A group of Baltimore city high school students spent the summer became founders for their summer jobs, as Bet on Baltimore returned to offer an entrepreneurship program for more students in its second year.
The program began in 2017 with eight students from Green Street Academy. This year, 40 students participated from five schools, addingMergenthaler Vocational Technical High School, Benjamin Franklin High School, Digital Harbor High School and Baltimore Design School.
During the five-week program, Dent Education presented a curriculum that applied design thinking to launching business or social ventures. Cofounders Rajan Patel and Jackie Bello seek to inspire leadership along with teaching about concepts such as prototyping. The students also heard from Baltimore entrepreneurs and community leaders.
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