Invest some 'Warhawk Cash' at Business Plan Contest finale
Released: April 01, 2008
Come invest some "Warhawk Cash" in University of Wisconsin-Whitewater entrepreneurial students' business plans. Alumni are invited to attend the second annual Warhawk Business Plan Contest and support up-and-coming businesses.
The student Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) is sponsoring the Warhawk Business Plan Contest. On the evening of May 1 in the Hamilton Center of the new University Center, the five final teams will compete for the top prize of $5,000.
The agenda for the evening:
- 6:30-7 p.m. - Business Plan Team and Judge introductions
- 7-8:30 p.m. - Business Plan Presentations
- 8:30-9 p.m. - Invest Warhawk Cash
- 9 p.m. - Warhawk Cash Winner and first through third place prizes announced
The top five teams competing for first through third place and up to $8,000 worth of prizes are:
- One Organizer by Matt Millican (online service)
- The Rendlex Tool by Jordan Leahy (commercial window cleaning tool)
- Dominic’s Dismantling and Construction (DDC) by Dominic Caminata (dismantling/construction business)
- Sanitoy by Neil Henderson, Logan Wikel, Sara Shepard and Seth Rickerman (children’s toy sanitizing product)
- Whey Maker by Luke Mullins, Jesse Kruit and Adam Freis (food supplement manufacturer)
The cost to attend the event is $10, which includes appetizers, a cash bar and $2,500 in Warhawk Cash. An exciting twist to this year's competition is the investment of Warhawk Cash by contest attendees. The first business to reach $1 million in revenue will have a name drawn out of that company's investors. When you "invest" in a business, you will be entered to win $500.
The finalists will present their plans to a panel of judges, including Don Hughes, founder and chief operating officer of Fair Indigo; Dave Rasmussen, president of Extract Systems; Peter Scherrer, president of Scherrer Construction; Jon Kachel, president of Commercial Bank and Bill Hubbard, co-founder of CaP Biomaterials, LLC and Cytophil, Inc.
Alumni are encouraged to attend to support fellow UW-Whitewater students. To RSVP, e-mail contest@uwwceo.org and include the number of people attending and their names. Or visit www.uwwceo.org where attendees can pay the $10 registration fee through PayPal. For more information, contact Vanessa Lund at lundve25@uww.edu or Erin Leaf at leafe@uww.edu.
- Ashley Jones,jonesac08@uww.edu
