Glastonbury High School Teams with Chamber for 'Shark Tank'

The CT River Valley Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Glastonbury High School Entrepreneurship class hosted a Shark Tank for its seventh 'season.' Chamber members volunteer to mentor students and assist them to conceptualize their inventions and new business ideas. The class, developed by Mary Brandt-White, a Business Teacher at Glastonbury High School, requires students to develop a business plan, create a logo an participate in the live, judged, Shark Tank event.

Each student or student team develops their idea with a CT River Valley Chamber member mentor, many of which own or work within Glastonbury, East Hartford & Marlborough businesses. Elevator pitches are presented to a panel of judges with evaluation criteria based on: intro/hook, need/opportunity, target market, competitive advantage, wrap up, and delivery.

The Fall 2019 Shark Tank winner is Manav Mittal, with "Flight Investments,” a business to assist individuals with under $100,000 annual income to invest. His mentor was Eric Judge of Edward Jones Investments. Other pitches included Flipoculars, MacAttack and The Mighty Mango.