OLDENBURG, Ind. — Oldenburg Academy recently hosted the Maverick Challenge, a business planning competition.
Judges from the community ranked the 14 students based on the business plans and products they created for the competition.
- Third place winner, which received $100, was Our Gift, a website and business model to help non-profits grow their donor basis and donations
this business plan was created by Greg Schroeder and Ethan Eldridge - Second place winner receiving $200 was Forget Me Not, a car seat alarm to ensure that babies are not left in the car unattended
this was invented by Cori Hammoor, Emily Cornett and Dresden Lonergan - The first place winner received $300 and went to The Bean Company, a company that makes products out of leftover coffee grounds from local businesses
this was created by Sam Hutchinson, Samantha Nobbe and Haleigh Reed.
Oldenburg Academy was the only school to participate in the program from Ripley and Franklin Counties.
