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connectit360.org l Contact: info@connectit360.org or (727) 410-7530 NGT360 2.0 NEWSLETTER EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION October 2023 Edition KICKOFF Our Kickoff event on September 30th was nothing short of a success, featuring guest speakers who shared their insights and experiences to our young entrepreneurs. Their expertise left our participants with new ideas and strategies for success. 1.Brian McElligott from Raymond James 2.Avik Batra from Accenture 3.Em Minor and Kadi Findling on Fundraising 4.Scott Vejdani on Pitching Thank you to all of our speakers and mentors for joining us at kickoff. You are the secret sauce to NGT360. Your expertise and insights will influence the next generation to greater heights. PARTICIPATION SPONSORS This year we are proud to announce that NGT360 has an increase We would like to express our thanks to our new sponsors Brett Maternowski’s in participation, with a Florida Man Innovations and Riley total of 32 teams Walker’s ryco.io. Florida Man Innovation joining up from 16 highlights innovators in Florida and different high school. Ryco.io is an eLearning development Du ringtheKickoffthe students actively worked company. We are truly grateful for their on editing their ideas with the mentors and dedication to innovation and developing the next generation of talent.. embraced the challenge of stepping out of their comfort zone in public speaking. They have been hard at work refining their ideas and leadership MENTORS skills. From learning about finances to delivering elevator pitches, their dedication has been truly We are thrilled to extend a inspiring to see. Stay tuned for more about warm welcome to all of our new mentors. A mentor that the program and seeing these we would like to highlight is entrepreneurs grow. Eric Courtney, an alumni of Worshops this month are Oct the program who has now has 10th and 11th. We are excited came back as a mentor. to see everyone’s ideas unfold and come to life!




















