P.Diddy Donates $250k As Nigerian Student Wins Entrepreneurship Challenge

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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SOURCE: http://
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