Riata Business Plan Competition award plaques sit on a table, which is covered with a black tablecloth. — Riata Business Plan Competition finalists have the opportunity to win award plaques and thousands of dollars in scholarship money to fund their ventures.

Riata Center announces 2025 Business Plan Competition finalists

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Media Contact: Terry Tush | Director, Marketing and Communications | 405-744-2703 | terry.tush@okstate.edu

The Riata Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship kicked off Oklahoma State University’s 2024-25 winter break with exciting news for student entrepreneurs.

The center announced Tuesday the finalists in the annual Riata Business Plan Competition. These students will present their ventures in an elevator-pitch format Jan. 24 to a live audience, receive expert feedback and have the opportunity to win thousands of dollars in scholarship money.

Open to OSU students of all majors, the competition promotes entrepreneurship and small business development by showcasing student created, managed and owned ventures. Each entry competes in one of four tracks: Main Street Lifestyles, Social Enterprise, Big City High Tech or Rising Entrepreneur, which is geared toward previous Business Plan scholarship recipients regardless of track.

In the first round, students submitted executive summaries of their ventures.

The following participants advanced to the finals.

Main Street Lifestyles

Pete's Protein Café – Lydia Rice
Snap Footwear – Addy Irwin, Aidan Ahern, Trinity Hunsaker-Patton
Boba Pour – Mary Wellington
The Roaming Rooster – Destiny Wahweah
Angela's DIY Designs – Angela Davis
CPS Contracting – Nick Comacho, Jaydon Saylor
Bri's Blooms – Briana Eads
Palette – Alison Conway

Social Enterprise

Ghidaa w Ni'ma – Sara Abdelmoneam
In the Middle of a Miracle – Brooklyn Hawkins
Prograte Capital Ventures – Kevin Kuteesa, Muwanika Jdiobe
Nutreco Salvor- Shivanshi Agarwal, Hari Rroopesh

Big City High Tech

Lingua – Aubrey Fudge
Better Boyfriend – Carson Horsburgh, Dean Bigler
Prescient Healthcare – Rynn Hogan
Innozyme – Rosalie Dohmen
UAI – Venkata Leela Raman Raj Botta
WasteNot – Prince Jhandai, Liyaqat Ali Kamran
LumiWalk – Mohammad Pasham, Habib Boloorchi
BluScreen – Erik Raunikar, Kartikaya Srivastava, Shakawat Hossain
SCIVINCE – Hadi Noori, David Thomison, Soroosh Farsiani
HipAI, Inc. – Noah Duncan

Rising Entrepreneur

The 405 – Marian Gutierrez
Inhaler Innovations – Anahita Badkoubeh, Emmanuel Yangue, Boris Oskolkov, Rashed Islam

Visit the Spears School of Business website to learn more about the Riata Business Plan Competition and see past winners.