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  • Tomorrow’s Burton D Morgan Business Plan Competition

    Posted on February 22nd, 2010 admin 35 comments

    Tomorrow, Tuesday 2/23/10, my two ENTR200 classes are to convene at normal class meeting times in MRGN 121, site of this year’s Business Plan Competition. The teams are listed below. And below the team listing is the schedule. Please try to time your arrivals and departures so as not to interfere with the presentations.  For info, I recently provided presentation critique support to CFB Engineering [They are also in the final 8 of the business plan competition @ Ball State], and Katelyn Kulczyk of High Gen. Katelyn is scheduled to be under my employment as TA for the MGMT690 course in Sustainable Strategies I’m teaching this Summer for Krannert. Hank

    The undergraduate student teams are:

    * High Gen is working to provide design and implementation services for highway projects, using a wind-generated power system for lighting roadways and other utilities. Team members are Christopher Edward and Katelyn Kulczyk.

    * eX-Developed is developing a product for the viewing and analysis of the eXtensible business reporting language. Team members are Parker Woods and Joshua Hall.

    * TerraSolutions specializes in products made from soybeans and corn, including a cork-like material with a wide variety of uses and biodegradable diapers made of soybeans. Team members are Jacob and Matthew Smoker.

    * CFB Engineering is developing an unmanned aerial vehicle for use in reconnaissance and aerial photography.  Team members are Matt Cherry, Nathan Forton and Anthony Braun.

    * ROPES, or Rapid Orthopedic Pelvic Emergency Splint, is developing a product to help emergency responders stabilize a pelvic fracture faster and more effectively than other current methods. Team members are Jeffrey Fisher and John Poltrack.

    The graduate student teams are:

    * Pinta is focused on developing search and recommending software products that can make academic and research information more accessible and useful. Team members are Yi Fang, Anthony Sharpe, Nadim Ahmed, Luo Si Aditya Mathur and Suli Xi.

    * Smart Hydraulic Solutions is in the process of licensing patents for swash plate pump components from Purdue that have proven to increase pump efficiencies by up to 12 percent. Team members are Eric Lynch, Dheeraj Pandey, Anuj Bathla and Roman Ivantysyn.

    * BioRegeneration Technologies is working to commercialize a naturally derived biomaterial scaffold developed by Purdue researchers for tissue regeneration following an injury. Team members are Leonard Kim, Darryl Dickerson, Theresa Gordon and Eric Nauman.

    * Pathocare is developing a service that is designed to reduce the human and economic cost of infections in health-care settings. Team members are Colin Sandbach and Michael Triana.

    * Glytrix has developed a platform technology for tissue healing and regeneration that also reduces scarring. Team members are Joshua Cox, John Paderi, Alyssa Panitch and Kate Stuart.

    Schedule:

    Tuesday, February 23, 2010
    Team Check-in 8:00 pm – 3:00 pm MRGN 102
    Team Presentations 8:30 am – 4:00 pm MRGN 121
    Black Division Competition
    High Gen 8:30a – 9:00a
    eXdeveloped 9:05a – 9:35a
    Terra Solutions 9:40a – 10:10a
    Break 10:10a – 10:25a
    Ropes 10:30a – 11:00a
    CFB Engineering 11:05a – 11:35a
    Judges Deliberation and Lunch 11:35a – 12:55p MRGN 206
    Gold Division Competition
    Glytrix 1:00p – 1:30p
    Pinta 1:35p – 2:05p
    Pathogens 2:10p – 2:40p
    Break 2:40p – 2:55p
    Bioregeneration 3:00p – 3:30p
    Smart Hydraulics 3:35p – 4:05p
    Judges Deliberation 4:05p – 4:55p MRGN 206
    Feedback 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm MRGN 112, 129
    Awards Dinner 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm MRGN 102
    Dinner

    Introduction by Rick Cosier

    Recognition of Judges & Sponsors

    Speaker – Mike Fitzgerald

    Award Presentations – Rick Cosier

     

    35 responses to “Tomorrow’s Burton D Morgan Business Plan Competition”

    1. I like Glytrex. I think that seems to be the coolest application than all the rest. who doesnt want a scar to not scar?

    2. There are some very creative and viable ideas in this competition. It will be interesting to see how each group presents, and ultimately, who will win.

    3. Can’t wait to see ropes and CFB’s aerial drone, will be interesting to see how they present these.

    4. It seems like there are several credible ideas that have the potential to win the competition. As an ENTR200 student I am anxious to see how each team presents their product or service tomorrow. I find it really interesting to read about the ideas for new services that students are coming up with here at my own school. Purdue obviously has some highly intelligent students.

