...Young entrepreneurs
Groups giving students head start in business
By LaTina Emerson Staff WriterTheir days start early, and their schedules are filled with meetings, financial budgets and business plans. These are not high-powered executives, though; they're high school students with an intuition for business. Students throughout the Augusta-Aiken area are taking a leap into the business world through entrepreneurial ventures such as student-operated stores, credit unions and T-shirt sales.
They are learning the rigors of operating a successful business and gaining invaluable exposure to the field, all before they enter college.... In last year's entrepreneurship event at the state FBLA competition, students throughout Georgia made mulimedia presentations on products they developed, complete with business plans. They were also required to dress in professional attire, Ms. Barnes said....
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