We are excited to announce our 2023 National Military Entrepreneur Challenge pitch competition Quarter-Finalists! Our Quarter-Finalists will be joining us at the Military Influencer Conference in Las Vegas, NV, where they will have two minutes to pitch their business to judges. If selected, they will move on to the Semi-Final Round, and the chosen few from there will go on to the Finals. Four will compete for the Grand Prize of $15,000 in start-up capital, along with $50,000 of in-kind legal services generously provided by our partner, Holland & Knight LLP.
Quarter Finalists
Necho Goins of Healthy Eating Tools
Taylor Wells of Shellback Survival Systems
Kristopher Williams of Felis Leo LLC
Deed Ziegler of RecPak
Alan Parvis of GOFASTER, LLC
Daniel Lyle of Muscle House Enterprises LLC dba Drivewayz Transportation Services
Scott Taylor of Black Diamond Collections
Robert Wiltz of The Connect
Sloane Tilley of E-Sentience, Inc. DBA DIA
Wendy Hively of Charliemadison Originals
Karen Thomas of Venture Out Wellness, PLLC
Cassia Connors of Flok LLC
Chris Wingate of RVbyMilitary.com
Amy Schweizer of Tiny Tot Sports, LLC DBA Tiny Troops Soccer
Paden Sickles of SickFit LLC
Steve Buchanan of TDY RENTALS
Franco Lopez III of Veterans’ Vanguard LLC
Stephen Morel of JurisDeed
We would also like to announce our returning MEC Semi-Finalists. These are the 2023 Semi-Finalists who participated in our regional MECs but were not the overall winners. Due to their experience with our regional events, they are automatically in the Semi-Final Round. We are excited to have them back with us!
Semi-Finalists
Kayla Corbitt of Operation Child Care
Randy Lenard of GearSwap.Shop
Neil Shrubak of Ligiteco
Jaden Risner of Family Proud
Joe Naumann of Teraloom
Mock Abdelaal of Velos Labs
Edward Esteron of E3.AI Digital Technologies
Martha Schoenewe of Tangent Tees
Austin Carrigg of Exceptional Families of the Military
