The Blanket Freshmen business class recently won the 2012 Abilene Christian University’s “2012 Springboard Challenge” contest.

High schools of all sizes in a 19 county area competed with their ideas. Their assigned objective was to produce a business plan, and a support video for a new business concept.

Blanket High won $1000.00 for Grand Prize in the high school division.  Their business teacher is Mr. Edward Burt.

The Springboard Ideas Challenge is a mini-business plan competition with the goal of providing aspiring entrepreneurs in Abilene and the surrounding West Texas region an opportunity to get their business up and running with significant cash and in-kind prizes.  Each team submitted a written mini-business plan for their concept, addressing the fundamental issues that would be of interest to potential investors.  After a preliminary round of judging based on their written plans, finalists presented their ideas to a live panel of judges, who determined the winning plans.

For more information about the contest, visit acu.edu/springboard-ideas-challenge.

Pictured above are the students in the Blanket High School business class.  Photo contributed.