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Four teams make cut in biz plan challenge
Four teams from Ransom Everglades advanced to the semifinals of the Miami Herald's 19th-annual Business Plan Challenge, which drew nearly 100 high school entries from throughout Miami-Dade County.
Here's a look at the RE plans that landed in the final 12 as described by the Herald. Teacher Jen Nero has overseen the students' work. Read the full Herald story here.
BEST-Ware, by Eitan Dooreck-Aloni '18, Julia Ortiz '18 and Erin Bakes '18, is user-friendly software that enables parents to efficiently and effectively monitor and regulate their children’s phone usage while limiting the power struggle between parents and their children. BEST-Ware was the top winner in the RE Business Plan competition held on campus.
BEST-Ware, by Eitan Dooreck-Aloni '18, Julia Ortiz '18 and Erin Bakes '18, is user-friendly software that enables parents to efficiently and effectively monitor and regulate their children’s phone usage while limiting the power struggle between parents and their children. BEST-Ware was the top winner in the RE Business Plan competition held on campus.
Coegi, by Yoav Grainer '17 and Corey Kraftsow '17, is a fun, innovative app that utilizes user restraint and gamification to discourage drivers from texting and driving. Coegi’s game rewards drivers for not using their phones while driving.
Micki’s, by Simon Bindefeld-Boccara '17 and Jake Pelayo '17, would create an app that enables restaurants to advertise real-time flash sales on specific meals when business has been slow, combating food waste and allowing more consumers to try their dishes.
VetNet, by Carlos Esber '18, Austin Acosta '18 and Julian Zighelboim '18, is an app that would help veterans combat issues including unemployment, unavailability of resources like proper mental health therapy and lack of communication with people suffering similar experiences.
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.