TOP 20 ANNOUNCED FOR 2025: We announced the top 20 teams for the 2024-25 competition. See the finalist list below, and read the press release here. Check back soon for information about public online voting. [Updated: 2-4-25]

Enter Your Idea to Win $30,000 in Cash & Scholarships

Do you want to explore innovative and creative entrepreneurship? Do you have an idea that could change the world? The Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HSUEC) is your opportunity to showcase your innovation and entrepreneurial spirit and win cash and prizes. This competition is the high school counterpart of the Tim Draper Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. All Utah high school students, ages 14-18, are encouraged to compete. The program is managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah. Students who have graduated high school or are enrolled full-time in college courses are not eligible to participate in the competition. These students are encouraged to participate in the collegiate Tim Draper Utah Entrepreneur Challenge.

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2024-25 Season Timeline

  • Application Opens Online: Sept. 10, 2024
  • Online Information Sessions: Sept. 26, 2024, 4-4:45 p.m.; Oct. 24, 2024, 4-4:45 p.m.; Nov. 21, 2024, 4-4:45 p.m.
  • Application Deadline: Jan. 15, 2025, 11:59 p.m.
  • Online Judging: Jan. 17-30, 2025
  • Top 20 Finalists Announced: Feb. 3, 2025, 5 p.m.
  • Public Online Voting: Feb. 5-Feb. 28, 2025, 11:59 p.m.
  • Competition Final Event: March 1, 2025, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

2025 Top 20 Teams

Below is a list of the top 20 teams for the 2025 Tim Draper High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (in alphabetical order). Read our finalist press release here for more information about the teams:

  • AI Animation Studio (Other)
  • AI Spy (Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s)
  • Athlete In (Beehive Science & Technology Academy)
  • Backpack Banner (Other)
  • Buds & Blooms (American Fork High)
  • GetGigs (Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s)
  • Glow With The Flow (Utah Connections Academy)
  • GreenDream (Skyline High)
  • Gym Bros (Park City High)
  • Kotter Data (Richfield High)
  • LJ Custom Boards (American Fork High)
  • LQ Junk Removal (Park City High)
  • Microplastic Purifier (Hillcrest High)
  • Robotica Airways (Syracuse High School)
  • Sava’s Home Bakery (Itineris Early College High)
  • SoundSense (Juan Diego Catholic High)
  • Sproutify (Skyline High)
  • Systemized Detailing (Northridge High)
  • The Windshield Protector (Park City High)
  • Toga (Park City High)

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