2024 TYE State competition

The TYE state championships were held on Sunday, May 19th, 2024, where ten teams of young entrepreneurs pitched their business ventures in front of a panel of three judges. Each team had ten minutes to pitch their idea and five minutes for questioning from the judges. Every team had a chance to compete for one of three cash prizes valued at $250, $500, and $1,000.

Potigami, a group of 4 young entrepreneurs, took the win, cashing in a prize of $1,000 to go towards their new business. These four creative entrepreneurs pitched their idea of an alternative biodegradable planter pot. They created a process for making their own paper sheets that are dyed with natural pigments and can be folded into planter pots ready to be planted directly into soil. Centered around sustainability and leaving a smaller carbon footprint by skipping the “old age” plastic pots.