Prospect High School student entrepreneurs present their winning product at the National INCubatoredu Pitch Competition. Courtesy of District 214

Entrepreneurship thrives on ideas, innovation, problem-solving and, sometimes, getting the right ideas in front of the right people.

So it is with Prospect High School students Molly Beyna, Lexi Kuzak and Neve Pomis. As part of a national competition, they recently pitched their product to a panel of investor judges. The panel, in turn, awarded the trio $8,000 to take their breakthrough product to the next level.

The product is Shimmer Shield, which represents the girls’ innovation in response to the problem of tarnished jewelry. As the trio explain on their website: “We were tired of seeing our favorite rings lose their shine and necklaces t

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