FAU Business Plan Competition
2013 FAU Business Plan Competition Winners
Presenting sponsor:
| Place | Total Prize | Student Track |
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| 1st | $55,216 |
Stadson Technologies A software solutions company, Stadson Technologies produced HelpN - an emergency application that bridges the gap between the user and the emergency service they need. HelpN is a patent-pending technology that can instatny access specific functionalities on your Smart Phone and reduces the time to alert authorities. |
| 2nd | $12,932 |
Reverb Music Supply Reverb Music Supply is an online retailer of pre-owned high quality musical instruments and related accessories that has formed to meet the needs of a growing worlwide community of musicians. Reverb's goal is to facilitate an international dealer-type seconadary market exchange for pre-owned, vintage, and collectible music equipment through small, tightly networked inlet locations centralized around a collective online outlet. |
| 3rd | $5,932 |
Shop-on-the-Go.com Shop-on-the-Go.com is a unique site that adapts to and satisfies the needs of a busy 'On the Move' online shopper. The site takes the concept of online shopping to a new level by empowering the shopper to not only make repeated product purchases automatically but also allows them to set a 'Limit Order' on a product and let the website do all the work of searching and purchasing it for them. |
| Place | Total Prize | Entrepreneur Track |
| 1st | $55,216 |
AspirEDU Aspire Analytics is a software company targeted to for-profit on-line high schools and colleges. The software tool provides a dashboard to allow administrators to identify students most at risk for dropping out of online classes with the goal to improve retention rates. |
| 2nd | $12,932 |
Arctico Holdings Arctico Holdings is a company pioneering the untapped market of purified ice in single-serving, tamper-proof packaging. The company's products not only cool drinks more efficiently than traditional cubes but also provide clean, filtered ice in places where customers may not trust local sources. |
| 3rd | $5,932 |
Frozen Guru Frozen Guru is a frozen food manufacturer focused on providing a healthy alternative. Frozen Guru is focused on producing the most innovative and healthiest frozen breakfast products, completely free of flour, gluten, eggs, lactose, yeast, preservatives, oil, and raising agents. |
| Total Prize | High School Track Finalists | |
| Scholarship & a trip to compete for a $30,000 national prize |
Musical Cares Musical Cares is a non-profit organization that collects, donates, and provides musical instruments to schools and programs in need of assistance. |
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| Total Prize | Elevator Pitch People’s Choice Award - Office Depot | |
| $5,000 |
LYVLY A social media application revolutionizing video usage, the LYVLY app provides many features. Users have the ability to share live streaming video to a network of friends. Friends can begin watching the video live once they have received the push notification. Users can also comment on the video as it is being recorded live and much more. |
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| Total Prize | Tech Award - Business Growth Advisors | |
| $5,000 |
LYVLY A social media application revolutionizing video usage, the LYVLY app provides many features. Users have the ability to share live streaming video to a network of friends. Friends can begin watching the video live once they have received the push notification. Users can also comment on the video as it is being recorded live and much more. |
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Thank you for your interest in the 2013 Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Business Plan Competition! The competition is being offered in spring 2013! All students, faculty, and members of the community may be eligible to participate.
Teams participating in the competition have the opportunity to meet and network with experienced venture capital principals, early stage angel investors, successful entrepreneurs, and senior business leaders who will serve as judges for the competition. The competition provides an unparalleled experience for the participants providing time to interact with the judging panel to receive their valuable feedback.
Overview
Team(s) may only submit in one category, the following two tracks are judged separately:
FAU Student Track – venture teams comprised solely of FAU students. Students MUST be registered and taking class in the spring semester and considered in “good standing.”
Entrepreneur Track – venture teams comprised of FAU alumni, FAU faculty, FAU student (registered and not currently registered), students from other colleges/universities and members of the business community or any combination thereof. Proof of Florida residency is required for participation.
Young Entrepreneur Academy (YEA!) Track - students enrolled in the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce (GBRCC) Young Entrepreneur Academy (YEA!). Click here for more information or to enroll in this program.
Teams will compete for cash prize money, legal and business services, office space at FAU’s Research Park Authority, the possibility to advance to the state and national competitions (if available) and present their business plan to local angel and VC groups and more.
Eligibility
Eligibility to participate in the FAU Business Plan Competition is initially determined by meeting the deadlines and submission requirements. FAU Student and Entrepreneur Track participants should review all eligibility criteria as detailed within the Team Eligibility Requirements PDF.
FAU faculty and staff will select judges based on their business experience and investing expertise particularly in connection with entrepreneurship, and their interest in supporting early stage entrepreneurs. Past judges include representatives from Fortune 100 companies, prominent local law firms, finance consultants and venture capital investors. Business plan submissions are made and screened in a preliminary round by faculty & subject matter experts. A total of 16 finalist teams (eight in each track) will advance to the final round to compete in the FAU Business Plan Competition. For more information on the judging process please download the Judging Criteria and Evaluation Process.