Congratulations to Sarah Abdul-Rassoul, a member of the Plainedge High School FBLA Club, for being selected as one of 300 winners of the 9th–12th Grade Social Category in the First Round of the Mott Million Dollar Challenge, winning $250!
The Mott Million Dollar Challenge is a national innovation competition for kids and teens in grades K–12 supported by funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and powered by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), which will administer the competition in collaboration with VentureLab, Young Entrepreneur Institute (YEI), the Afterschool Alliance, and Collaborative Communications. Across the competition, a total of $1,000,000 (one million dollars) in prize money will be awarded.
The task of the competition was to propose a business idea that helps solve a social or community issue. The pitch should clearly explain the problem in the community, why it matters, and how their business idea would help fix or improve it.
Sarah pitched an idea called “Proof Over Prestige,” which is a verified skills-based transcript for students that not only includes their academic grades but also incorporates their community involvement, soft skill evaluations, and non-academic performance metrics.
Sarah will now move on to the second round and if she qualifies for the Semi-Final Round, she will have an opportunity to participate in the Live Pitch Competition in Michigan!