Meet three Mass. high school entrepreneurs: High 5
Meet three Mass. high school entrepreneurs: High 5
Updated: 10:31 PM EDT Jun 5, 2024
WEEK’S HIGH FIVE. HI, MY NAME IS CRYSTAL KING. HI, MY NAME IS TORI RYAN TRENT. HI I’M SARAH MOTHERSILL AND OUR BRAND IS COUTURE. JUST WRAPPING UP THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR AT RANDOLPH HIGH SCHOOL. THESE 15 AND 16 YEAR OLDS ARE ALREADY BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS THIS IS OUR GLAM KIT AND BASICALLY IT HAS A MINI MIRROR. THEIR BUSINESS, COUTURE, A COMBO OF THEIR THREE NAMES CRYSTAL, TORY AND FARRAH. THEIR PRODUCT, PREPACKAGED MAKEUP KITS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON THE GO AND SHORT ON TIME BUT WANT TO LOOK GOOD. WE THOUGHT OF OUR AGE GROUP AND OUR AGE GROUP WEARS LIKE A LOT OF MAKEUP AND STUFF, SO WE THOUGHT, LET’S GIVE THEM AN OPTION BETWEEN NATURAL AND GLAM. WHAT MADE ME WANT TO DO THE GLOGOW WAS THAT I DON’T WEAR AS MUCH GLAM, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LIKE DOING NATURAL MAKEUP. THEY DEVELOP THE TWO PROTOTYPES, IDENTIFY THEIR CLIENTS AND COMPETITION, AND EVEN CAME UP WITH A FINANCIAL PLAN AS PART OF THEIR BUILD CLASS. THE ELECTIVE IS OFFERED AT NINE BOSTON AREA SCHOOLS THROUGH THE BUILD PROGRAM, A NONPROFIT THAT CONNECTS TEENS IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES TO THE BUSINESS WORLD. BUILD IS AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLASS THAT HIGH SCHOOLERS TAKE THAT TAKES THEM THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF STARTING AND RUNNING THEIR OWN BUSINESS. AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THEY LEARN KEY LIFE SKILLS LIKE COLLABORATE AND COMMUNICATION, PROBLEM SOLVING. THE SCHOOL YEAR CULMINATES IN BUILD FEST. THAT’S WHEN THE PROGRAM’S TOP THREE TEAMS PITCH THEIR PRODUCTS TO A PANEL OF BUSINESS LEADERS. THINK THE TV SHOW SHARK TANK, COMPLETE WITH A $2,000 GRAND PRIZE. AND THEY CERTAINLY HAVE THEIR EYE ON IT. BUT THEY SAY THE CONFIDENCE THEY’VE GAINED IN THE PROCESS AND THE FRIENDSHIPS THEY’VE MADE ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. TO BE HONEST, LAST YEAR I DIDN’T TALK TO THEM AS MUCH. I JUST STARTED TALKING TO THEM THIS YEAR. SO IT’S LIKE GROWING NEW BONDS WITH PEOPLE. ALSO, CRYSTAL, TORY AND SARAH, FOR YOUR SUCCESS IN THE BUILD BOSTON PROGRAM AND COMING UP WITH AN AWESOME BUSINESS PLAN. YOU GET THIS.
Meet three Mass. high school entrepreneurs: High 5
Updated: 10:31 PM EDT Jun 5, 2024
High school freshmen at Randolph High School are starting their own business through the BUILD program, an entrepreneurship class offered at nine Boston-area schools.Chrystal King, Tori Ryan Trent and Faphira Mothersil, three young entrepreneurs who just completed their freshman year at Randolph High School, created a business named CATORA, which is a combination of their three names.Their product is a pre-packaged makeup kit. It’s designed for those who are constantly on the move and short on time, but still want to look their best.”We thought of our age group and our age group wears a lot of makeup and stuff so we thought let’s give them an option between natural and glam,” said Tori.”What made me want to do the Glow-Go is that I don’t wear as much glam and some people like doing natural makeup,” said Chrystal.The students developed two prototypes, identified their clients and competition, and even devised a financial plan. All of this was part of their BUILD class, an elective offered through a non-profit organization that connects teens in under-resourced communities to the business world.
High school freshmen at Randolph High School are starting their own business through the BUILD program, an entrepreneurship class offered at nine Boston-area schools.
Chrystal King, Tori Ryan Trent and Faphira Mothersil, three young entrepreneurs who just completed their freshman year at Randolph High School, created a business named CATORA, which is a combination of their three names.
Their product is a pre-packaged makeup kit. It’s designed for those who are constantly on the move and short on time, but still want to look their best.
“We thought of our age group and our age group wears a lot of makeup and stuff so we thought let’s give them an option between natural and glam,” said Tori.
“What made me want to do the Glow-Go is that I don’t wear as much glam and some people like doing natural makeup,” said Chrystal.
The students developed two prototypes, identified their clients and competition, and even devised a financial plan.
All of this was part of their BUILD class, an elective offered through a non-profit organization that connects teens in under-resourced communities to the business world.
