Hop on the Bus

High School Business Plan Competition

Rounds

2010- 2011 Winners

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 - 1st Place Fall 2010 - 2nd Place Fall 2010 - 3rd Place Spring 2011 - 1st Place Spring 2011 - 2nd Place Spring 2011 - 3rd Place

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.