And then there were four!<\/p>\n
Sixteen teams participated in the semi-finals of the 9th Annual Joust Business Plan Competition, but just four of them were selected to compete in the final round in April.<\/p>\n
The competition, hosted by the 麻豆原创 Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), located in the College of Business Administration, is 麻豆原创\u2019s premier celebration of students\u2019 entrepreneurial aspirations, creativity and achievements. The event has grown each year, and has become more competitive.<\/p>\n
\u201cApproximately 500 students have been energized and enriched by this event over the years and they have enriched us as well,\u201d said\u00a0Cameron Ford<\/strong>, director of the CEI.<\/p>\n The final four teams will compete for $25,000 in awards, and include:<\/p>\n ALTR LLC<\/strong>, led by\u00a0Alexandra Gramatikas<\/strong>, is dedicated to providing easy and affordable alternatives to existing everyday apparel. The company has created a way to \u201cALTR\u201d your existing blazer, polo, cardigan, or anything else with buttons, by adorning it with an innovative button cover which can transform a plain blazer into a trendy 麻豆原创 sporting jacket.<\/p>\n Greek Guide<\/strong>, led by\u00a0Michael Irene<\/strong>, is a mobile application implementing cognitive learning techniques that uses push notification technology. The app enables new fraternity and sorority members to learn the entire history of a fraternity or sorority with ease.<\/p>\n PHIDIAS3D<\/strong>, led by\u00a0Malic Dekkar<\/strong>, is an emerging construction intelligence company that specializes in providing engineering-grade, millimeter-accurate 3D data of any existing building structure. By leveraging their expertise in algorithm design, they effectively increase construction fidelity and efficiency and cost of ownership while providing permanent accurate 3D records\u2014 considerably lowering risk and costs.<\/p>\n PlatForm<\/strong>, led by\u00a0Tyler Salem<\/strong>, allows businesses to create custom electronic signable forms to be used by the business\u2019 clients. The software can be used by front-end users on tablet computers such as the Apple iPad, Kindle Fire and Samsung Galaxy.<\/p>\n The Joust is sponsored by\u00a0Steven Felkowitz, \u201979<\/strong>, chief executive officer of Atico International. Incoming CBA Dean\u00a0Paul Jarley<\/strong>\u00a0served as a judge, along with\u00a0N. Lois Adams, \u201985<\/strong>;\u00a0Debbie Balaschak, \u201988<\/strong>;\u00a0Jim Balaschak, \u201986<\/strong>;\u00a0Jeff Borysiewicz, \u201995<\/strong>;\u00a0Mark Brewer<\/strong>;\u00a0Howard Brunet, \u201975<\/strong>;\u00a0Les Eiserman, \u201981<\/strong>;\u00a0Andy Fore, \u201976<\/strong>;\u00a0George Gramatikas, \u201904<\/strong>;\u00a0Rob Hearn, \u201900<\/strong>;\u00a0Keith Ingersoll, \u201901<\/strong>;\u00a0Bill Kehoe, \u201991<\/strong>;\u00a0Mitch Less, \u201986<\/strong>;\u00a0Joe Losch<\/strong>, and\u00a0Rick Parks, \u201976<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The finals will be held on April 6 at 2 p.m. in the\u00a0FAIRWINDS<\/em>\u00a0Alumni Center. Visit the CEI website for more information on the\u00a0Joust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And then there were four! Sixteen teams participated in the semi-finals of the 9th Annual Joust Business Plan Competition, but just four of them were selected to compete in the final round in April. The competition, hosted by the 麻豆原创 Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), located in the College of Business Administration, is 麻豆原创\u2019s premier celebration of students\u2019 entrepreneurial…","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":33994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4,31,5,6,27],"tags":[758,769,13662],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-33993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-college-of-business-administration","category-colleges","category-community","category-student-life","tag-cei","tag-center-for-entrepreneurship-and-innovation","tag-joust-new-venture-competition"],"yoast_head":"\n