DEARBORN COUNTY – Earlier this year, South Dearborn High School Class of 2014 member Crystal Nichols won $3,000 for her business idea. In 2013, East CentralHigh School graduate A.J. Waltz won $3,000 and put it towards establishing a successful photography business.
Which Dearborn County high school student will be the next champion of the Maverick Challenge sponsored by AIM Young Professionals of Dearborn County? It could be you.
The Maverick Challenge was founded in 2008 by the Columbus, Indiana Area Chamber of Commerce. The competition gives high school students in eleven southeast Indiana counties the opportunity to learn what it takes to get a small business going. They’ll receive insightful direction on planning, learn to manage finances, and network. The prize money can be used to pay for college or make their Maverick business plan become a reality.
Participants have a shot at winning up to $12,000 in the startup business competition pitting them against their fellow aspiring entrepreneurs both within DearbornCounty and throughout southeast Indiana.
“Maverick is a program which reflects AIM YP’s belief that the county’s brightest and most promising minds can find success in life and their careers at home,” says AIM YP President Hollie Stoops.
Online registrations to compete in the AIM YP sponsored local Maverick Challenge are being accepted now through Friday, September 19 at MaverickChallenge.com. There is no cost to register.
