Link to Civic Leaders

One of the best resources a SAGE team is its Business Advisory Board. A SAGE team can learn a great deal by seeking advice and expertise of real-world entrepreneurs and business leaders. The BAB can also consist of civic leaders, such as the city mayor, city council members, state assembly and senate representatives, or maybe even your state’s representatives to the U.S. House of Representatives or Senate.

Successful leaders in the community admire SAGE teams for completing ventures linking entrepreneurship and community service. When they learn about a team’s mission and goals, most of leaders will enthusiastically share their expertise, their time and sometimes their financial resources.

Civic leaders can serve on a SAGE team’s BAB, but they can also participate in a second way. For each SAGE tournament we recruit these individuals to serve as judges and panelists to help us select teams that will advance to the next round. Also, SAGE returns the judging sheets to the SAGE teachers, thereby giving them feedback to help them improve next year.