Everest Entrepreneurs hold showcase event in Weston [Video]

WESTON, Wis. (WSAW) – Some young entrepreneurs got to pitch their business ideas Monday night at the D.C. Everest Junior High.

The ‘Everest Entrepreneurs’ are a ninth-grade class learning the ins and outs of business. Local business leaders and owners attended the showcase to invest money for start-up supplies. For the last five months, they have been building their business models and conducting community surveys.

“One thing that we’ve learned is definitely like the customer is who we should be getting our information from, not ourselves,” Everest Entrepreneur Ronan Boling said. “We can’t make a business we think will work and put it out and it ends up no one else likes it. Or not enough people like it and it’s going to drown.”

Next week, the group will be presenting at the Wausau Chamber of Commerce Business Expo to pitch to more business leaders.