Ottawa County YEC

2025-2026 Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge Series Mar 5, 2026

Minneapolis, Kansas

Mar 05

Business application deadline: Feb 26, 2026
Judge registration deadline: Feb 26, 2026
Entry fee: Free

Description

Welcome! Choose Ottawa County and K-State Extension Central Kansas District are excited to host the very first Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in Ottawa County. We are looking forward to a great event and happy you are planning to compete!

Schedule and key dates

5:00PM-6:00PM Trade Show Booth Set-Up
6:00PM-6:10PM Welcome & Announcements
6:10PM-7:40PM Trade Show & Formal Presentation Judging
7:40PM-8:00PM Judges Tabulation
8:00PM Results & Dismissal

Organized by

Cade Rensink

Date & time

Thu, March 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM CST

Address and location

Central Kanas Extension District
315 W. 3rd Street
Minneapolis, Kansas 67467

Components

Executive Summary

The Executive Summary is a written business summary, in PDF format, including de...

Weight: 33.3%

Formal Presentation

The Formal Presentation is a four-to-six-minute presentation where each business...

Weight: 33.3%

Tradeshow

The Tradeshow is a 90-minute event where businesses will have the opportunity to...

Weight: 33.3%

Leaderboard

Watch them go! The leaderboard reflects all scores that have been approved by the competition’s host.

The leaderboard is not finalized until every score has a checkmark.

= Not scored = In progress = Complete

The best way to run a business competition.