Hop on the BUS! Business Plan Competition
Winners Receive Recognition for State-wide High School Business Plan Competition
On May 20, 2011 and May 27, 2011 the winners from the fall and spring Hop on the Bus! Business Plan Competition received recognition for their accomplishments at the North Carolina Council for Economic Education’s award ceremonies in Greensboro and Asheville.
The Hop on the BUS! High School Business Plan competition is a state-wide competition open to all North Carolina High School students. The competition is held in the spring and the fall. Eighty-one teams submitted full business plans. The plans were judged by small business experts from around the state. From these entries the top ten were chosen as semi-finalists. These semi-finalists were invited to create a video presentation of their business plan to be reviewed by another panel of judges. The scores from the written business plan and the video presentations were used to select the top teams. The top teams include:
Fall 2010 Winners
1st Place- Team Name: EsSCENTially You
Students: Rachal Daniel, Caroline Inman, Emily Burke, and Courtney Brown
School: Jordan-Matthews High School, Siler City
Teacher: Luke Nicks
2nd Place- Team Name: Mama Kathy’s
Students: Aja’ Watlington and Jasmine Miles
School: Walter M. Williams High School Academy of Finance, Burlington
Teacher: Rhonda Farmer
3rd Place- Team Name: Searing Art
Students: Travis Miller
School: Ashe County High School, West Jefferson
Teacher: Thelma Kastl
Spring 2011 Winners
1st Place- Team Name: Single Solution
Students: Samantha Couch
School: Starmount High School
Teacher: Melanie Matthews
2nd Place- Team Name: Team Zona
Students: Artaeza Poole-Gwynn, Angel Estrada, Darryan Burnette
School: Walter M. Williams High School Academy of Finance, Burlington
Teacher: Rhonda Farmer
3rd Place- Team Name: TapeWear
Students: Amy Fillius, Austin Riggs, Kara Collins
School: North Surry High School
Teacher: David Hayes
Honorable Mention- Team Name: EdTention
Students: Brice Ridings
School: Ronald Reagan High School
Teacher: Karen Gregory
This is the fifth year of the competition. The competition is sponsored by the North Carolina Council for Economic Education, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina REAL Enterprise, and North Carolina Rural Center. The competition expansion was made possible by the generous support of the Citi Foundation.