TBT Announces Student Board Of Directors
By Joycelyne Fadojutimi
Texas Bank and Trust, (TBT) in downtown Longview, Texas, recently filled its lobby with students, their families as well as public school representatives. Introduction of the 2023-2024 TBT Student Board of Directors took place in the bank lobby.
The evening was also an opportunity for the community to see and experience the newly renovated bank, with fitting yet stylishly modern columns and furniture.
In addition, cheerful bank officers gallantly opened the doors ushering in their guests into a well cooled comfy bank away from the 107 degrees blistering Texas evening temperature. Moreover, the bank served cold beverages and hors d’oeuvres to attendees who desired to indulge themselves.
Texas Bank and Trust (TBT) Student Board of Directors is in its 46th year. The program is designed to introduce students to banking and money management at a critical point in their lives and provide them necessary economic building blocks to earning, spending, saving, and investing money in tandem. But that is not all.
Student Board members will also serve as advisers to the bank on developing the next two-year curriculum of the Student Board program.
Equally important, these Student Board members will test their ingenuity and business development skills with “Investment Quest”. Investment Quest is a signature program back by popular demand. As aspiring entrepreneurs, students will have eight months to conceptualize a product, service, or business they could possibly bring to market.
Then, students will be divided into teams. These student teams will pitch their concepts to a panel of “potential investors” at their final meeting in April in hopes of securing hypothetical funding for the project. Panel members will represent local east Texas entrepreneurs familiar with what it takes to launch a new product or small business.
The team that is successful in bringing the largest amount of investment dollars for their innovation will be named and promoted to “TBT Young Entrepreneurs of the Year”.
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