2014 Idea Competition Finalists Announced! Here are this year's top 10 student entrepreneurial ideas!
UMBC is #1 Up & Coming for so many reasons, but the innovators that are a part of the entrepreneurial community are just another reason. We had some great ideas submitted this year. Thanks to everyone who took the time to do so. We had a pretty great turn out and it was difficult to narrow down the submissions to the Top 10...but here it is:

(In order of submission date)

  1. eID - David Verghese
  2. SPOK  - SPOT AND PARK APP - Sai Kumar Popuri
  3. ELECTRONIC TRIAGE TAGS FOR MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS - Patrick Wheltle
  4. FLASHBOT- Edgar Nzokwe, Sory Kante, & Christopher Pagan
  5. THE POWER OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES - Noah Hutton
  6. SMART WINDOWS- Brennan Orlando
  7. Indi– Exploration and Exercise- Nitin Sampathi
  8. DegreeIQ- Eric Mundschenk
  9. CLUB SQUARE - Matthew Berry & Dan Armstrong
  10. TRUE GREENS - Andres Camacho, Tom Eliason, Samual Buettner, & Sarah Miller

CONGRATS to you all and Good Luck!!

The Next Step:
The 2014 Idea Competition will be held NOVEMBER 12, 2014 at 7:00pm in the Commons - Sports Lounge. Your attendance and support is an important part of helping us decide a winner. 

Here's how the night works:
We will have 3 judges who will listen to each teams 3 minute (strict!) pitch. Upon completion judges will ask a variety of questions. Once all the teams have completed this process voting will commence. Each judge's decision makes up 25% of the vote. The audience gets the remaining 25%. So, spread the word. The one thing we ask is that in order to vote, guests must have been at the entire event. It's only fair. 

Category/Prizes:
  • Best Idea/$750
  • Second Place Idea/$500
  • Third Place Idea/$250
  • Best Pitch/$250

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