{"id":4459,"date":"2014-04-01T21:53:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T03:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=4459"},"modified":"2014-04-01T21:53:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T03:53:45","slug":"ipop-foundation-encourages-high-school-students-to-become-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/ipop-foundation-encourages-high-school-students-to-become-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"IPOP Foundation Encourages High School Students to Become Entrepreneurs!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was awesome!\u00a0 Our charity, the IPOP Foundation (www.ipop.org<\/a>), which stands for \u201cIn Pursuit of Perfection\u201d hosted our Mobile App competition at Alta High School with the help of Principal Fidel Montero, a huge advocate of entrepreneurship. The charity is focused on promoting, educating, and perpetuating entrepreneurship as a pathway to self-reliance.\u00a0 We challenged the kids to come up with their best mobile app idea and write up a business plan.\u00a0 Then the kids had to prepare a pitch to present to an esteemed panel of Angel Investors who judged the competition.\u00a0 We had over 400 kids submit ideas this year and from those 400 there were ten selected to present on stage during an assembly with over 800 kids from the school and a panel of Angel Investor judges.\u00a0 Casey Scott, from KUTV News was our anchor and he did an awesome job.\u00a0 We had amazing sponsors that donated prizes and giveaways to the students and there was $10,000 of prize money given away in the form of college scholarships and scholarships to Innovation Week at the University of Utah this summer.\u00a0 Leo the Lion from the Real Soccer Team made an appearance during the halftime break to hype up the crowd.\u00a0 The presenting students did an amazing job.\u00a0 We had an amazing turnout to the event and multiple news stations were present to cover the event for us.\u00a0 Here are links to just some of the news interviews and stories that reported on the event today:<\/p>\n

FOX 13 News Interview with Amy:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/67.214.100.182\/\/Player.aspx?PI=92b6f5aa-9837-4889-8f4d-0b05fb92cf9f<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0FOX 13 News Interview with Winning Teams:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/67.214.100.182\/\/Player.aspx?PI=a528fe3e-8e7b-4ac9-bbf1-79a9c7d6ef81<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0KSL News Interview with Amy and the 1st<\/sup> place team:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ksl.com\/?sid=29300238&nid=1194<\/a><\/p>\n

Deseret News Article (with photos):<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865599987\/Alta-High-students-win-event-with-idea-for-competition-app.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Salt Lake Tribune Article (with video clips):<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/sltrib\/money\/57759521-79\/app-idea-competition-ideas.html.csp<\/a><\/p>\n

Press Release with Details of the Competition, Sponsors, Judges, and Winning Teams:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20140401006668\/en\/IPOP-Foundation-Awards-5000-Scholarships-Annual-Mobile#.UzuDfLCPLoo<\/a><\/p>\n

Special thanks today to all of those who helped with our event.\u00a0 It was such a great experience
\nand it really helped to show these 800 students that you are never too young to do something amazing!<\/p>\n

\"1326534\"<\/a> \"1326542\"<\/a><\/p>\n

~Amy<\/p>\n

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