{"id":27661,"date":"2026-05-04T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/?page_id=27661"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:02:50","slug":"baby-shark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/auggiecup\/baby-shark\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Shark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"309\">Hosted annually by the School of Business, the Baby Shark Competition invites students from all disciplines to explore their entrepreneurial potential. Open to individuals or small teams, participants develop a structured proposal outlining their concept, including branding, strategy, and financial planning.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"311\" data-end=\"645\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Submissions are evaluated by a panel of experienced business leaders using criteria such as originality, market potential, feasibility, and social impact. Finalists advance to a live presentation round, where they pitch their ideas and receive feedback from judges, with selected teams competing for a share of $10,000 in prize money.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"311\" data-end=\"645\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-27661 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/auggiecup\/baby-shark\/babyshark_10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_10-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/auggiecup\/baby-shark\/babyshark_14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_14-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_14-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_14-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_14.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/auggiecup\/baby-shark\/babyshark_03\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_03-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p data-start=\"311\" data-end=\"645\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<hr \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"311\" data-end=\"645\">Congratulations to the 2026 Baby Shark Winners!<\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-27661 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/auggiecup\/baby-shark\/babyshark_25\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_25.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Max Milbrandt stands in front of a gray brick wall, looking up at the camera.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-27670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_25.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_25-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_25-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_25-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-27670'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst-Place Winner, Max Milbrandt &#8217;26, for Pardon Our Produce\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/auggiecup\/baby-shark\/babyshark_22\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_22.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Sena Dangul, Samia Ahmed, Hodan Huran, and Sumeya Mahamed stand together indoors, smiling at the camera, with a glass-walled room and people in the background.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-27669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_22.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_22-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_22-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_22-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-27669'>\n\t\t\t\tSecond-Place Team K-Mall (from left to right) Hodan Harun, Sena Dangul, Sumeya Mahamed, and Samia Ahmed, for K-Mall\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/auggiecup\/baby-shark\/babyshark_20\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_20.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Ngawang Nima, Hodo Abdi, and Rahma Mohamed stand side by side indoors, smiling at the camera, each wearing a black \u201cBUNI\u201d T-shirt; two wear headscarves and one has long dark hair.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-27668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_20.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_20-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_20-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-27668'>\n\t\t\t\tThird-Place Team Buni (from left to right) Ngawang Nima, Hodo Abdi, and Rahma Mohamed.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_27665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27665\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_19A.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27665 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_19A.jpg\" alt=\"A large, diverse group of students and faculty pose for a group photo in a modern, sunlit atrium. They are standing and seated in several rows, many wearing name tags, smiling at the camera.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_19A.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_19A-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_19A-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2026\/05\/BabyShark_19A-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eleven teams totaling 35 undergraduate and MBA students comprised this year&#8217;s Baby Shark finalists!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted annually by the School of Business, the Baby Shark Competition invites students from all disciplines to explore their entrepreneurial potential. Open to individuals or small teams, participants develop a structured proposal outlining their concept, including branding, strategy, and financial planning. 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