The British School in The Netherlands (BSN) is delighted to announce that this year’s Young Enterprise team – a group of nine Senior School Voorschoten (SSV) Year 10 students – took second place in the Jong Ondernemen Company Launch Pitch Battle in Rotterdam on 19 January with their pitch for their product, Wireway. Team Wireway’s innovative product pitch won them the second prize of 100 Euros!
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What is Jong Ondernemen / Young Enterprise?
Jong Ondernemen, the Dutch equivalent of Young Enterprise, aims to teach young people all about the ins and outs of entrepreneurship. It allows them to utilise and practise skills essential to running a business, such as developing an effective business plan, conducting market research, promotion of their product idea and financial literacy. Students gain a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges that running a business can present, and it is excellent preparation for future entrepreneurship.
Store Your Wires Away With Wireway!
Many people will be familiar with the inconvenience and hassle of having lots of different cables and them getting tangled. The BSN Young Enterprise Team have come up with a solution to this problem in the form of Wireway! Wireway is a sleek, black cable organiser that allows you to easily use multiple cables at once, fuss-free. What’s more, its modern design makes it a great addition to your home or workplace. Wireway can hold up to seven cables. "No mess, no stress!"
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The three judges of the Company Launch Pitch Battle, all successful entrepreneur themselves, said that they were “blown away” by the students’ fantastic pitch.
You can view the Wireway product pitch here:
A Learning Experience
Pragnya, a member of the Young Enterprise Team, said of the experience:
I would like to thank our school for giving me an opportunity for such a great learning experience. I had a lot of fun and I’m happy and proud we came second.
The student's parent commented:
"We are absolutely delighted that BSN Young Enterprise Team won second prize in the Pitch Battle Competition. This opportunity has given our child an exposure to skills like product and market research and presentation of the same. We thank BSN for giving her yet another real-life experience as BSN always does and we are looking forward to having “no mess, no stress” Wireway at home soon!"
Supporting the Young Enterprise Team
Special thanks to Anne-Marie Smith, the Young Enterprise Coordinator at Senior School Voorschoten, for coaching and supporting our Young Entrepreneurs throughout this process!
Congratulations to Team Wireway on their wonderful achievement – we can’t wait to see what’s next for our Young Entrepreneurs!
Wireway will be on sale at Senior School Voorschoten next half term.
