The future of business – the shoe business, in particular – looks to be in very good hands based on the performance of five young capitalists who made virtual sales pitches to a star-studded group of judges Thursday.
Their mission was to start a shoe company from scratch and try to solicit support from the panel of judges in the Venture Entrepreneurial Expedition, presented by the Mavericks, the Seth Curry Foundation, Chime and EverFi.
Chloe Mongelli was chosen as the winner over four other deserving go-getters who emerged from nearly 2,000 middle-school entrants.
Mongelli wowed the judges – Curry, the Mavericks’ guard, CEO Cynt Marshall, Chime chief marketing officer Melissa Alvarado and vice president of sports and enterntainment for EverFi Veronica Sanders – with her idea of a “Different Pop” sort of shoe.