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On April 15 at Purdue Northwest's Hammond campus, the Society of Innovators at PNW will host the 2025 Innovate WithIN Region 4 Finals pitch competition. During the event, ten northwest Indiana high school teams who have been carefully selected out of hundreds of competitors will share their innovative pitches and business ideas. 

Tuesday, April 15 | 9:00a - 1:15p
Purdue University Northwest - Hammond campus 

We will be joined by government officials, business leaders, local innovators, educators, and family as the students pitch their businesses and compete to be one of the top ten teams in the state. The top team from Region 4 will move onto the state finals and will be invited to travel to DC in June, receive thousands of dollars in scholarship, enter an exclusive alumni program, and then the state winner will receive $25,000 in funding. 

Cayden's Can Shines: Samantha Edwards, Ian Kennedy & Cayden DeSmet | Valparaiso High School
MTK Car Detailing: Kyle Otworowski & Mihailo Marjanovic | Hanover Central High School
Equi: Abigail Bisig | Hobart High School
Flip-E: Brandon Walker & Omar Aftab | Munster High School
Night Shine: Allison Miedema & Myles Deal | Lowell Senior High School
Polyator: Westin Waters | Hanover Central High School
Safety Glow: Ashton Verbish | Hanover Central High School
Septo: Alexis Karahalios, Abigil Mena & Jocelyn Aguirre | Munster High School
Sprout: Asha Patel & Jude Jimenez | Munster High School
True Tints: Riley Pettit & Ryan Mikolanis | Lake Central High School

REGISTER FOR FREE to support and experience these amazing young people and future entrepreneurs! More details can be found at: startedupfoundation.org/region-4.