Previous Winners & Graduates

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!