Summary of the 2006 University of Cincinnati
Spirit of Enterprise Business Plan Competition
The second annual competition was held on
Thursday, February 23rd and Friday, February 24th, 2006 at the Cincom Systems, Inc.
Headquarters. Teams in attendance included Carnegie Mellon University,
Case Western Reserve University, Duke University, The Ohio State University,
University of Arizona, University of Cincinnati, University of Georgia,
University of Illinois - Chicago, University of Louisville, University of
Manitoba, University of Oregon, and Wake Forest University.
The quality presentations were judged by a
panoply of area entrepreneurs, business leaders and venture capitalists and
the event was made possible by the following gracious sponsors:
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Best Technology Plan |
Taxi/Limo Competition |
Platinum Level |
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Fort
Washington Capital Partners |
Blue Chip Venture
Capital |
CINCOM |
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Event Sponsors |
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Queen City Angels
Fort Washington Capital Partners Group
The Ohio Capital Fund
Blue Chip Venture Capital Co.
The Walnut Group
Draper Triangle Ventures
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Media Sponsor |
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Cincy Business |
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Championship
Round Awards |
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Cincom Systems
Spirit of Enterprise Champion Award $10,000
(Sponsored by
Cincom Systems, Inc.)
Thomas M. Nies
Founder, President
& CEO, Cincom Systems, Inc.
The Winner:
University of Illinois - Chicago
Faculty Advisor:
Rod Shrader
Team Members: James Hogan, Caralynn V. Nowinski,
Chirag V. Patel
Business Plan:
Sano Gene Therapeutics
Concept Focus:
Cancer Care
The Champion also
received an automatic bid to the MOOT Corp Business Plan Competition and was
treated to a limo ride at the end of the competition to celebrate their success.
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1st Runner-Up Award $3,500
The Winner:
Carnegie Mellon University
Faculty Advisor:
Thomas Hajduk
Team Members:
Ernest Braxton, Adam Lichtl
Business Plan:
NeuroLife
Concept Focus: Noninvasive Neurosurgical
Technology
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2nd Runner-Up
Queen City Angels First Fund Award $2,000
(Sponsored by the
Queen City Angels First Fund)
Tony Shipley
Chairman, Queen
City Angels
The Winner:
University of Cincinnati
Faculty Advisor:
Charles H. Matthews
Team Members:
Ahmed Shuja, Srinivas Parimi, Dennis Delvin,
Ibraham El Rahi, Michael Finn
Business Plan:
Progressive Cooling Solutions, LLC
Concept Focus:
Heat Emission Cooling Technology
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3rd Runner-Up Excellence Award $500
The Winner:
University of Georgia
Faculty Advisor:
Charles Hofer
Team Members:
Nick Campbell, Travis Walker, Coooper Butler
Business Plan:
FSDashboard
Concept Focus:
Fantasy Sports Management
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Specialty
Round Awards |
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Presentation of
Best Technology Award $1,000
(Sponsored by Fort
Washington Capital Partners Group)
Christopher Baucom,
CFA
Fort Washington
Capital Partners Group
The Winner:
Carnegie Mellon University
Faculty Advisor:
Thomas Hajduk
Team Members: Ernest Braxton, Adam Lichtl
Business Plan:
NeuroLife
Concept Focus:
Noninvasive Neurosurgical Technology
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Presentation of
Taxi/Limo Round Award $1,000
(Sponsored by Blue
Chip Venture Company)
Tony Shipley
Chairman, Queen
City Angels
The Winner:
Wake Forest Univeristy
Faculty Advisor:
Charles Iacovou
Team Members: Mark Hendrickson, Josh Schwartz
Business Plan:
AudioFusion, Inc.
Concept Focus:
Medical Technology
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Competition
Judges |
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Many thanks to the following people who served as
judges in the 2006 UC Spirit of Enterprise MBA Business Plan Competition:
Preliminary Round Judges: Rob Heimann, River
Cities Capital Funds; Jennifer Wolfe, The Practice, LPA; Jim Cunningham, The
Circuit and C-Cap; Paul Cashen, DaytaOhio; Mark Richey, Draper Triangle
Ventures; Myrita Craig, Small Business, Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce;
Pat Longo, Hamilton County business Center; Rea Waldon, PNC Bank; and Dave
Willbrand, Thompson Hine LLP
Championship Round Judges: John Habbert,
Queen City Angels; John A. Kraeutler, Meridian Bioscience; Maribeth Rahe, Fort
Washington Capital Partners Group; and Doug Roberts, Thompson Hine LLP
Taxi/Limo Round Judge: Ashley Kohnen, Blue
Chip Venture Company
Best Technology Award Judges: Julia
Ossipov-Grodsky and Steve Baker, Fort Washington Capital Partners
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