboration, creativity, and entrepreneurial learning.<\/span><\/p>\n

On October 23 and 24, about two dozen Spark! students visited Ä¢¹½´«Ã½\u2019s President\u2019s Conference Room to meet one-on-one with MBS consultants for a business consulting workshop. The Spark! Incubator program is a high school career-preparation initiative that challenges students to develop and pitch business plans for competitions, including the <\/span>Progress 64 Entrepreneurial Scholarship<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the students worked to refine their business ideas, business students from Ä¢¹½´«Ã½\u2019s MBS team offered a marketing workshop, strategic guidance, and individualized feedback to strengthen each team\u2019s business plan and pitch.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis experience gave both Spark! Incubator associates and our Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Business Solutions consultants an opportunity for authentic learning,\u201d said <\/span>Robyn Wand, Co-Director of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Business Solutions.<\/b> \u201cSpark! students walked away with critical feedback and actionable insights for their business concepts. I’m so grateful to Spark! for their partnership, and I can’t wait to continue working with them!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What They\u2019re Saying:<\/b><\/p>\n

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ students and their Spark! counterparts praised the opportunity to collaborate and learn from each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n