Patton Foundation Awards $8,500 in Grants to Nashville Student Entrepreneurs

Winners of “Shark Tank”-Style Competition at The Academy Tutorial Revealed BRENTWOOD, TENN. – The Patton Foundation founded by Tennessee-based entrepreneur Spencer Patton is announcing the winners of its Patton Entrepreneurship Grant (PEG) Challenge for high school-aged students at The Academy Tutorial, a college preparatory program in Nashville.Six finalists were named as part of the “Shark Tank”-style competition, which seeks to empower students in their entrepreneurial journeys. Those finalists were Kate Bachman, Kylie Bachman, Justice Frohock, Kaylee Howe, Trevor Johnson and Moriah Plattner.In the end, Kylie Bachman won First Place, walking away with a $5,000 grant for MyTemp Stick, a coffee stirrer employing color-changing technology to indicate to the drinker when their coffee reaches the ideal or safe, drinkable temperature.Frohock was named Second Place ($2,500 grant) for Jomo (Joy Of Missing Out), a unique cafe and mentorship membership program created to motivate young individuals to disconnect from their phones, step into a tech-free environment and partake in in-person events.Plattner was named Third Place ($1,000 grant) for Single Bites, which aims to offer smaller portions of groceries and perishable items by leasing space within supermarkets, catering to students, individuals living alone or those with limited storage space at home.& The PEG Challenge...