13/11/2025
✨ BE BOLD Tank Youth Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition – Recap! ✨
I’m excited to share that we hosted our BE BOLD Tank Youth Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition last night — and it was a HUGE success! We had about 30 people in attendance, incredible energy in the room, and a youth partnership team took home the win! 🎉
Here are a few pictures from the evening. 📸
I truly hope you can participate next time — whether as a supporter, volunteer, judge, sponsor or by encouraging a young entrepreneur to join us for the 7 week youth entrepreneurship program!
A special thank you to our amazing judges who poured into our youth with wisdom, encouragement, and real-world insights:
⭐ State Representative Terry Cummings who is also a lawyer
⭐ Shermaine Williams, South Cobb County Council PTA President and small business owner
⭐ Angelia Pressley, Visiting Professor at Clark Atlanta University School of Business and Managing Partner at AP Advertising & PR Worldwide LLC
⭐ Janine Ramsay, small business owner of Sunshine Property Preservation Service
⭐ Jon-Dominique, KSU student majoring in Media & Entertainment and past BE BOLD Tank Youth Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition winner
Congratulations to all of our students who pitched their business ideas — you all were phenomenal! And a huge shoutout to our winning partnership team, Avery and Callisto! 🌟
Thank you to the parents, families, and community members who came out to cheer on our young entrepreneurs and even participated by scoring the Audience Favorite award. Your support means everything. Kudos to Austell Community Taskforce President, Sam Culbreath for tallying the audience’s score cards.
And a special appreciation to our volunteer, Lauren Barrett, for assisting throughout the evening. 💛
BE BOLD continues to rise — and our youth are leading the way! 🚀💡