The Big Idea Competition has announced its finalists who will be presenting at Northern State University on Wednesday December 10th. The event is for high school students in South Dakota and nation wide to come up with a business idea and present said idea to a panel of judges. The winners receive cash prizes totaling $55,000 in cash and scholarships to northern State, Dakota State and the University of South Dakota.
In state finalists:
Elyana Roach of Aberdeen Roncalli High School for Shearing Excellence.
Bella Unser of Ipswich High School for B’s Boutiques.
Max Lauseng, Chris McCormick and Kolbe Mohling of Watertown High School for Sizzle Shakk.
Brynn Kindlespire of Tri-Valley High School for Bloom.
Mace McGregor and Bentley Miotke of Webster High School for Pretty Paws Staycation.
Dean Castellanom and Bennett Woolverton of Warner High School for Dakota Detailing.
Ashley Bubacz of Watertown High School for The Hair Lair.
Rylan Huggett of Webster High School for Set + Play.
Out of state finalists:
Rithu Kannan of Independence High School in Texas for Pulse+.
Karthik Pasupuleti and Nitish Nattudurai of American High School in California for Nourishly.
Ayush Dadgale and Hasini Manne of Brookfield East High School in Wisconsin for WheyMaker.
Aadi Raut and Zihaan Wang of Green Hope High School in North Carolina for Psyche.
Arnav Rajeev of McNeil High School in Texas for SignaLink.
Shalmi Sen and Shresta Dadani of Coppell High School in Texas for PrepHeart.
Taylen Li, Mason Hu and Hugo Ho of Winston Churchill High School in Maryland of EcoGrid.
Aditya Herekar and Karan Verma of John P. Stevens High School in New Jersey for Naturista Coffee Pods.
