The US News
14 Sep 2020, 10 GMT+10
Entrepreneurship has become all the rave among today's youth. More and more students now dream of starting a business of their own, rather than working for an employer. As more youth today seek guidance on becoming successful entrepreneurs, programs like Beta Bowl now play a crucial role.
Beta Bowl is a virtual entrepreneurship program that motivates students to move from business ideation to product launch. The program takes students, mostly from high school levels, to create pitches to investors, run a business, develop a product, and market their brands. Apart from being quite extensive for an extracurricular program, Beta Bowl is also highly interactive. The training boot camp features various video lessons, group and individual mentorship, business planning and implementation, and many other activities.
The program also puts a premium on financial literacy training by teaching students how to handle finances for business and running a successful business without "breaking the bank." Beta Bowl also helps students become more innovative by guiding them through a proven process of finding, testing, and validating business ideas.
Since its founding, the student business acceleration program has helped hundreds of youth start successful businesses and even non-profit organizations. Many of Beta Bowl's students' products and ideas have gone on to win funding and even become successful businesses that turn in sizable profits.
One such success story of Beta Bowl's impact is on the outcome and success of former student Arun Eswara. He joined Beta Bowl's first focus group and has since gone on to become a successful student entrepreneur. Arun and his team won the Beta Bowl Platinum Pitch competition and were awarded $1,500 for their pet healthcare technology startup. He then moved forward and competed in multiple state-wide business pitching competitions. In total, Arun and his teammates' winnings have exceeded $15,000 in seed funding.
On top of his success in competitions, Arun has also obtained a scholarship to a top business, finance, and computer science honors program at University of Texas-Austin. Furthermore, Arun remained involved with Beta Bowl and was hired on as a summer intern, tasked with real-world product development and managing a team of interns. By summer's end, Arun will have co-created an entire game development product in the education space, and Beta Bowl is fully funding the launch and marketing of his product. This experience and exposure has led to many business and employment opportunities for the recent high school graduate, including some exciting upcoming internship and job opportunities in his field of interest.
Arun's narrative is just one of the many other success stories of Beta Bowl participants. Apart from excelling in business incubation, Beta Bowl has also won the favor of many academic institutions. The program has received endorsements from over 170 university business students at a top university business school's entrepreneurship program, as well as from students at schools including the University of North Carolina, University of Southern California, Elon University, and many others. Beta Bowl has also gained favor with various college preparatory programs and college admission consultants. With the support that the program has received from various educational institutions, Beta Bowl alumni have earned substantial college scholarships and entry into entrepreneurship programs at some of the country's best universities.
Through Beta Bowl, students learn how to create a marketing plan, financial model, investor proposal, and a minimum viable product. Every student of the program always comes away with a unique business plan and a market-ready product or service.
Beta Bowl is the product of the work and genius of Rachel Greenberg. A former Wall Street investment banker turned full-time entrepreneur, Rachel has worked with various startups in the past decade. She has helped create and implement marketing strategies, investor pitches, and rebranding campaigns. Her work has resulted in hundreds of thousands of new customers acquired, millions in funding raised, and tens of millions in business revenue generated.
Her program, Beta Bowl, is a testament to Rachel's passion for student entrepreneurship and mentorship. Rachel hopes to inspire more students to pursue their dreams of starting businesses, and she and the Beta Bowl team strive to make entrepreneurship accessible and enjoyable for the younger generation.
To learn more about Beta Bowl, visit the program's website.
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