We would like to send a HUGE thank you to all of you who made the Harriet Stephenson Business Plan Competition Finals & Awards a success! And with that said, we are more than excited to announce the winners.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Sponsored by the Herbert B. Jones Foundation ($10,000)
Hatch
Bettina Paek (LEMBA)
2ND PLACE
Sponsored by John Meisenbach ($5,000)
Teak & Timber
Daniel McConnell (PMBA), Darby Stearns (PMBA)
3RD PLACE
Sponsored by Elaine & Elgin Baylor, and Friends of the IEC ($3,000)
Start Date
Jessica Bishop (LEMBA '18), Taysser Gherfal, Ali Anderson
4TH PLACE
Sponsored by Kathleen Miller and Friends of the IEC ($2,000)
Cash Butte Distillery
Julia Bringolf (PMBA), Arielle Newcomb (PMBA), Eric Lein (PMBA)
JOHN CASTLE AWARD
Sponsored by Jeff Widmyer and Friends of John Castle, in his memory ($2,200)
Lyfe Tech
William Luckett (UG, Business), Alexis Figueroa-Guttierez
SWILO SOCIAL INNOVATION AWARD
Sponsored by Gregory Romein ’14, in honor of the 2012 Swilo Team ($1,000)
Garden Grounds
Audrey Nevue (UG, Finance & Marketing), Kyla Cantillo (UG, Marketing), Matt Heffel (UG, Finance & Marketing), Alejandro Ramirez (UG, Business), Jake Zeigler (UG, Business, Caleb Dickinson-Cove (UG, Business), John Gavin (UG, Accounting & Business Analytics), Andrew Freemuth (UG, Graphic Design)
PITCH JUDGES AWARD
Sponsored by Kurt Wedgwood & IBM ($500)
Erudition Construction
Denise Burnside (LEMBA), Brian Burnside
TRADESHOW JUDGES AWARD
Sponsored by Friends of the IEC ($250)
2nd Degree Snacks
Teresa Slosson (LEMBA), Kristy Foster, Ally Nisbet, Randy Henson
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Sponsored by Friends of the IEC ($250)
Neural Synergy
Duron Jones (BA, Business '14), Nina Cook (Neuroscience '17)
Caleb Carr, BPC18 Grand Prize Winner and Founder & CEO of Vita Inclinata, sent us a video expressing how the BPC has helped him and his team succeed. See it here!