The Harriet Stephenson Business Plan Competition Semi-Finals was such a successful event! We had an incredible turnout, and were thrilled to see so many come and support the teams through these challenging times. Each and every one of them spent tremendous time and energy on their business plans, which made it very difficult to determine these awards.
Thank you to all of you who participated in the event. We truly could not make this experience extraordinary without you. Based on the scores of our Pitch Competition Judges and Trade Show, we are proud to announce our Grand Prize Winner as well as the teams receiving Special Recognition Awards.
RSVP for the Finals May 29 to see which team will take home the $10k Grand Prize!
Finalist Teams
1st Place Sponsored by the Herbert B. Jones Foundation ($10,000), 2nd Place Sponsored by John Meisenbach ($5,000), 3rd Place In Memory of by Don Leuthold ($3,000), 4th Place Sponsored by Friends of the IEC ($2,000)
Delta Bee
David King Traub, LEMBA ‘20
Pail
Kristian Swank, MBA ’20, Siri Angeles, MBA ‘20
Permanink Produce
Arya Matthew, BS Computer Science ’22, Sophie Ye, Alyssa Mell, Siddhant Jain, Khoi Ha
Solar Dot
Jacob Zeigler, BA Management & Economics, ’21, Michael Bremer, Benjamin Carlson, JinLee Gunvalson, Alejandro Ramirez, Caleb Dickinson-Cove, Dillon Willend Atsiil, Hanson Liu
Better Makind Inc. (HappyGo) - John Castle Award
Derrick Peters, MBA '11
Sponsored by Jeff Widmyer and Friends of John Castle, in his memory ($2,000)
Up&Up - Swilo Social Innovation Award
Sharon Ideguchi, BA Business Analytics & Marketing '20
Sponsored by Gregory Romein ’14, in honor of the 2012 Swilo Team ($1,000)
One2Cook - Pitch Judges Award
Thomas Martig, LEMBA '20
Sponsored by Kurt Wedgwood ($500)
Modica - Tradeshow Judges Award
William Gibbs, BS Mechanical Engineering '08, Peter Biddle, Max Cerami, Ana Lester
Sponsored by Friends of the IEC ($250)
Votegrity - Audience Choice Award
Tom Thomas, LEMBA '20
Sponsored by Friends of the IEC ($250)
Semi-Finalists
AIRR Ashley Carson, LEMBA ‘20
Anna’s Assisted Living Samuel Mwangi, MS Finance ‘21
Bar Buddy Thomas Neiman, BA Finance ‘19
She Leads Liz Wagner, LEMBA ‘20
Beans after dark Max Pineda, BA Business Analytics ‘20
Carentific Nasteha Muse, MBA ‘21
Clarity Bethany Locke, BA Finance & Business Analytics ‘22
Cubizsoft Erin Chiang, LEMBA ‘20
Mini Waves Baby Spa Hilal Aktas, MS Finance ‘21
Navia Alejandro Ramirez, BA Management & BLAW ‘21