2010 Business Plan Competition Finalists
HealthEworks
Christina Johns, David Mathison, Moh Saidinjead
HealthEworks' mission is to optimize and customize emergency health information. The core product will be a catalog of video information prescriptions (VIPs) customized for each patient according to the patient's ED discharge diagnosis. This educational effort will transition doctor-driven emergency health education from the ED to the home. Each VIP will be less than five minutes in length and will be hosted by a board-certified emergency physician. On-screen bullets and visual demonstrations will be used to accentuate points.
ScentShots
James Albis, Raymond Marcovici
The mission of ScentShots is to provide unique "scent solutions" for two important vertical markets: weight loss & energy. The energy market encompasses both mental alertness and enhanced athletic performance. After launching the first two product lines (ThinShot & EnergyShot), the company will expand into other markets such as relaxation, sleep, and study aids.
Karmen
Ari Menase
Karmen Certified Angus is dedicated to breeding high quality Angus cattle with superior taste for the meat loving consumers in Turkey. Karmen ensures that each cow earning the 'Certified Angus Beef (CAB)'brand will offer each consumer the same quality eating experience. Research from USDA has proven that demand for CAB has more than doubled worldwide in 2009 in spite of the economic crisis and that CAB production has had an average 5olo increase per year from 2005 to 2009.
AEC Inc.
Richard Bradford, Kate Comiskey
AEC, Inc., a woman-owned small business, will deliver highly specialized, scenario-based training in personal security- situational awareness, observation skills, route analysis, and surveillance detection - surveillance, and defensive driving to military, intelligence and law enforcement agencies at the federal, state and local levels.
Fetcht
Jason Boorn, Shyam Madhavan
Fetcht is software that finds more of what you like online. This could be online content (articles, blog posts) or online products. Fetcht technology is more accurate than competing technologies because it uses trust in a way that makes sense.
Foggy Bottom Orchard
Matthew Schindel, Monika Wysocki
Foggy Bottom Orchard is a student-operated fruit stand that will provide the George Washington University (GW) community with its first fresh, healthy snack option. Our core values are promoting good nutrition and strong community relationships.
MJM Ocean Ventures
Todd Ahern, Michael McLay, Amber Nelson
MJM Ocean Industries (M]MOI) is developing technology that will reduce the cost of building and deploying plantships powered by ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC). Our products are key components used to build these ships. Each ship houses a chemical processing plant and a 500-megawatt power plant. The ship is a barge-shaped concrete platform with an electric propulsion system capable of station keeping or moving at a trolling speed. The fleet of plantships will graze deep equatorial waters and convert ocean energy into energy-intensive chemicals.
MT3 LLP
Lamar Alayoubi, Meghan McCarthy
MeetThrough3.com, a product of MT3, LLP., is a hybrid system that combines the power of social networking with the personal aspect of having a village matchmaker - three village match matchmakers, to be specific. Not only are you putting your fate in the hands of people who have your best interest in mind, but you're also exposed to three realistic portraits of every single person you meet. Your three sponsors will be responsible for uploading your photos, emphasizing your real qualities, and ensuring your virtual profile measures up to the real you.