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The annual UVM Business Pitch Competition challenges undergraduate students from any degree program to present their business ideas and concepts to a panel of judges. Most Innovative Technology: Noah Schwartz / Layoff Lookout. Grand Prize: Noah Schwartz / Layoff Lookout. "Student Entrepreneurs Pitch their Businesses at the 11th Annual UVM Business Pitch Competition" Grossman School of Business, 4/28/23

A student from Waitsfield, VT, majoring in mechanical engineering, founded a lemonade company at age 7. The company has distributed carbonated maple lemonade throughout New England for 10 years. "New Students Bring Superb Academic Credentials, Global Mindset to UVM" UVM TODAY, 8/23/22

We asked Vermont kids and teens to share some projects they've accomplished this summer.
"Major Minors" Kids VT, 8/9/20

...a 15-year-old sophomore at Harwood Union High School. Schwartz is part of the Maker Movement, a technology-based extension of do-it-yourself culture, which champions the idea that the best learning is done through doing.
"Local makers produce 3D printed face shields" The Valley Reporter, 4/20/20

This delicious, all natural beverage was dreamed up by Waitsfield, VT native, Noah Schwartz.
Lawson's Finest Liquids, 2/20/20

...there are so many cool surprises and neat contraptions and clues and tricks, just really intricate. "Escape room at Sugarbush" WCAX, 1/19/20

GIV hosts intensive, hands-on learning experiences for young artists and learners on college campuses throughout Vermont. "Thirteen HU students graduate from GIV" The Valley Reporter, 8 /22/19

The whole event was shockingly fun.
"Sculpture School escape room tests ego and wits" The Valley Reporter, 12/20/19

What they have created is an imaginative combination of sophisticated trickery, couched in a dusty barn.
"The great Valley escape" The Valley Reporter, 11/1/18

Fizzy!, a cream-ale shandy cut with Noah's Fizzy Lemonade, which is made by Waitsfield teen entrepreneur Noah Schwartz.
"Vermont Brewers Reveal New Quaffs for Summer" Seven Days VT, 5/22/18

Jonas Jarecki and Noah Schwartz, have been building their own escape room for nearly two months and it is almost ready to be tested.
"Sculpture School creates an escape room" The Valley Reporter, 10/19/17

There’s creativity, there’s hands-on, there’s elements of carpentry but at the core it’s really about your capacity; knowing your emotional capacity and being able to work as a team and problem solve as a team.
"Emotional education" Times Argus, (9/30/17)

One of the winners, 11 year old Noah Schwartz, talks about his project and where he plans to take it.
"Maker Pitch: Noah's Fizzy Lemonade." RETN, 12/10/15

Exhibitors included...a lemonade stand run by 11-year-old Noah Schwartz of Waitsfield. Schwartz and his “fizzy maple lemonade” won the 2015 FreshTracks Capital RoadPitch at the Mini Maker Faire in September.
"First K-12 Maker Faire Draws 500 Kids and Parents to the University of Vermont." Vermont Tech Jam, 11/23/15

Noah, competing against those who graduated college and beyond, won first place. "Making’ an education." Vermont Department of Education, 11/13/15

Noah Schwartz of Waitsfield won the Fresh Tracks Capital Road Pitch competition at the 2015 Champlain Mini Maker Faire in Shelburne.
"Valley’s youngest entrepreneur wins award." The Valley Reporter, 10/1/15

This rocket launcher was created by 11-year old, sixth grade inventor and entrepreneur Noah Schwartz.
"Local Inventors Come to Shelburne for Faire." The Vermont Cynic, 9/29/15.

Noah has a voracious appetite for invention...
"One to Watch: Noah Schwartz." Kids VT, 7/28/15.

Eleven-year-old Noah Schwartz of Waitsfield will be pouring the drinks and he's also the entrepreneur behind the whole operation.
"Young Entrepreneur Enjoying Sweet Success." The Valley Reporter, 7/2/15.

Noah Schwartz of Waitsfield was the only vendor to actually sell out at the event, serving up 10 gallons of his fizzy maple lemonade in only a few hours.
"The Vermont Music Fest." The Valley Reporter, 9/28/14.