Eerde seeks excellence for 100% equity
On June 4th, Eerde International Boarding School held the Young Entrepreneurs of 2025 event. The event featured seven teams of Grade 10 Pre-IB Business and Grade 11 IB1 Economics students. Each team presented their original, unique business ideas and gave professional business pitches to a panel of expert judges known as the “5 Sharks.”
The sharks are successful business experts and leaders: David Glancy, Erhard Leffers, Raymon Koggel, Alex de Jager, and Bart Mellink. They listened to all the business pitches and gave helpful feedback to the students.
The teams and their business ideas were:
Team 1 (Victoria & Jenna): Freshwrap – Zero Waste, Full Taste
Team 2 (Ezra, Giel & Leonie): Calendeer – Better, Easier, Faster
Team 3 (Artemiy, Hangu, Mariia & Zara): Nova Glasses – Experience the World in New Ways
Team 4 (Max & Blaise): E-tune – Tuning That Keeps Up Your Music
Team 5 (Kiki, Siqi & Lisa): 3D Bioprinting – Printing Life, Saving Lives
Team 6 (Zoro, Amir & Angelo): WARME – Your Monthly Ritual, Reimagined
Team 7 (Imogen & Celine): StyleAhead – Your Personal Stylist
All teams gave excellent presentations. The following teams received special awards:
Best Business Idea: Team 1 – Freshwrap
Best Business Pitch: Team 5 – 3D Bioprinting
Winners of the Title “Young Entrepreneurs of Eerde 2025: Team 7 – StyleAhead
Congratulations to all participants for their creativity, hard work, and professionalism. It was a day full of inspiration and innovation. We can indeed say, “Eerde seeks excellence for 100% equity”.
