Project Innovation

Project Innovation has wrapped!

We are excited to announce the winners of Project Innovation: The Start Here, Go Places.^® Competition of Creative Excellence. Students from around the country were invited to participate in the competition and come up with that one big idea that could be developed as the next feature on our website. The ideas that were submitted were fantastic! After the top ten finalists were selected by a panel of judges, a public vote on the website and final round Skype presentations to our judge, the winners can finally be revealed.

It was a close race, but here are the top three finishers:

First Place

The Mighty Morphin' Flower Arrangers

Hoover High School, Hoover, AL

The winning idea? An online board game where students can learn real-life accounting topics while they play.

Second Place

Team HHS

The runner-up proposed an online virtual game allowing students to experience life as a CPA while they’re still in high school.

Third Place

Team Bacon Love

Rounding out the top three was an interactive game where students could explore and discover the busy world of a CPA.

And what exactly have they won?

First Place: Mighty Morphin’ Flower Arrangers receive a $3,000 scholarship, funds for their school and their idea may be brought to life on StartHereGoPlaces.com.
Second Place: Team HHS receives a $2,000 scholarship and funds for their school.
Third Place: Team Bacon Love receives a $1,000 scholarship and funds for their school.

Review the Official Rules for this year’s competition.

Enter

Time is running out to submit your ideas. Confused? Refer to your entry packet for info on how to submit.

Judging in Progress

Your entry will be evaluated on creativity, originality and feasibility. A panel of judges will be selecting the finalists to advance. We’ll let you know if you’re one of them.

Public Voting

The finalists have moved on to the public vote. Here, anyone can vote on StartHereGoPlaces.com for their favorite entry. You’ll want to recruit all your friends and classmates to vote for your team.

Final Round Presentations

It’s not over yet. The finalist teams present their proposal LIVE via Skype to our final round judge. Don’t be intimidated! CPAs are nice people.

Winners Announced

The biggest day of them all. Today our top three teams are announced and they’ll be awarded with some pretty sweet scholarships, plus grants for their schools. We can hardly wait.