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Idea to get creative students, startups together nets Ottawa teens trip to Hong Kong
By Graham LanktreeMetro Ottawa
Idea to get creative students, startups together nets Ottawa teens trip to Hong Kong
By Graham LanktreeMetro Ottawa
A team of three teens from Colonel By Secondary School will soon travel to Hong Kong to pitch it their idea to “crowd-source students” to investors.
“The main premise is to crowd-source students to solve problems posed by businesses,” said Grade 11 student Kingsong Chen, who came up with the idea for an online site called InspireSource to bring the two sides together.
“A lot of the more creative ideas are coming from youth,” he said, noting that many high school science fairs turn out real medical innovations and that his peers who code and do web design have the skills ready to develop into careers.
“Hiring professionals in marketing is expensive for startups. Let’s say a business wanted a new graphic design,” he said. “They would post it on our website and we would have students from university, college and high school submit a proposal.”
Chen and his two business partners Steve Wu and Jeffrey Liang submitted the idea to Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Poly U innovation & entrepreneurship global student challenge earlier this year. They heard back last week that they have an all-expenses paid trip to Hong Kong to pitch the idea June 22, Chen said.
“Those who are driven see it as a platform where they can display their skills to the real world,” said Wu. “It may even motivate some students.”
Watch the one minute elevator pitch for InspireSource and cast your vote if you think it’s a winner.
