Shark Tank creates fierce competition among students

Sharks: Students present ideas

  • Ryan Wood, left, and Ryder Hanson presented their business plan for Amen Clothing, a Christian based clothing company, to the Fannin County Middle School Shark Tank judges.
    Ryan Wood, left, and Ryder Hanson presented their business plan for Amen Clothing, a Christian based clothing company, to the Fannin County Middle School Shark Tank judges.
  • Fannin County Middle School students Tamara Tolli, left, and Kinslee Gravley present their floral business, Florista’s, at the middle school Shark Tank competiton last week.
    Fannin County Middle School students Tamara Tolli, left, and Kinslee Gravley present their floral business, Florista’s, at the middle school Shark Tank competiton last week.
  • Wyatt Flowers works on selling Flowers Welding Services to Shark Tank judges as part of the competition Friday, March 8, at Fannin County Middle School.
    Wyatt Flowers works on selling Flowers Welding Services to Shark Tank judges as part of the competition Friday, March 8, at Fannin County Middle School.
  • Fannin County Chamber of Commerce President Christie Gribble, and Development Authority Executive Director Erick Youngberg, watch Wyatt Flowers’ commercial for Flowers Welding Service.
    Fannin County Chamber of Commerce President Christie Gribble, and Development Authority Executive Director Erick Youngberg, watch Wyatt Flowers’ commercial for Flowers Welding Service.
  • Fannin County Middle School student Tucker Griggs presented his business idea for a reptile sanctuary at Fannin County Middle School’s Shark Tank
    Fannin County Middle School student Tucker Griggs presented his business idea for a reptile sanctuary at Fannin County Middle School’s Shark Tank
  • First place winners of Fannin County Middle School’s Shark Tank, Caroline Cole, left, and Abby Pickard show Erick Youngberg and Christie Gribble the commercial for their holographic movie theater business.
    First place winners of Fannin County Middle School’s Shark Tank, Caroline Cole, left, and Abby Pickard show Erick Youngberg and Christie Gribble the commercial for their holographic movie theater business.
  • Fannin County Middle School’s Shark Tank second place winners are in the welding business. Shown following the presentation are, from left, Fannin County Economic Development Director Erick Youngberg, Brady Thomas, Trenton Flowers, Wyatt Flowers, and Fannin County Chamber of Commerce President Christie Gribble.
    Fannin County Middle School’s Shark Tank second place winners are in the welding business. Shown following the presentation are, from left, Fannin County Economic Development Director Erick Youngberg, Brady Thomas, Trenton Flowers, Wyatt Flowers, and Fannin County Chamber of Commerce President Christie Gribble.
  • Hunter Pierce, left, and Cale Weeks won third place at the Fannin Count Middle School Shark Tank with their race car and side by side wrapping business.
    Hunter Pierce, left, and Cale Weeks won third place at the Fannin Count Middle School Shark Tank with their race car and side by side wrapping business.

    By Bobbi Pippin

    Anyone who has ever started a business knows it is not easy. Lots of planning, work, and time go into it. Students at Fannin County Middle School (FCMS) got a taste of that while working on their latest project.

    FCMS hosted it’s very own Shark Tank where students were able to create their own fictitious business and present it to judges.

    These students worked very hard on their business ideas and planned out each detail of their business in Alesha Stiles’ class.

    Each group or individual presented their business’ website, equipped with all the information about their proposal, including location, hours, product examples, logos, and more. Each group designed some advertising materials for their business with a business card, billboard, commercial, or all of the above.

    If there was more than one person in the group, students decided how the business would be split between them as well as for what jobs each person would be responsible.

    No business would be complete without a creation story. They explained why they felt their business was a need and what inspired them to create that business. Each business had a mission statement to help convey this message.