{"id":1559,"date":"2023-05-10T14:28:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T18:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.me.holycross.edu\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2023-05-10T14:28:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T18:28:32","slug":"nick-lazzaro-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/2023\/05\/10\/nick-lazzaro-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Highlight: Nick Lazzaro ’23"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cHoly Cross helped foster my passions as an entrepreneur” shares Nick Lazzaro ’23<\/a>, “and helped me to learn how to take risks.\u201d\u00a0 Nick was a long time participant in the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program and heavily involved in HC Launch, the student entrepreneurs group.\u00a0 “Encouragement from professors and advisors at the College\u2019s Ciocca Center for Business, Ethics, and Society<\/a> allowed me to network out of my comfort zone” states Lazzaro, “and created a space for me to flourish in business. I learned that taking risks academically and professionally are crucial to success and the best way to accomplish your goals is to be your unique self.”<\/p>\n

In 2022, Lazzaro won first place during the annual Shark Tank Competition for his pitch on Nick’s On-Site Auto Detailing<\/a> business.\u00a0 The company not only details cars but we seek to help others via a scholarship fund for Millbury students, where the business has donated more than $1,500 to future college-bound entrepreneurs.\u00a0 He was also named one of Worcester Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 in 2022.<\/p>\n