📅 Date: Friday, September 5, 2025
🕒 Time: 3:00 PM
📍 Location: Commons 110
🥨 Refreshments provided

Join us for an inspiring afternoon with Dan Castles, recipient of the prestigious WSU Alumni Achievement Award. This award is the highest honor given to alumni by the WSU Alumni Association, established in 1970 to recognize outstanding service and contributions.

Out of more than 250,000 WSU alumni since 1890, just over 500 individuals have received this distinction. Awardees are recognized for their significant service to WSU and/or outstanding contributions to their community, profession, or nation.

Come celebrate Dan Castles’ remarkable achievements and gain valuable insights during this Lessons in Leadership session.

Congratulations to the winning teams in BPC 2025.

Collegiate League

1. Wearable Aromas – A solid perfume locket necklace designed for on-the-go, mess-free application
2. Kerat AI – Personalized recommendation platform uses a novel technology to measure customers’ unique hair type and recommend hair care products best formulated for them.
3. Rainmaker Solutions – Offers a turnkey automation service built for mobile car detailers.
4. Driveway Pit Stop – Mobile Mechanic – Mobile oil changing service provides convenience to busy vehicle owners who want to keep their car well-maintained without disrupting their schedule.
5. Miata Fitment – Simplifies the buying process with a 3D fitment visualizer, allowing users to input any wheel, tire, and suspension setup.

Open League

1. Neuro Prima – a cranial implant eliminating one surgery for faster recovery and less complications (Johns Hopkins University)

High School League

1. Vital – Sammamish High School – AI Landscaping Service
2. Sweet Labs – Mead High School – Interactive dessert shop
3. Someone Loves You – Mead High School – Hoodies with uplifting messaging.
4. Arachnid Apparel – Mead High School – Recycling clothes into trendy fashions

CougsFirst! Best Trade Show: Someone Loves You

Best Tech Innovation: Kerat AI

Best Social Impact: Whisker & Willow: Cat Cafe – An experience-driven cat cafe that relieves overcrowded shelters

Valicoff Fruit Company Best Ag Innovation: AgTag – Electronic ear tag that monitors biometrics and location in livestock

Collegiate League

• Driveway Pit Stop – Mobile Mechanic – Mobile oil changing service provides convenience to busy vehicle owners who want to keep their car well-maintained without disrupting their schedule.
• Kerat AI – Personalized recommendation platform uses a novel technology to measure customers’ unique hair type and recommend hair care products best formulated for them.
• Miata Fitment – Simplifies the buying process with a 3D fitment visualizer, allowing users to input any wheel, tire, and suspension setup.
• Rainmaker Solutions – Offers a turnkey automation service built for mobile car detailers.
• Wearable Aromas – A solid perfume locket necklace designed for on-the-go, mess-free application

Open League

• Neuro Prima – a cranial implant eliminating one surgery for faster recovery and less complications (Johns Hopkins University)

• Universal Extrusion Solutions – a desktop sized, plug-and-play device that converts pellets or shredded recycled waste into filament, which can be fed directly into a 3D printer or spooled onto a new filament roll (Eastern Washington University)

• AgTag – an electronic ear tag that monitors biometrics and location in livestock (University of Montana Western)

• WineClub – a digital wine community and club that connects wineries with consumers through an intuitive mobile app (Washington State University Tri-Cities)

High School League

• Arachnid Apparel – Mead High School – Recycling clothes into trendy fashions
• Someone Loves You – Mead High School – Hoodies with uplifting messaging.
• Sweet Labs – Mead High School – Interactive dessert shop
• Vital – Sammamish High School – AI Landscaping Service

These teams will be presenting at the BPC 2025 Finals and Tradeshow on April 24 at the CUB. For more: https://entrepreneurship.wsu.edu/

Collegiate League

• AVIA – An artificial bird manufacturing company that produces artificial birds for airline manufacturers.
• Bong Caddy – A unique all-in-one storage solution for bong users
• Carma Pay – Handle secure payments, verify titles through the state databases, and complete the car title transfer, all in one simple, trusted flow
• Driveway Pit Stop – Mobile Mechanic – Mobile oil changing service provides convenience to busy vehicle owners who want to keep their car well-maintained without disrupting their schedule.
• Helical Solutions – Leverages CRISPR technology for rapid, onsite DNA/RNA analysis in 40 minutes without a lab
• Kerat AI – Personalized recommendation platform uses a novel technology to measure customers’ unique hair type and recommend hair care products best formulated for them.
• Miata Fitment – Simplifies the buying process with a 3D fitment visualizer, allowing users to input any wheel, tire, and suspension setup.
• Next Step Invest – Teaches financial literacy through three integrated components
• OasiFi – An all-in-one platform for exploring, managing and optimizing passive income.
• Pop!Golf – Brings the ultimate portable mini-golf experience straight to your event,
• Rainmaker Solutions – Offers a turnkey automation service built for mobile car detailers.
• REFRSH – A gamified digital detox app incentivizing young adults to engage in real-life experiences while reducing screen time.
• Side Quests – Offers users tailored experiences for diverse experiences
• Stepocalypse – Platform that reimagines walking as an immersive, rewarding game experience.
• stillHQ – First Linux-based OS that is truly consumer-friendly
• Team Cat – An experience-driven cat cafe
• The Growth Innovators – Offers a more robust vetting process by acting as a trusted connector between employers and gig workers.
• Three Doughmigos – A small restaurant in the heart of downtown Boise providing high-quality artisan pizza.
• Vision Tag – An advanced learning management system (LMS) with an interactive desktop device that integrates hardware, software, and AI to modernize classroom learning.
• Wearable Aromas – A solid perfume locket necklace designed for on-the-go, mess-free application
• Data Deviant (Alternate) – Create a more efficient testing environment by limiting the amount of data that is affected by sensors malfunctioning
• Lucio’s (Alternate) – Bringing people together through an unforgettable authentic Italian dining experience in Costa Rica
  
