A Greenvale VCE student and entrepreneur is easing the study stresses of his peers, with the development of a planning app – StudyMeter.
Eric, 17, said when he started high school, he had trouble discerning what tasks from each subject he should focus on.
“I found it confusing,” he said.
“It’s something that people struggle with all through school.
“I put together a basic spreadsheet for each unit, and would track my workload and priorities.
“Some of my mates saw it in class and asked for access … then more and more people asked about it.”
After speaking with teachers and other schools, Eric found an “overwhelming” need for his app.
He won Exo Digital’s Pitch Tank competition, which identifies entrepreneurial talent, and has started an Innovation Sprint workshop to help him develop his product.
“We’ve already started, I’m getting mentored by a tech consulting company,” Eric said.
“[I’m learning] how to build the business plan… [and] legitimise the idea, from the fundamentals and take it to a legitimate business.”
Eric said he hoped that by participating in the workshop, as well as with seed money from another competition – the Aussie Student Inventions Competition – he can turn his idea into a viable business.
Michaela Meade
