IMPACT 307 Offering Start-Up Challenge to BHS Students

Buffalo High School students will be getting an opportunity to earn seed funding for their entrepreneurial ideas when they present their business plans this Wednesday at the BHS Auditorium.

IMPACT 307, Sheridan’s business incubator, will have a panel of judges that will be listening to and choosing one business idea from five student finalists from the teacher Kami Kennedy’s Advanced Entrepreneurial Class.

Scot Rendall, Director of IMPACT 307, explains more about how the inaugural BHS Start-Up Challenge came about.

Rendall said the BHS challenge could become a model for other school in the Sheridan area, and around the state, to get involved with their own challenge if there is interest enough from the students in the schools.

Rendall was asked if he was surprised by the interest and the great ideas coming from high school kids.

Rendall said IMPACT 307 is a resource for anyone that may have a business idea they feel might be worth pursuing, and they can assist them in seeing it become a reality or to just explore the possibility.

According to Kami Kennedy, IMPACT 307 has put up $2,500 in seed capital, and an additional $2,500 was donated by Buffalo businesses ANB Bank, Bank of Buffalo, Buffalo Par & Grill, First Northern Bank, and Re-Ride, that will be awarded to the winner.

We will have more from Kennedy and a few of her students in an upcoming story.