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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Joiner, a fashion content creator with a following of over 850,000 across YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, identified authenticity as a key trait to achieving his platform. He was one of three speakers, joined by Mike Wallz and Savya Agarwal.

TEDxHarkerSchool brings in new perspectives with “unfiltered”-themed event

by Suhani Gupta, Claire Tian, and Charlie Wang October 22, 2024

TEDxHarkerSchool hosted its annual event with three talks and a variety of entrepreneurial booths in the RPAC on Friday. Entrepreneur and music artist Mike Wallz, fashion influencer Drew Joiner and...

Anya Mukherjee (10) hands the microphone of to Chief Evangelist of Pegasus Tech Ventures Bill Reichert. The Startup World Cup planning team also invited the founder and CEO of Poshmark Manish Chandra, who spoke as a keynote speaker.

Business and Entrepreneurship department holds inaugural Startup World Cup Regional event

by Claire Yu September 29, 2024

Harker hosted Startup World Cup’s first high school regional event in the Patil Theater on Sept 21. Six student-run companies in total competed in this pitch competition, five led by Harker Incubator...

BEcon attendee Mindy Truong (10) explores the inside of a Tesla Cybertruck. Companies like Tesla and Apple hosted interactive booths at 3:30 pm.

Harker reaches “New Heights” at BEcon

by Ashley Mo and Tiffany Zhu March 20, 2024

Over 150 students attended BEcon, Harker’s annual business and entrepreneurship conference themed “New Heights” this year, in Nichols Hall on March 15.  BEcon officers invited students who founded...

Seniors Zubin Khera, Arin Jain and Rohan Gorti hold up a check of $20,000 written to TuffToy after winning the National Pitch Competition in Chicago in July. The three founded TuffToy in their junior year to sell customizable and durable dog toys.

Want to start a business? It’s pawsible.

by Desiree Luo and Ananya Sriram August 30, 2022

How do high school students start their own businesses? This question echoes inside the minds of many budding teenage entrepreneurs with ambitious dreams and diligent spirits. Age, limited resources and...

Ysabel Chen (11) works on her digital application Lucky Paw, which she designed to centralize the pet adoption process. She is currently enrolled in Harker's Incubator 1 class where students ideate and execute their own businesses.

From an idea to reality: Student entrepreneurs continue to help their community during the pandemic

by Arely Sun, Winged Post Lifestyle Editor February 23, 2021

In the hustle and bustle of a Spanish National Honor Society meeting, an idea was born. Seniors Shreya Srinivasan and Julia Biswas decided to create Luna Y Sol, a bracelet-making nonprofit that raises...

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