High School entrepreneurs Keon Jones, left, and Kyle Richardson will compete this weekend with their hair product business.

2 high school entrepreneurs go for $12k this weekend

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

A passion for financial freedom led high school senior Keon Jones to dedicate himself to entrepreneurship and a business creation. Now, he and classmate Kyle Richardson will pitch their business to entrepreneurs, business professionals and community leaders to compete for $100,000 in prizes at the 2024 Diamond Challenge Summit. The event takes place from Thursday to Saturday at the University …

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Betsy PriceBusiness, Headlines

After Kate Maxwell’s firefighter fiancé died in the 2016 Canby Park fire, she crawled into a tunnel of grief and substance abuse. Nine months later, when she got sober with the help of her parents, she was overwhelmed with the amount of love and support she had been shown during that time. Her best friend, Meg Hurst, and others came …