Congratulations to the 2022
Y.E.S. for Arkansas Winners!
Best Marketing
First Place: Eco Cardz
Forest Heights STEM Academy, Little Rock
Second Place: Pick Star
Cabot Middle School North, Cabot
Third Place: Cutie Pot Plants
Mabelvale Middle School, Little Rock
Fourth Place: ASV (Anti-School Vandalism)
Cloverdale Middle School, Little Rock
Best Retail
First Place: Fire Me Up!
Berryville Middle School, Berryville
Second Place: Kenley’s Glamorous Glasses Charms
Calico Rock Elementary School, Calico Rock
Third Place: Crumb Catcher
Elmwood Middle School, Rogers
Fourth Place: Tiger Swag
Green Forest Intermediate and Middle School, Green Forest
Most Innovative Product
First Place: Crumb Catcher
Elmwood Middle School, Rogers
Second Place: ASV (Anti-School Vandalism)
Cloverdale Middle School, Little Rock
Third Place: Ring Wrap
Greenbrier Middle School, Greenbrier
Fourth Place: Cutie Pot Plants
Mabelvale Middle School, Little Rock
Best Business Plan
First Place: Fire Me Up!
Berryville Middle School, Berryville
Second Place: Eco Cardz
Forest Heights STEM Academy, Little Rock
Third Place: Ruff-Ruff Recycle
Berryville Middle School, Berryville
Fourth Place: Bussin Basket
Southwest Middle School, Searcy
Watch Expo Day Presentations from the
2021 Winners!
(2022 Winners Posting Soon!)
Welcome to the Youth Entrepreneur Showcase (Y.E.S.) for Arkansas!
Y.E.S. is open to all 5th-8th grade students in the state.
There is no cost to enter!
Teams can be classroom-based, from virtual school, or can be from any after school, church, or other youth program.
In addition to a getting a real-world entrepreneur education experience, winning students AND TEACHERS are awarded cash prizes and more!
The 2022 Y.E.S. competition will be virtual.
- September 27 – Team application window opens on YouNoodle
- November 7 – Business plans due
- December 10 – Click to watch the virtual Announcement of Top 25 Finalist Teams at noon!
- January 21 –
9:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. – Virtual Expo Day for Top 25 finalists. Each finalist team will present their idea to a panel of judges.
2:15 p.m. – Virtual Awards Ceremony
(The public is invited to watch the presentations and the ceremony. Please see the top of this page for links.)
Why is Y.E.S. important to 5th-8th graders
AND to Arkansas?
- It brings a unique level of awareness to entrepreneur education not found elsewhere on a statewide scale – Y.E.S. encourages a pipeline of future entrepreneurs for the state.
- It benefits all students – whether or not they become entrepreneurs – because they gain learning experiences that will likely serve them well in their future careers.
- It’s real-world, designed to mirror the same steps the grownups have to go through if they want to launch a business idea or improve upon an existing one.
- It’s hands-on. Students are responsible for writing the business plan. They have to figure out how their idea will work, how it can be brought to market, do the math to see if it can make money, and more.
- Students must engage their core reading, writing, and math skills to write the business plan.
- Students must also use their soft skills – creativity, critical thinking, communication, problem solving, teamwork, responsibility to others, and more as they move through the competition process.
Y.E.S. is a fantastic way to invest in Arkansas’s
future innovators and entrepreneurs!
Since 2006
9,468
Arkansas Youth Impacted
3,139
Business Plans Entered
$116,992
in CASH Awarded
Competition Awards
CASH prizes will be awarded to the winning teams – that includes the students AND their teachers/mentors!
Previous Winners and Videos From the Past
Y.E.S. has been around longer than some of today’s competitors! More than 9,000 students have competed since the first competition in 2006. Who were the winners?
