Garden City YEC 2026

2025-2026 Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge Series Mar 4, 2026

Garden City, KS

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Mar 04

Project application deadline: Feb 25, 2026
Judge registration deadline: Mar 4, 2026
Entry fee: Free

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Description

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Schedule and key dates

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Organized by

Ember Dortch

Date & time

Wed, March 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM CST

Address and location

310 N 6th
Garden City, KS 67846

Components

Executive Summary

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

Weight: 50%

Tradeshow

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

Weight: 50%

Leaderboard

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

= Not scored = In progress = Complete

Rank	Project	Overall score	Executive Summary	Tradeshow
1	Cosmo Glide	42.5 / 50	17 / 20 complete	17 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 19 Judge #3: 17	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 19 Judge #3: 17
2	Cookie Swirl Sweets	41.667 / 50	15.333 / 20 complete	18 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 20 Judge #3: 14	Judge #1: 16 Judge #2: 20 Judge #3: 18
3	Proffitt Financial Services	39.583 / 50	15.667 / 20 complete	16 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 17 Judge #2: 15 Judge #3: 15	Judge #1: 16 Judge #2: 20 Judge #3: 12
4	Curbside Car Cleaning Co.	39.167 / 50	16 / 20 complete	15.333 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 16 Judge #2: 17 Judge #3: 15	Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 17 Judge #3: 17
5	Sabores De Mi Tierra	39.167 / 50	14.667 / 20 complete	16.667 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 20	Judge #1: 17 Judge #2: 13 Judge #3: 20
6	Jimenez Remodeling, LLC	37.5 / 50	15.333 / 20 complete	14.667 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 17 Judge #2: 14 Judge #3: 15	Judge #1: 16 Judge #2: 14 Judge #3: 14
7	Purely Pressed	37.083 / 50	15 / 20 complete	14.667 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 16 Judge #2: 13 Judge #3: 16	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 16 Judge #3: 13
8	Flash Bang Streaming	36.25 / 50	14.667 / 20 complete	14.333 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 11 Judge #2: 18 Judge #3: 15	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 18 Judge #3: 11
9	La Pupusa Loca	35 / 50	13.667 / 20 complete	14.333 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 11 Judge #2: 16 Judge #3: 14	Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 16 Judge #3: 15
10	Tristan's Treats	35 / 50	14.667 / 20 complete	13.333 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 20 Judge #2: 11 Judge #3: 13	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 16 Judge #3: 10
11	Delish Drive Desserts	33.75 / 50	12.333 / 20 complete	14.667 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 15 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 15 Judge #3: 15
12	Zalsita	32.5 / 50	12 / 20 complete	14 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 13 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 18 Judge #3: 10
13	The Playhouse	30 / 50	14 / 20 complete	10 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 20 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 11 Judge #3: 7
14	Precision Physical Therapy	29.583 / 50	15 / 20 complete	8.667 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 20 Judge #2: 11 Judge #3: 14	Judge #1: 10 Judge #2: 10 Judge #3: 6
15	Global Girls	29.167 / 50	11.333 / 20 complete	12 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 13 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 11
16	Mexca	28.75 / 50	11 / 20 complete	12 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 9 Judge #2: 13 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 15 Judge #3: 9
17	Brilla Boricua	27.5 / 50	11.333 / 20 complete	10.667 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 11 Judge #2: 13 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 13 Judge #3: 7
18	Petal Buffet	26.25 / 50	10.333 / 20 complete	10.667 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 11 Judge #2: 9 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 14 Judge #2: 10 Judge #3: 8

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