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Sabin Entrepreneurial Prize

Each year, Berkshire students taking Advanced Economics compete for the Sabin Entrepreneurial Prize, a prestigious honor awarded to the team with the best business plan for a financially feasible product, service, project or program that can also contribute to living in more sustainable communities. Through a collaboration with the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, competing students meet with professionals from the business and environmental worlds to develop their plan.

The Sabin Entrepreneurial Prize seeks to introduce students to the essentials of writing a business plan; provide a real-world platform to practice public speaking and presenting; promote the entrepreneurial spirit; stimulate creativity and critical thinking as it applies to the area of sustainable living; and reward effective collaboration in the construction and promotion of a coherent and sustainable business plan.

WATCH THE SABIN ENTREPRENEURIAL PRIZE LIVESTREAM
THURSDAY APRIL 24, 2025 6:30 PM 

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2024 WINNER

HempFlex

Drew Bogardus '24, Dylan Gage '24, Kyle Kirby '24, Kelsey Plumb '24

HempFlex was established to combat the sustainability and performance issues within the athletic tape industry. With our unique use of hemp, CBD, and PLCL, we will create a biodegradable athletic tape that provides anti-inflammatory benefits to athletes of all sports and ages, while also providing an eco-friendly alternative to current products.

Members of HempFlex are joined by a panel of judges during 2024's Sabin Entrepreneurial Prize in Crawford Lecture Hall

 

Chris Perkins
Advanced Economics
Sabin Entrepreneurial Prize Coordinator
Email: cperkins@berkshireschool.org

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The Sabin Entrepreneurial Prize is an initiative created with the generous support of the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation to educate and expose Berkshire students enrolled in Advanced Economics to entrepreneurship and sustainability. The Prize was modeled after a similar program for Yale students, called the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize.