A Franklin High School team (Sompally, Valiveti, Bhakta, and Gandham) is one of the DECA Idea Challenge global winners

There is a line about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, these students have done that with shoelaces. Yes, shoelaces!

"DECA Inc. is excited to announce this year’s DECA Idea Challenge global winners!

A premier event of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), the DECA Idea Challenge dared elementary through university students to generate a new use for shoelaces in merely a week! In addition to reinventing the item, teams were to create a video pitch of their new product.

With a significant amount of creativity, teamwork and determination, these teams were able to rise to the top.

Congratulations to the following DECA Idea Challenge global winning teams"

High School

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Franklin High School | United States

Congratulations to Shoumik Sompally, Saket Gandham, Rohit Valiveti, and Saahil Bhakta!

Video link  https://youtu.be/rAR9CkTLyj0




Found via a tweet by Franklin DECA

Proud to announce the team of Sompally, Valiveti, Bhakta, and Gandham have won DECA's 2019 GLOBAL Idea Challenge. Unbelievable! This year's material: shoelaces. Check out their video here: https://t.co/PfCYWiN3ZP@DECAInc @mass_DECA @FranklinHS @FHSPantherbook https://t.co/rNSzu6vc2S

— Franklin DECA (@FranklinMA_DECA) January 21, 2020

https://twitter.com/FranklinMA_DECA/status/1219679810529697792?s=20 https://twitter.com/FranklinMA_DECA/status/1219679810529697792?s=20

A Franklin High School team is one of the DECA Idea Challenge global winners