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.
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