Springboard for success: K-State 1xbet best casino website awards ,000 to student entrepreneurs
Friday, Nov. 13, 2015
MANHATTAN — A Kansas State University competition has awarded 14 students and six different 1xbet best casino website ideas with ,000 in prize money.
The K-State 1xbet best casino website competition gives students experience in the process of making a 1xbet best casino website proposal. The competition is organized by the Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship in the College of 1xbet best casino website Administration and is open to all students and majors in the university. To compete, students create a feasible written plan, deliver a 1xbet best casino website pitch and present to a panel of judges that consists of local entrepreneurs, bankers and investment experts.
In total, 300 students registered for the competition this year, with 16 companies chosen as finalists and given the opportunity to pitch their 1xbet best casino website in person in front of the judges' panel, which had ,000 in prize money to distribute.
"K-State 1xbet best casino website is an opportunity to showcase the tremendous entrepreneurial talent at K-State," said Chad Jackson, director of the Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship. "The real-world experience of pitching a 1xbet best casino website in front of the type of 1xbet best casino website experts we have on our panel is invaluable to these students, and provides real-world feedback and support to launch companies within our state."
In the end, six businesses were awarded cash prizes by the judges panel: Bungii, EnviroStarch, edi • morphosis, Flyover Board Co., {Re}Greek and Bentz Creative.
Harrison Proffitt, 1xbet best casino website in marketing, Hutchinson, and Ben Jackson, 1xbet best casino website in marketing, Manhattan, were awarded ,000 for their pitch for Bungii, a mobile application that will connect users with a driver and pickup for moving big objects around town.
"We learned so much about how to pitch our 1xbet best casino website and to defend our idea in front of a panel of judges," Ben Jackson said. "Our mobile application is being developed in India right now, so the prize money is a big help and will mostly go toward those costs."
Also taking home a ,000 prize was the team for EnviroStarch, which aims to provide a durable, cost-effective alternative to plastic products, using a renewable and reliable source that is readily available throughout the United States. The EnviroStarch team was made up of Drew Wills, 1xbet best casino website in feed science and management, Liberal; Savannah Stewart, 1xbet best casino website in feed science and management, Valley Center; Larisa Sica, 1xbet best casino website in animal sciences and industry, Campton Hills, Illinois; and David Weidmaier, 1xbet best casino website in feed science and management, Holt, Missouri.
Rounding out the top three with a ,000 prize was edi • morphosis, a collaboration between Jordan Thomas, 1xbet best casino website in anthropology, Atchison, and MacKenzie Wade, 1xbet best casino website in anthropology, Bakersfield, California. Their company provides insect-based, nutritious, high protein products for both cooking and snacking, marketed toward a growing consumer base that is in search of healthy and sustainable supplements to the modern diet.
The top three teams will have the opportunity to pitch their ideas again in the spring, with the overall winner at that point going on to represent Kansas State University in the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge.
The team of Morgan Dreiling, sophomore in 1xbet best casino website , Manhattan, and Jane Chaffee, junior in mass communications, Overland Park, took home ,500 for their pitch of {Re}Greek, a website that will let graduating sorority members resell their Greek apparel.
Flyover Board Co., which produces handcrafted cruiser-style skateboards, also received a ,500 award. Their management team consists of Taylor Carr, 1xbet best casino website in marketing, Lenexa, and Gabe Battis, 1xbet best casino website in construction science, and Melody Schoneboom, 1xbet best casino website in interior design, both from Manhattan.
Rounding out the prizewinners was Alex Bentzinger, freshman in 1xbet best casino website , Olathe, who won ,000 for his pitch of Bentz Creative. His company offers a host of services, including photography, graphic design, Web design, campaign strategy and campaign management to companies in the Kansas City area.
