2011 Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition
- Social Enterprise:
1st place ($3,000)* ~Thenga Energy (Kyle Baer, Rachel Paul & Chris Marasco)
2nd place ($2,000) ~ Funds of Faith (Joseph Dorris)
3rd place ($1,000) ~ CARE (Marc Mentzer)
- Commercial Enterprise:
1st place ($3,000)* ~ ModPod Homes (Michael King, Jayna Grassel & Ryan Misenheimer)
2nd place ($2,000) ~ (Sharon Seiter)
3rd place ($1,000) ~ (Tora Kata (Jonathan Cutler & Phillip Kinney)
*1st Place winners also receive in-kind legal, consulting, accounting and web-based services valued at $6,750.
Past Winners:
2010: 8th Annual Business Plan Competition
Nonprofit category:
- 1st place ($4,500) ~ Women Absolutely Prepared (Philip Tan & Alexander Cochran)
- 2nd place ($3,000) ~ International Education Connection (Mark Pearson)
- 3rd place ~ (will split $2,000 total prize) tie:Camp GROW (Jayna Grassel, Laura Blank, CJ Beatty and Julie Shenk)Island Leather Works (Kevin Hoffman and Brittany Hayward)
For-profit category:
- 1st and 2nd place (will split $7,500 total prize) tie ~ LimeCuda (Blake Imeson and David Kuhta)epicycle Tours (Joel Shindeldecker and Matthew McNicoll)
- 3rd place ($2,000) ~ Flat Waves (Matthew Kennedy and William Burgess)