{"id":84539,"date":"2018-12-10T17:14:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T22:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=84539"},"modified":"2018-12-10T17:14:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T22:14:57","slug":"penn-state-lehigh-valley-announces-2019-teen-entrepreneur-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=84539","title":{"rendered":"Penn State Lehigh Valley announces 2019 Teen Entrepreneur Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<strong>This unique program is for rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>CENTER VALLEY, Pa. (Dec. 10, 2018) &#8211; Creative collaboration fuels innovation, and the Teen Entrepreneur Challenge (TEC) is poised to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. Penn State Lehigh Valley, Lehigh Valley LaunchBox, and Perkiomen School offer a 10-day summer camp for rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors interested in developing the foundation for a successful business or product idea.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E6A2w0msrrw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Students will learn key strategies for launching a startup and developing an entrepreneurial spirit from Penn State professors, Perkiomen School teachers, business leaders and LaunchBox grant recipients. Field trips and hands-on, real-world exercises expose them to the confidence and knowledge required to consider their own entrepreneurial journey.<br \/>\nThe program runs from July 8-17, 2019. While new opportunities are in the works for 2019, see the schedule from last year here&lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/launchbox.lv.psu.edu\/content\/teenentrepreneurshipsummerchallengeproposedschedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/launchbox.lv.psu.edu\/content\/teenentrepreneurshipsummerchallengeproposedschedule&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1544565955926000&amp;usg=AFQjCNERyyuQ3mM4OBYVt_oXgNstgfb3Jw\">https:\/\/launchbox.lv.psu.<wbr \/>edu\/content\/teenentrepreneursh<wbr \/>ipsummerchallengeproposedsched<wbr \/>ule<\/a>&gt; to get an idea of the offerings of TEC.<br \/>\nStudents attend programs at Penn State Lehigh Valley during the day and at Perkiomen School in the evening. They will reside at Perkiomen School, which sits on a 165-acre campus with residential, athletic and academic facilities. Their Innovation Center offers programming in modern technologies, 3-D virtual reality, additive manufacturing, computer design and rapid prototyping.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My son, Jason, loved the program! He felt as though he gained a great deal and had fun at the same time.\u00a0 I think TEC ranks among the best summer programs he has attended,&#8221; said Judy Dones of San Antonio, Texas, whose son Jason attended TEC in 2018. &#8220;I was delighted about the caliber of professors and administrators who ran, contributed to and participated in the program.\u00a0 I was also impressed by all the connections that Jason was able to make with professionals in their respective fields&#8230; TEC is a fantastic program and I&#8217;m very glad that Jason attended.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe TEC culminates in a &#8220;Shark Tank&#8221; style pitch competition where students present their ideas for a solution that addresses a real-world business problem to a panel of judges who choose a winner based on pre-determined criteria. This gives TEC students the opportunity to develop different perspectives, build a personal brand, work as a team, connect to future employers and explore STEM educational programming.<\/p>\n<p>The cost per student is $1,595.00 and includes housing, activities, meals and transportation. An early bird registration fee of $1,495.00 is available for those who register before Apr. 15, 2019. Limited scholarships may be available based on financial need. Dual enrollment is available for an additional $1,000, which includes three college credits transferable to the college or university of the student&#8217;s choice.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Teen Entrepreneur Challenge or to register, visit the Teen Entrepreneur Challenge website&lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/launchbox.lv.psu.edu\/summerchallenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/launchbox.lv.psu.edu\/summerchallenge&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1544565955926000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFuwpE9NZvVJierEw_1r7xWp5Bi8A\">http:\/\/launchbox.lv.ps<wbr \/>u.edu\/summerchallenge<\/a>&gt;, call 610-285-5111 or email <a target=\"_blank\">summerchallenge@psu.edu<\/a>&lt;mailto<wbr \/>:<a target=\"_blank\">summerchallenge@psu.edu<\/a>&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nDennille Schuler<br \/>\nPR Specialist<br \/>\nPenn State Lehigh Valley<br \/>\n2809 Saucon Valley Road<br \/>\nCenter Valley, PA 18034<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Teen-Entrepreneur.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}