Youth and adult entrepreneurs presented their business ideas to a panel of judges on October 17 at Miller Park, as part of The Company Lab's (CO.LAB) annual Will This Float? pitch competition. Four students from Hamilton County's STEM School took home the top junior prize with their idea for a product that helps users through panic attacks. Chattanooga entrepreneurs Antonio and Onteaya Tate took home the top prize for their product, Cha Cha Masala Chai.
Seventeen vendors showed up for a special Food Truck Friday on October 7 at the Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga powered by LAUNCH. Guests toured the new kitchen space, which has doubled in size from 20 incubator spaces to now holding 40. Judith Tomario Miller, of Lulu's Welding Caps was named the first-place winner of LAUNCH's Hertzog Scholarship. Ella Livingston, of Cocoa Asante received second place honors.
Photography by Mark Gilliland / From left, Nathan Hertzog, Ella Livingston, Judy Miller, Mary Anne Hertzog and Hal Bowling attend Food Truck Friday at the Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga.