Three teams win funding to further their start up businesses
April 17, 2007
The Jack Hatcher Entrepreneurship Program has been designed for engineering students who plan to pursue a career combining technical and business skills. This could include a business startup or working for an entrepreneur in the early years of the business.
Gerald Nelson, director of the program, helped arrange a Business Plan Competition this spring. All engineering students who were completing a project and business plan in either Senior Design or for an Entrepreneurship Certificate project were eligible to compete. Business plan presentations were made in 20-minute intervals on April 13, 2007.
Thanks to a generous donation from the program founder Jack Hatcher, the teams that placed were awarded a cash prize to further help their start up businesses.
Listed below are the winners from the competition:
Light Corps, LLC – first Place and $1000 prize to be divided:
1. Michael Breazeale
2. Zack Faver
3. Hunter Jones
4. Devin Sham
Automated Stencil Robotics Services- Tied for Second and $400 prize divided among:
1. Himalaya Patel
2. Brett Stiefel
3. Jeff Fairley
4. Evan Dozier
iD360- tied for second place and $400 prize divided between
1. David Close
2. Jay Montgomery