Business Boot Camp mixes fun with expert advice

“STOP laughing at me,” implored 16-year-old Hugh Nash as he stood before 600 of his peers in a cavernous Brandon Hotel conference room in Tralee yesterday.

The Castlemaine teenager had just presented the hypothesis that if, today, he was to try to organise his wedding, he would face an ordeal trying to go through Golden Pages or a newspaper to find a band. It would be huge hassle to source a decent band that actually played weddings and who happened to be free on the night, he pointed out.

His classmates whooped and laughed at the thought of him getting married.