offering people with a business idea and a dream the perfect opportunity to launch their own start-up. it they just have to sell an audience on the idea in one minute. t.j. holmes reports. reporter: these young entrepreneurs are 60 seconds away from winning $10,000. that is, if they can come up with the perfect business pitch. the upstarts recently attended the 100 entrepreneurs event at howard university. they had 60 seconds to pitch their dream business idea to a panel of four judges. grammy award winning songwriter and producer brian plikle cox was among them. i m looking forward to a business, even if it makes sense, it can be effective, if it can be profitable and i m looking forward to it. pictures range from an interchangeable jewelry design business to ways of bringing organic food to the inner city. finally, someone came up with this idea. reporter: the team of toni
chairman says its mission is to give young minority business people a hand up. i can tell you that being an entrepreneur is attainable for many. we just need a to level the playing field and gives the tools and inspiration to what i see in urban america is a tremendous hustle, a desire to get forward. reporter: so what happened to toni and natalie? their 60-second pitch landed them to go on to win $10,000 and participate in an eight-week mentorship. t.j. holmes, cnn, atlanta. good for them. is a college education worth the money? that s the big question behind a new pew research center study bhp ask. when asked to rate the job higher education is doing in providing value for the money, only 5% said it is doing an excellent job. 35% said good. 42% said fair. 15% said poor. but when college grads were asked whether college has been a good investment for them, 86% says it has. where are the jobs?
path through louisiana s cajun country. we re fortunate that were have what we have, we haven t an opportunity to get out. material things we can replace. our family and what we believe in daily, just can t put prices on that. did you put up the sign? yeah, i put it up, i m proud of that sign. it s just what we say, we will be back. almost a week after the mississippi crested in memphis, the river remains 11 feet above flood stage. president obama is in memphis today to get a look at the flood damage. and to comfort families who have lost their homes. zero and liftoff for the final launch of endeavour expanding our knowledge, expanding our lives in space. shuttle endeavour roared into space just two hours ago. his wife congresswoman gabrielle giffords watched liftoff at kennedy space center. she s recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. head of the national monetary fund will be arraigned inside this courtroom shortly. a hotel housekeeper accuses domini
path through louisiana s cajun country. we re fortunate that were have what we have, we haven t an opportunity to get out. material things we can replace. our family and what we believe in daily, just can t put prices on that. did you put up the sign? yeah, i put it up, i m proud of that sign. it s just what we say, we will be back. almost a week after the mississippi crested in memphis, the river remains 11 feet above flood stage. president obama is in memphis today to get a look at the flood damage. and to comfort families who have lost their homes. zero and liftoff for the final launch of endeavour expanding our knowledge, expanding our lives in space. shuttle endeavour roared into space just two hours ago. his wife congresswoman gabrielle giffords watched liftoff at kennedy space center. she s recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. head of the national monetary fund will be arraigned inside this courtroom shortly. a hotel housekeeper accuses domini