High School BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION

2026 High School Business Plan Competition
Welcome to the Eighth Annual tecBRIDGE High School Business Plan Competition! The HSBPC challenges teams to create a STEAM¹- based business and is open to individual high school and home school students living in the following Northeastern Pennsylvania counties:
- Berks
- Lackawanna
- Luzerne
- Monroe
- Pike
- Schuylkill
- Susquehanna
- Wayne
HSBPC teams conduct research in key areas required to build a successful business and share their business story through written responses to this year’s Question Set and a formal venture presentation.
For more information on the Competition, please contact Don Webster at dwebster@tecbridgepa.org
1 STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math.
2026 Competition Milestone Dates
| HSBPC Deliverables Due | Friday, March 13, 2026 |
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| HSBPC Presentation Finalists Announced | Friday, March 27, 2026 |
| HSBPC Live Presentation Finals | Saturday, April 18, 2026 |
| tecBRIDGE Awards Event | Wednesday, April 29, 2026 |
2025 Champions
HealthHue
MMI Preparatory School
Rishi Patel and Sharan Parikh









