In an entrepreneurship competiton held at The
Times Center in New York City recently, rapper and business mogul, Sean Combs, aka
P.Diddy was on ground to speak with the participants on how to run their own
businesses and being self-made bosses.
At the event, which was created by The
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) – an organization that empowers
teens through entrepreneurship education, four finalists emerged. The finalists
are, Juny Nguyen, Jesus Fernandez, Dagim Girma and Toheeb Okenla.
At the end, Toheeb Okenla and Jesus Fernandez,
from South Holland, Illinois, beat out 38 teen competitors with their business
plan for T&J Soccer. T&J Soccer is a manufacturing and
retail business that sells soccer socks with pockets sewn into them for inserts
that protect players' shins during soccer games.
Meanwhile, P.Diddy after a private
coaching session with the top finalists donated $250K to the NFTE group for
supporting teen’s entrepreneurs, while Toheeb Okenla and Jesus Fernandez-Ortiz were
awarded $25,000 for taking the first place.
The 43-year-old music mogul said, "I
believe all young people should be given the opportunity to be successful and
to pursue their passions and NFTE gives all kids the tools they need to be the
CEOs of their future"
"Being an entrepreneur means freedom, it
means independence. It means being invested and believing in myself," he
added.
Toheeb Okenla studied at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) College of Business.
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