Alex Turley competes in entrepreneur contest

2016 Apr 15

Alex Turley was part of 17 teams that competed in the final round of the Emporia Entrepreneurship Challenge at Emporia State University. Students participated in a Community Showcase-style event for a chance to win cash prizes of $2,500 for first place, $1,500 for second and $500 for third.

The Emporia Entrepreneur Challenge began in February with 37 student teams from Emporia State University and Flint Hills Technical College submitting business plans to the competition. Those initial entries were carved down to 20 semifinalist teams who gave oral presentations in early April to a panel of judges. The semifinalist teams set up a booth display at the Community Showcase featuring their business concepts and answered questions from judges and event attendees.

Turley, a senior Communication major from Emporia, Kansas, presented Fetcher's.

Megan Allen, a Flint Hills Technical College student who presented Nfusion, took first place. Ebrahim Kayali of Emporia State took second place for The Disabled Helper. And Karen Martinez of ESU too third place for KATHI.