Several Holt Middle School 7th grade students had the chance to turn their ideas for starting a business into reality when they were selected to sell their products at an Expo in Little Rock by the Y.E.S. for Arkansas Empowering Entrepreneurs program. The selected groups’ products were: Shnibiti Bags, collapsible shopping bags; and Smart Pillows, pillows with a pocket for carrying a book or phone along on a car trip or a park visit. Shnibiti Bag group member Kiara Nauden said, “My favorite thing about the Expo was getting to see all the other products. All of them were really cool. Chief amongst my favorites was the edible play-dough.” The Y.E.S. program was developed for 5th – 8th graders by the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation as a way to get students excited about the business world. For pictures of Fayetteville YES participants and pictures, keep reading…