A New Business Centered Around Your Health
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North Fond du Lac, WI — As of October 20, three teenage students (Samantha Osorio, Lillian Goeckerman, and Ayden Fowler) at Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac have created an officially been recognized with the State of Wisconsin. Commah, their recently formed LLC, is focused on creating all-natural household products. Starting with room sprays, the company is planning to release more products within their line, candles and diffusers just to name a few.
As students in the INCubatorEDU entrepreneurship program within their high school, these students were able to create an idea through problem identification, customer research, and product prototyping. They were able to identify a set problem and work to solve it as a team. Commah identified the amount of chemicals in common household products as a problem, and was able to address the problem by creating plant-based products with support from their mentor, Rick Kolstad from WISNET.
- Local INCubatorEDU Final Pitch – First Place
- UW Oshkosh Business Plan Pitch – Second Place
- INCubatorEDU National Pitch – Semi-finalist
- Junior Achievement of Wisconsin NE Region Youth Entrepreneurship Live Competition – Finalist
Now in the second-year course, ACCeleratorEDU, these students have spoken to many community experts and organizations, including the local Rotary Club. Through these experiences, the students were able to grow their company to eventually form their entity with the State of Wisconsin.
Commah is a company formed around creating all-natural household products from the alternative products which contain many chemicals. The company currently has room/linen sprays, but is looking to expand to candles and reed diffusers within the near future. More information regarding the company can be viewed at their website, www.commah.co .