Business instructor Jeanette Kleppinger’s entrepreneur class took a reality show and brought it to life.

The students came up with an idea for a business, made a business plan for a business they hoped to have, and pitched it to local business owners, resembling ABC’s reality show “Shark Tank.” The only difference was the business owners didn’t invest in the company; they gave advice as to what the students should do with their company.

Some of the business owners that came in ranged from Dean Hodges, a local Jimmy John’s owner, to D.J. Rezac, owner of K.B. Building Services. They came into the class, Thursday, Dec. 11 and gave their insight on their businesses.

“A lot of their advice was financial advice in terms of the projections they made, whether they be realistic or not,” Kleppinger said. “Some of them gave suggestions as to how they should have a mobile location as [opposed] to a fixed location. A lot of it was revenue streams and how to make a business profitable.”

Senior Blair Coziahr was one of the students to pitch her idea.

Coziahr’s idea was to create a weeklong kids camp in Colorado. At the camp, the kids do activities ranging from kayaking to hiking and it’s meant to help kids learn what they’re passionate about.

Some of the advice that was given to Coziahr was for her to make her business nonprofit and to keep her camp open during the winter.

“It was pretty interesting,” Coziahr said. “Next year I want to go to college for entrepreneurship, so it was helpful to learn about.

Coziahr learned that there is a lot of different things to take into consideration with owning a business, such as taxes and costs.

“I think anytime you can give them authentic, real advice or feedback, I think it’s crucial, especially for seniors,” Kleppinger said. “What I saw was their level of concern and their level of work went sky high because they weren’t presenting to me, they were presenting to someone that was far scarier than me.”