Educational Initiative Meant to Motivate Students for Business & 3D Printing

A recent educational initiative introduced high school students to 3D printing and the startup mentality as groups from five Cleveland-area high schools converged at suburban Gilmour Academy. Veale Startup Week: The Business of 3D Printing was the first such program created by Veale Youth Entrepreneurship Forum, an organization formed to get high school students thinking about and learning the necessary skills to start their own businesses in the future. Working with Veale on the program were 3D printer manufacturer MakerGear and startup accelerator Youngstown Business Incubator. Students from the five schools formed three teams that were each given a task: use 3D printing to design a product in response to a common problem, and then pitch it to an audience at the end of the week on "Demo Day". Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/145597/veale-sta...k-3d-printing/
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