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2025 Prize Winners
Meet our 2025 Business Plan Competition Three One-Minute Video Winners:
- 1st Place – M&Y Knitever LLC – Ying Yi – $12,000
- 2nd Place – Tsunami Hair – Cameron Hunt – $8,000
- 3rd Place – The Paper Packaging Company – Chidi Oguegbu – $4,000
- Honorable Mention – Task Technologies – Frerika Varlack – $1,500
- Honorable Mention – You Will Speak – Gunay Rasulova – $1,500
Watch their One-Minute Videos
2025 One-Minute Video Winners
Meet our 2025 Business Plan Competition Three One-Minute Video Winners:
- Browning One Assisted Living Facility – Desirae Mock – $1,000
- Let Me Snack, LLC – Kirati Amin – $1,000
- Lash to a TEE – Tiffany To – $1,000
Watch their One-Minute Videos
2025 Graduates
Company: A Guiding Light Solution Center
Team Lead: Candice Jackson
Brandon Mack - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: B. Mack Strategies
Team Lead: Brandon Mack
Ashley Harvell - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: BamaTexas
Team Lead: Ashley Harvell
Desirae Mock - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Browning One Assisted Living Facility
Team Lead: Desirae Mock
Hugo Pineda - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Clear Compass Technology
Team Lead: Hugo Pineda
James Carey - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Dispute Resolution Experts & Mediators (D.R.E.A.M Mediation)
Team Lead: James Carey
Nikita Lamar - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Divorce Retreat
Team Lead: Nikita Lamar
Tywana Pitre - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Empower Learning Academies
Team Lead: Tywana Pitre
Jo Michelle Jackson - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Eunoiva
Team Lead: Jo Michelle Jackson
Jala Hawkins - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: EverWell
Team Lead: Jala Hawkins
Rose Galbreath - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Galacey Tax & Financial Services
Team Lead: Rose Galbreath
Jessica Cole - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: JC Creative Studio, LLC
Team Lead: Jessica Cole
Tiffany To - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Lash to a TEE
Team Lead: Tiffany To
Anjelica Cazares - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Latina Leadership Podcast
Team Lead: Anjelica Cazares
Kirati Amin - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Let Me Snack, LLC
Team Lead: Kirati Amin
Keelan Wilson - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Life’s a Beat CPR
Team Lead: Keelan Wilson
Phillip Tucker - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Nibiru Confections, LLC
Team Lead: Phillip Tucker
Oluwatunmise Okufuwa - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Odebe, Inc.
Team Lead: Oluwatunmise Okufuwa
Karla Viesca - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: ProRoofs and Restoration, LLC
Team Lead: Karla Viesca
Godson Inokori - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Quickgredients
Team Lead: Godson Inokori
Deyanira Burton - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Solentricx, Inc.
Team Lead: Deyanira Burton
Lakeisha Ammiel - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Space City Cookies
Team Lead: Lakeisha Ammiel
Teriya Richmond - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Teriya Richmond MD MPH & Associate PLLC
Team Lead: Teriya Richmond
Twila Davis - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: Twilight Candle Company
Team Lead: Twila Davis
Sandy Yanin Mattey - 2025 HCC Business Plan Competition Graduate
Company: WeVibe Studios
Team Lead: Sandy Yanin Mattey
2025 Awards Ceremony Highlights
We proudly celebrated all 30 teams and their advisors on June 5, 2025!
Thanks to the incredible generosity of our sponsors, we awarded $147,000 in in-kind prizes to all graduating teams!
We surrounded our 2025 winners and graduates with the support of the Houston entrepreneurial eco-system!
They were cheered on by competition leaders, sponsors, funders, advisors, judges, trainers, family, friends, community partners and alumni from past competitions to welcome them into our alumni network for support and connections as they move forward. It was a day of celebration for what they have achieved and for what lies ahead!
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