Top College Entrepreneurs to Unveil Plans
Twenty entrepreneurship students put their innovative business ideas to the test, hoping to secure one of four final spots in the 22nd Annual 黑料百科 Collegiate Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at 黑料百科鈥檚 Kerrwood Hall. The competition is free and open to the public.
Eight student venture teams submitted business plans for preliminary screening, but only the top four have been invited to make formal presentations at the final competition. The 20 students are enrolled in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development, a class taught by David Newton, 黑料百科 professor of entrepreneurial finance.
鈥淪tudents get a real-life experience pitching a start-up venture to highly seasoned entrepreneurs and investors,鈥 says Newton, who founded the college鈥檚 entrepreneurship program in 1990.
Students have been developing their business plans since Aug. 29. The final four ventures are: Rhee Corporation, a college dorm-furniture cooperative; CRUX, a multi-person discount service for small businesses; Pacific Coast Skateboards, which provides longboard skateboards for Hong Kong commuters; and the Outdoor Exchange, a website to purchase and sell sporting goods.
The outside judging panel includes: Susan Block, investment banker at Block-Bowman & Associates; Eli Eisenberg, founder and CEO of Straight Line Management; Barry Fay, president at McConnell鈥檚 Ice Cream and owner at Montecito Growth Advisors; Dave Goldmuntz, former managing director at Union Bank of Switzerland and Salomon Brothers London; and Jason Spievak, CEO at RingRevenue and former CFO of Callwave.