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Click here to watch a brief overview of the contest given by Kari Fischer, Program Coordinator at the Wisconsin Technology Council.
Visit our newsroom to learn more about the Wisconsin YES!’s predecessor contest, Dane County YES!
Wisconsin YES! (Youth Entrepreneurs in Science) brings together the creative youth of Wisconsin and people working in the region’s commercial tech sectors together to help students turn their inventions and business ideas into real business plans.
Thank you to past sponsors of youth business plan contests:
American TV, Culver's, Optimist Club of Downtown Madison, Irwin and Robert Goodman, Inacom Information Systems, Nicholas and Elaine Mischler, Ultrazone Laser Tag, University Research Park, the Wisconsin Technology Council and the Madison Community Foundation
Who may enter the contest?
Students, or small teams of students, who attend middle and high schools in Wisconsin. The contest will be judged according to class categories: 9th grade and under, 10th grade, 11th grade and 12th grade. It will be conducted in stages, with a numerical scoring system spread across the eight major parts of a business plan.
Home schooled students in Wisconsin are also eligible.
2011 Coverage of the contest:
Inside WI: Youth business plan contest offers introduction to STEM careers
Nov 29, 2011
One study after another has lamented the fact that America is producing fewer scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians than our competitors in Europe and Asia. As the baby boom generation begins to retire, that’s a threat to the economy and to national security...
Wisconsin YES!’ student business plan contest entry deadline extended to Jan. 6, 2012
Nov 29, 2011
Wisconsin YES! will be open for Wisconsin middle and high school students to submit their science, tech or other business ideas online until 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, contest organizers said Tuesday. The extension allows time for students to enter over the holiday break...
WisBusiness: The Show - Platteville Public Schools' Greg Quam
Nov 23, 2011
In this episode of WisBusiness.com: The Show, Tom Still discusses the upside to the volatility of the Wisconsin economy, Liz Schrum talks to Platteville Schools' Greg Quam about technology education in schools and the WisBusiness.com Stock Report discusses jobs and farms...
WisBusiness: The Show - WEA Trust President/CEO Mark Moody
Nov 11, 2011
In this episode, Tom Still talks about the Wisconsin YES! contest, which he calls a great opportunity for middle and high school students to earn entrepreneurship experience. Then, WEA Trust's Mark Moody talks about the history of his non-profit insurance organization and its involvement in the Wisconsin YES! program...
"Wisconsin YES!" student business plan contest open for middle, high school entries through Dec. 5
Nov 7, 2011
Wisconsin Youth Entrepreneurs in Science, a statewide youth business plan contest modeled after the successful Governor’s Business Plan Contest, is open for online entries from Wisconsin middle- and high-school students through Dec. 5, 2011...
2010 Coverage of the contest:
East student wins first place in Dane County youth business idea contest
July 19, 2010
MADISON – Nelson Auner, who graduated in June from Madison East High School, is the Grand Prize winner in the second Dane County YES! youth business plan contest, producers announced Tuesday.
Auner’s business plan is to launch “Babel Tube,” which would use internet technology to connect native speakers with customers on a daily basis. It would be marketed to young professionals, students and casual language learners. With BabelTube, users can create a profile listing the languages in which they are fluent and which languages they would like to learn...
2009 Coverage of the contest:
Young Entrepreneurs: Dane County YES! Youth Business Plan Contest Top 4
Neil Heinen's For the Record, WISC-TV
Dane County YES! 2009 Winner Announced; visit our newsroom.
The 2009 Phase 2 Pizza Prep Party was held on Saturday, April 18, 2009 in Madison. Students advancing in the contest received certificates of commendation, heard from entrepreneurs Ian Gurfiled of Ian's Pizza and Dale Beerman of Sharendipity.com, and received help preparing for Phase 2 from the Dane County YES! Team.
"Twenty-eight entries advance to next round..." Visit Newsroom
Check out the resources page for downloads and video presentations!
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