On April 13th, 2023, beginning at 9:30 a.m. student entrepreneurs from across Georgia will be competing for a grand prize of $10,000 in the state’s inaugural Georgia FLEX competition. The competition will be comprised of student-owned companies representing Hutchings College and Career Academy, Jones County College and Career, 4 C’s College and Career Academy, Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy, and Evans County High School, will give their final pitch to become the state’s top student entrepreneur. The event will take place at Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy located at 553 Ocilla Hwy in Fitzgerald. 

Georgia FLEX is a Fitzgerald, GA based non-profit organization established to promote high school student entrepreneurship within the state. The competition is a non-theoretical six-month business and leadership emulsion designed to promote innovation and the formation of new business start-ups entirely owned and operated by high school students.