Over the last two half-terms, Year 10 boys have been diving into the world of entrepreneurship during their weekly Academic Enrichment lessons. Each week, they have tackled essential business concepts such as ideation, market research, minimum viable products, business planning and pitching their ideas.
The culmination of their hard work was delivered via a series of presentations, in which each team showcased their innovative ideas to their peers and a panel of staff and student judges. From these sessions, seven standout teams were selected to present their projects in the final to a panel of esteemed external judges.
The classroom buzzed with excitement as around 40 attendees, including other selected teams, members of the Entrepreneurship Society, staff and judges Old Bedfordian Gary Ewing (78-83) of Montmartre Patisserie and Bruno Reddy of Times Table Rock Stars, gathered to witness the presentations. The judges were thoroughly impressed by the creativity, teamwork and thoughtfulness that went into each proposal, making their decision incredibly challenging.
A special mention goes to the class teachers, the Lower Sixth judges from the Entrepreneurship Society leadership team and the staff judges for their dedication and support throughout this journey.
However, there could only be one winner. The team that stood out for their coherent teamwork, potential to tap into an untapped market, scalability and unique selling proposition of becoming the Vinted or Depop for school uniforms and equipment, was team Old School made up of Ben Zanna, George Harrison, Sebi Searle, Edward Parrish and Milo Goodwin. Congratulations!
Team KYMKR (pronounced keymaker) was highly commended for their customizable keyboard keys and team Adaptask with their mood-matching ‘to-do’ list app. Well done to all the boys involved.
