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Competition Winners

The winning essays from the Hinksey Labs Business Essay Competition: original strategy analysis by high school students, in full with the judges' notes.

Competition Winners

The Product Reddit Cannot Make

First place in the 2026 Hinksey Labs Business Essay Competition. Vedant Rastogi argues that Reddit's AI data licensing depends on a community system it does not own, and proposes a bounded, testable way to reinvest in it.

Vedant Rastogi

21 October 2026

10 min read

Competition Winners

Haaland Hates Cruises

Second place in the 2026 Hinksey Labs Business Essay Competition. Jefferson Yi argues that the Strait of Hormuz fuel shock hit Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings hardest, and that the market is mispricing a recoverable cost shock as permanent damage.

Jefferson Yi

21 October 2026

9 min read

Competition Winners

Centrus Energy: Winner and Casualty of America’s Russian Uranium Ban

Third place in the 2026 Hinksey Labs Business Essay Competition. Heeraj Patel argues that the US ban on Russian enriched uranium hands Centrus Energy a market while cutting off its own supply before new capacity arrives.

Heeraj Patel

21 October 2026

8 min read