Housatonic Community College Student Entrepreneur Showcase

Earlier this month sixteen Housatonic Community College (HCC) students presented their products and services at the 2nd Housatonic Student Entrepreneur Showcase. Homemade soaps, baked goods, landscaping and event planning were just a few of the many offerings.

Visitors to the showcase voted on their favorite firm by ‘investing’ their participant dollars and the entrepreneurs competed for awards.

The Best Business Concept Award winners were tied: Jill Fattibene of Southport for her company, Glitter is Gold, offering Glitter sugar cubes and Afua Boadu-Kure of Waterbury for Yours Truly LLC, offering all-natural hair care products.

The Award for Best Exhibit went to Rebecca Ochsendorf of Monroe for her company, Take a Whisk, offering scratch-baked goods custom designed and flavored.

The Crowd Favorite Award went to Estela Arevalo of Bridgeport for JV Lawn Services, LLC offering landscaping services.

Mike Roer, Entrepreneur-In-Residence, shared that in this second student entrepreneur showcase, the number of participants doubled, and a wide variety of businesses were presented.

“This showcase gives them something to work towards, and that takes planning. There is a lot of learning going on here for the students,” said Roer. "Our future is in good hands."