MCAP Wins $10,000 Grand Prize in 2026 Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge

MCAP, a team from Hillcrest High School developing a cap that can be added to a bottle to filter drinking water, won first place and the $10,000 grand prize at the 2026 Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HSUEC) final event today. “We filter microplastics and nanoplastics from your drinking plastic water bottles,” said Sashwath […]

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Win $30,000 in the 2025-26 Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge

Registration for the 2025-26 Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is now open. The statewide business-idea competition is open to all students in Utah ages 14-18. Teams compete for $30,000 in cash and scholarships. The registration deadline is Jan. 14, 2026. The competition is managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute — a top-10 ranked, […]

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SoundSense Wins $10,000 Grand Prize in 2025 Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge

SoundSense, a team from Juan Diego Catholic High School developing a device that translates alarms into vibrations for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, won first place and the $10,000 grand prize at the 2025 Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HSUEC) final event today. “It means a lot,” said Lana Chan, founder of SoundSense and a […]

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Top 20 Announced in 2025 Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge

The Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HSUEC) announced the top 20 teams, from over 220 applications, for 2024-25 this week. They will advance to the final stage of this business-idea competition, which is open to all high school students across Utah, ages 14-18. They are competing for $30,000 in cash and scholarships. This competition […]

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Legendary Venture Capitalist Tim Draper Donates $500,000 to Utah Entrepreneur Challenge

Legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist, founder, philanthropist and entrepreneurship thought-leader Tim Draper is supporting young entrepreneurs across Utah with a $500,000 gift to support the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge and related High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. The Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is a business-model competition for college students at participating universities across the state, while the High […]

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Win $30,000 in the 2024-25 High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge

Registration for the 2024-25 High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is now open. The statewide business-idea competition is open to all students in Utah ages 14-18. Teams compete for $30,000 in cash and scholarships. The registration deadline is Jan. 15, 2025. The competition is managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute — a top-10 ranked, interdisciplinary division […]

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