DGAP-News: Photo Release — Junior Achievement of New York Announces 2011 Business Plan Competition Student Team Finalists

Junior Achievement of New York

01.06.2011 00:10
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The Final Six NYC&Long Island High School Teams Take Center Stage at NASDAQ
Marketsite, Times Square in the Final Round of the 4th Annual Business Plan
Competition

NEW YORK, 2011-06-01 00:10 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —
Today, Junior Achievement of New York is pleased to announce the six high
school teams who will advance to the final round of the 4th Annual Junior
Achievement of New York Business Plan Competition (BPC), presented by the
NASDAQ OMX Education Foundation. A record number of business plan submissions
were submitted this year by over 180 high school student teams.

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The semi-final round of the Business Plan Competition was hosted on May 26th at
Columbia Business School. Nearly 50 semi-finalists spent a day giving their
best business sales pitch to a panel of top business professionals and
entrepreneurs. Up until this point, over 900 high school students participated
in an eight-week classroom-based, business plan writing boot-camp, where they
were coached by corporate volunteers from diverse business sectors. The final
six teams have survived several rounds of competition requiring them to pitch
their winning business ideas to seasoned business executives and entrepreneurs,
with the ultimate goal of being singled out as having the next big winning
business idea that could put them on the pathway to success.

The six finalist teams will battle it out in a final lightening round to be
held on June 2nd at NASDAQ MarketSite, Times Square. The top three student
teams will receive monetary awards ranging from $1,000-$3,000 per team member.
The students– business ideas will be evaluated by a panel of business experts:
Charles H. Perl, President, Outfront Inc.; William Halbert, retired marketing
executive and serial entrepreneur; Patricia Urban, Associate Vice President of
Human Resources at NASDAQ OMX and Joanne Zaiac, President Digitas NY Region.
The JA New York Business Plan Competition has a history of attracting the
support of top business executives from companies such as Turner Sports and
Entertainment, MetLife, and G. C. Andersen Partners among others.

The BPC curriculum is designed to enhance critical academic and professional
development skills that set students up for life-long success, such as:
learning how to work in and manage teams, and developing research,
communications and presentation skills. Through Junior Achievement–s
experiential entrepreneurship education programs, including and apart from the
Business competition, students receive real-world work experience helping them
become prepared and confident to dive into their future professional careers as
innovators, businesspeople and problem solvers

Follow the Junior Achievement of New York Business Plan Competition updates on
Twitter (@JANewYork), on Facebook (JA New York/My Achievement) and in LinkedIn
(Junior Achievement of New York Group). JA New York will be posting live
updates from the final round of the competition at NASDAQ MarketSite, Times
Square, on June 2, 2011. Follow and RT/RP our updates: #JANewYorkBPC.

Junior Achievement of New York congratulates the following high school Business
Plan Competition finalist teams:

TEAM SCHOOL/BOROUGH VOLUNTEER COACHES

Caboost! Bronx High School of Science, Bronx Community Volunteers

Pac –n– Seal Brooklyn Technical High School, National Grid Volunteers
Brooklyn

Shine LLP High School of Art&Design, Manhattan KPMG Volunteers

Little Angels Newcomers High School, Queens MetLife Volunteers

Reel Street Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan I INTERACT Volunteers

wizarDRY W.T. Clarke High School, Nassau County, FedEx Volunteers
LI

About Junior Achievement of New York

For more than 80 years, Junior Achievement of New York (JA New York), the local
affiliate of JA USA, has delivered economic education and empowerment programs
to NYC and Long Island students. Through a dedicated volunteer network of
corporate and community individuals, JA New York provides high-quality K-12
in-school, after-school, and summer educational programs. JA New York
educational programs impact important societal issues including youth
development, economic development, and education reform, and focus on three key
content areas: work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. For
more information about JA New York and its programs, Visit us: www.jany.org
Like Us: Facebook Connect with Us: LinkedIn Follow Us: Twitter Subscribe to
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About The NASDAQ OMX Education Foundation:

The mission of The NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation is to promote learning
about capital formation, financial markets and entrepreneurship through
innovative educational programs. It was established in New York City in 1994
and is supported entirely by contributions from The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

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CONTACT: PRESS CONTACTS:
Jacqueline Dolly
Junior Achievement of New York
(212) 907-0046 (office)
jdolly@jany.org

Robert Madden
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
(646) 441-5045 (office)
(347) 740-8191 (mobile)
Robert.Madden@NASDAQOMX.com
News Source: NASDAQ OMX

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