• Mythic (Alternate) – A premium, all-natural hair oil designed to tame frizz, deeply hydrate, and promote overall hair health
• PetAura (Alternate) – Monitors pet’s health in real-time
• Round-the-clock Rain (Alternate) – A smart irrigation system built using AI to determine effective irrigation water usage.

Open League

• AutoAspira – a Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) – assistive device that enhances cellular yield while simplifying the procedure for non-specialized clinicians.
• Neuro Prima – Cranial implant eliminating one surgery for faster recovery and less complications.
• SinuStim – A patent-pending, non-invasive oral neuromodulation device that regulates overactive nasal nerves, the root cause of CRS congestion.
• Universal Extrusion Solutions – a desktop sized, plug-and-play device that converts pellets or shredded recycled waste into filament, which can be fed directly into a 3D printer or spooled onto a new filament roll.
• AgTag (Alternate) – an electronic ear tag that monitors biometrics and location to notify ranchers of potential illness or injury and allow them to locate and treat an animal before loss occurs.

High School League

• Arachnid Apparel – Mead High School – Recycling clothes into trendy fashions
• Someone Loves You – Mead High School – Hoodies with uplifting messaging.
• Sweet Labs – Mead High School – Interactive dessert shop
• Vital – Sammamish High School – AI Landscaping Service
• JC Duck Calls – Mead High School  (Alternate) – High-quality, tunable, and affordable duck calls

Join us at the Commons 110 starting at 5PM for an hour of free food, a 10-minute survey that earns you $10 and a review of your Executive Summary (due on March 21) for the Business Plan Competition 2025!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

Event Overview:

This one-hour event provides students with:

✅ Expert feedback on their 2025 Business Plan Competition executive summary.

✅ A quick 10-minute survey to improve CfE’s programs, with a $10 incentive.

✅ Free Chipotle while networking with Paul Warner, professors Dr. Leah Sheppard, and Dr. Amrita Lahiri

✅ Amplifier Credit

The WSU Center for Entrepreneurship will host “Abundance in Business,” a webinar by Steve Young, former NFL quarterback, at 12 – 1 p.m. on October 29.

Participants may register online to watch the webinar in person in the Commons building or watch on their own via YouTube.

Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.

Young’s football career spanned more than 15 years in the NFL, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers, where he received numerous accolades. In addition to his gridiron fame, he is also a licensed attorney, an acclaimed inspirational speaker, a sought-after spokesperson for major companies such as Visa, PowerBar, and Sun Microsystems. He founded and chairs the Forever Young Foundation, which is actively involved in children’s charities worldwide. Currently, he is a partner, chairman, and cofounder of HGGC, a middle-market private equity firm.

Medimon, a gaming company comprised of a WSU student and UI professor won the 2024 JMA Pitch Demo, the culmination of a summer of hard work and business building for three teams. Other teams in the JMA included PicsGenie, a B2B printshop software solution and Helical Solutions, which is developing remote measuring devices. Held in the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center at WSU, It was the largest attended event for the Pitch Demo on record and students were treated to catered dinner, beverages and the opportunity to network with industry professionals.

Tyler Boies, founder of Helical Solutions said of the JMA, “The Jones Milestone Accelerator program has been an incredible experience, and I am so grateful for the opportunity to work with such dedicated and knowledgeable mentors. Your support has not only helped shape the future of my business but has also given me the confidence to continue pushing forward with our mission.”

Sign up for the JMA begins April 7, 2025. Most teams that apply for JMA, have often competed in the Business Plan Competition first.

For more on the Jones Milestone Accelerator Program and Team info, visit: JMA Website

During the summer, three talented teams participated in the Jones Milestone Accelerator and are ready to pitch!

Come see them, starting at 4PM, Sept. 5 at the WSU Cultural Center. Admission is free. Everyone is welcome.

In “SharkTank” style, founding teams will present their pitch decks to investors and a startup founder. They will have 15 minutes to present and the judges will have 15 minutes to ask questions. Which team will win? Will it be:

Medimon

PicsGenie

or

Helical Solutions

Appetizers and beverages will be available.

For more on the Jones Milestone Accelerator Program and Team info, visit: JMA Website

Info: 4PM-6:30PM | Sept 5, 2024 | WSU Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center 405 SE Spokane St, Pullman, WA 99164