Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) is an international network that links teams of secondary school students to nearby university students, business leaders and civic leaders. The SAGE mission is to help create the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders whose innovations and social enterprises address the major unmet needs of our global community. Each school will come up with products to sell and try to make a profit with that will then support some type of community or cause such as the SPCA, breast cancer, the stop of child abuse etc.

            This year Leonardo da Vinci is coming into the competition and will try to defeat the other schools with their creative ideas. But there is one thing to remember, we are not only in it to win but we are in it to have fun.  Over the past couple of weeks Mrs. Giambrone and some of the students, including myself, have been thinking of products we could use, or even products we could buy and resell for a cause to make a profit. There have been some creative ideas but we are no where near done. Right now it is all about coming up with creative ideas and finding sponsors to support us. Also we are trying to figure out which causes or communities we want to support. There are three different competitions that you go in if you make it past the first regional competition (which is in the blue lounge, D’youville College). Only 2 schools from NY will make it to nationals which are at the University at Buffalo. If we are lucky enough to make it that far, we then go to the World Cup competition which will either be held in LA or South Africa.

            We hope we can make it that far, but if we don’t we know that we'll have a blast doing it. If you are interested in entrepreneurship and want to help then JOIN! Go see Mrs. Giambrone ASAP. We need any help we can get to make it to the World Cup competition. It’s about having fun, not just about competition- so get involved!