    5. I’m interested to hear more about these business ideas. These are some very creative solutions to many problems. I was noticing a pattern that many of these ideas have to do with improving healthcare or medical situations. Can’t wait to learn more!

    6. This should be very interesting to watch. Personally I am not a the best presenter so I hope to learn a lot from these presentations.

    7. Alexandra Graves

      I’m excited to see what all these teams are offering. I read the descriptions and my favorite one is the pelvic splint. I have always had an interest in health care and I think this would help EMT’s stabilize someone much more effectively. I hope the pelvic splint goes far!!

    8. Anthony Sikorski

      Each team seems to be so unique in what it is showing. These are all really good ideas and its hard to guess which one will win by reading the descriptions. It seems the team with the best presentation will win, because right now there all great ideas and in the running

    9. This should be very interesting to see, I hope to learn a lot by watching these presentations tomorrow in class.

    10. It really looks like there are some viable opportunities that are being looked into in this competition. I think it would be neat to go and see how they present. I am anxious to hear about the company Glytrix. I think that it could really make something of itself depending on how it markets itself.

    11. This ought to be an interesting lecture as well as an interesting competition

    12. All the presentations look promising, hope to see some real Purdue excellence tomorrow!

    13. Anybody know what happened to the team that won last year???

    14. high gen is pretty sweet. Sounds like a simple innovation that could make a difference. I’m interested in hearing that company present tomorrow.

    15. Amanda Edmondson

      I think the two teams that are working on tissue regeneration are the most interesting. Nobody likes scars, especially if they are in noticeable places. However, all the teams seem to have useful and credible ideas. Tomorrow should be very interesting! Hopefully watching these presentations will help us once we start developing our concept statement presentation.

    16. Zachary Mirsberger

      There seem to be some very viable ideas in this competition. Hopefully they will make it to the market to bring some Purdue pride.

    17. It seems like every year Purdue students are presenting an idea for some new product derived from soy beans… I wonder if anyone will be using Prezi.

    18. Frank Hettlinger

      I am very interested to watch CFB tomorrow. Developing an unmanned drone is a very complicated task that many companies are currently working on. The Global Hawk and Predator are two drones currently in use by the military, and those are still being improved every day. I am curious to see how far they are and where they plan to go with it.

    19. So we aren’t meeting the the the regular room tomorrow? I am excited to see CFB’s examples and how they are going to present their topic. There is so much much potential for this presentation

    20. Justin de la Chi(cago)

      I have seen a few business proposals in audience before, but this will be a good entrance into the idea of what information may or may not be needed to present an idea of my own.

      It is unfortunate the I do not have the time to watch more of them.

      I find it quite interesting with the new advent of the Health Care reform, how many of these are health care related. I doubt that was part of the innovating factor, but regardless, the time is extremely opportunistic….dare I say Entrepreneurial?

      J

    21. More than the actually subjects of the business proposals I am interested to see how these presentations are conducted. The proposals are impressive, however, it’d be far more interesting for the audience if they were on consumer products.

    22. I am looking forward to hearing about how the UAV from CFB engineering is 10x better than the current models.

    23. High Gen seems like they’re on the right track. I’m looking forward to hearing all these presentations and hopefully will learn a few things about presenting.

    24. I am excited to be able to be there to hear High Gen talk about their idea. I think they have a good idea and I also think it will be very interesting to hear what they have to say.

    25. Tomorrows presentations I’m sure will all be really interesting. I am looking forward to hear High Gen’s idea also.

    26. I am excited to see and hear what each of these groups is presenting. Some of their ideas could potentially have a big impact in the world.

    27. I can’t wait until class tomorrow. I might even go early so I can catch Terra Solutions and Break. This should be interesting and hopefully I will learn a few things.

    28. Excited to see what the students came up with and how they plan to present. Should make for an interesting time.

    29. Aditya Chaudhari

      Agreeing with many people, the competition should be a good one considering there are many bright students in Purdue’s school of management.

    30. Ropes and CFB Engineering looks cool. I’ve never been to a Business Plan Competition. Looking forward to it!

    31. These business ideas look really intresting and very complex. It will be fun to listen to their presentations on their ideas.

    32. It is very exciting to see bright Purdue students challenging themselves and current industries. It says a lot about our students here. Congrats to each team for representing Purdue well.

    33. Courtney M.Cronk

      i was actually unable attend due to outside circumstances, but these teams seem very knowledgeable based on the topics they chose.

    34. I really liked the presentation for Terrasolutions. Along with watching the presentations, I was very confused with ex-Developed’s product.

    35. Some very interesting products from both the undergrad and grad students

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