💡 The Plan Your Own Enterprise (PYOE) competition, proudly supported by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, offers secondary school students from across Australia a hands-on experience in small business planning and entrepreneurship, encouraging them to develop a comprehensive and innovative business plan while learning critical skills in financial literacy, marketing, and strategic thinking.
🎉 We are pleased to share you the 2025 winners from the National PYOE Judging:
🏆 Solo Category Winner – Gus Willsmore, The Hutchins School, TAS for ‘Pest to Protein Tassie Jerky’ a business with the aim to revolutionise sustainable snacking by transforming invasive species into premium and ethical Jerky. The prize for Gus for winning is $1,500!
🏆 Team Category Winner – Georgiana Price and Eva Hu, Stuartholme School, QLD for ‘Petlio’ a business offering smart, customisable AI robot pets that offer emotional companionship, interactive play and personalised experience for all users. For winning the team has won $1,000 to share!
🙌 We would like to congratulate all entrants who made it to National Judging on the business plans submitted for each category.
👍 The judges were impressed with the vision, innovative ideas, understanding of complex business concepts and excellent communication skills demonstrated in each of the plans.
📅 We look forward to running the PYOE competition again in 2026!
Turn your big idea into reality with the 2025 PYOE Competition
Got students with big ideas? Help them turn those ideas into reality by participating in the Plan Your Own Enterprise Competition. Whether they’re dreaming of becoming entrepreneurs or just curious about the business world, this is the perfect opportunity for them to level up.
They’ll gain hands-on experience in everything from market analysis to marketing strategies, all while competing for amazing prizes. Plus, they’ll develop valuable skills, connect with industry professionals, and start building the businesses of their dreams.
As an educator, you have the chance to create a lasting impact by bringing the PYOE competition into your lessons. Whether you integrate it into your curriculum or offer it as a co-curricular challenge, this is their opportunity to dive into the real world of business, all while learning in a school setting and bringing their ideas to life.
Check out the 2025 PYOE Student Booklet and Entry Form to start empowering your students to dream big!
Want to give your students the opportunity to see how business really works? Business and Financial Planning lets them connect the dots between different parts of a business, helping them understand how everything fits together. By your students participating in the competition, they’ll dive into real‑world business planning in a way that’s fun, engaging, authentic, and hands‑on.
Plus, they’ll gain valuable insights into how business really works, and level up some serious skills that will set them up for success, like:
- Organisation and planning: Master the art of getting things done.
- Decision‑making: Learn how to make smart choices for business success.
- Research and communication: Discover fresh ideas and communicate them like a boss.
- Prioritising and collaborating: Work together, stay focused, and achieve more.
- Critical thinking and problem‑solving: Think outside the box and tackle challenges head‑on.
- Reflection and action: Learn from experience and take action to improve.
- Creativity and innovation: Bring your big ideas to life.
If your students are full‑time secondary school students in Australia, and currently enrolled in a registered school, then they’re good to go. Teachers will submit the entries for their students to be in the running to win awesome prizes!
- Solo Stars: Open to any secondary student of any age. Get your student’s to take the lead and showcase their individual talent!
- Team Legends: Get your students to form a team of up to six secondary students, of any age, and tackle the challenge together!
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Solo category:
- The winning student will walk away with $1,500 to fuel their business idea, thanks to Business Educators Australasia (BEA).
- The winning student’s school also wins! They’ll get a complimentary school membership to the Victoria Commercial Teachers Association (VCTA) and $200 worth of books, all thanks to the BEA.
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Team category:
- The winning team will walk away with $1,000 to power up their business idea, thanks to the BEA.
- The winning team’s school also scores big, with a complimentary school registration for one teacher to attend the VCTA’s Comview Conference 2025, all thanks to the VCTA.
The competition is now open and you can submit your students’ entries at any time right up to the closing date. Just be sure to get the entries in to your state/territory association before time runs out as we can’t accept entries after Friday 12 September 2025 (the closing date).
Make sure you work with your students to complete the 2025 PYOE Entry Form.
Note: Entries need to be submitted by your school to the right state/territory association. All the details are on the entry form. Do not send your entries to the BEA directly.
The entries will be reviewed in late October, with winners announced in early November. Stay tuned!
Heads up: State/territory prizes might also be up for grabs. Reach out to your state or territory association for the details (contact information is on the back of the entry form).
Business Educators Australasia and its affiliate associations reserve the right not to make awards at state/territory or National level if it is not considered entries are of a suitable standard. Business Educators Australasia also reserves the right to alter the final judging date.
We can’t wait to see the entries from your students and hear all about the big ideas they’re ready to bring to life.
Best of luck!
Past PYOE Competitions:
2024
2023
