An entrepreneurship club hosted an event focused on sharing ideas and giving advice on Tuesday. 

The Entrepreneurs Club hosted the New Product Pitching and Testing event to give students and community members an opportunity to discuss their business ideas, ask each other questions and give one another feedback.

“The pop-up shops are super helpful for people starting out their business because then they get free advertising and they can sell,” Cameron Millar, the E-Club president, said.

Five students shared their business and product ideas, as well as their progress in developing their trades at the event. 

Millar, a third-year entrepreneurship student, shared an unnamed halloween keychain collection product idea set to launch this month for “Cameron’s Shop,” a handmade jewelry company.

Third-year entrepreneurship student Zachary Lawrence shared his business, “LawVille Clothing,” to receive feedback on his logo.

Judi Peveto, an AACC student, shared her product, “Fuss Free Friends,” a brand of homemade crochet plushies, to receive feedback from her peers about Halloween packaging.

N’Kobe Turner, an AACC alumnus who started his own business “Grandma’s Southern Pies,” came to the event to introduce eMaryland Marketplace Advantage, a state online procurement program established on October 1, 2019. eMMA helps vendor communities connect with contracting opportunities from state, county and local governments across Maryland.

Christopher Robinson, a second-year transfer studies student, said there is a lot of people that can help you at the E-Club.

“I love the community based aspect of the club… whatever business they have they can help you start it,” Robinson said. “There’s a lot of options you have… you don’t have to do [it] alone.”