2012 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge Winners
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Congratulations to the
2012 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge FIU Track Winners
First Place:
Geopon, LLC
www.geopon.com
FIU Student Team - Rachel Fiegler and Ido Meros
This single source solution provider combines geo-targeted coupons and savings,
consumer reward services and mobile payment processing in an easy-to-use mobile application.
Miami Herald:App Targets Exploding Mobile Coupon Market.pdf
Second Place:
Legal File It (ESENEM, LLC)
www.esenem.com
FIU Alumni Team - Milana V. Kuznetsova and Sean M. McNamara
A proprietary, Internet-based software platform cuts costs and increases revenue for law offices by enabling efficient financial,
administrative and operational business processes.
Miami Herald: Case closed Mobility rules in the legal industry
Third Place:
BidThatProject
FIU Alumni Team - Alan S. Macken, Andrew Verzura and Seth Saperstein
A website application designed to help consumer members locate,
evaluate and hire the most qualified contractors for their home improvement and/or construction related projects.
Miami Herald: Building a better solution for antiquated industry
First Runner Up and FIU People’s Pick Winner:
Viewbox Holdings
FIU Alumni Team
Dr. Seth J. Crapp
Viewbox offers proprietary technology that allows users, such as radiologists and other medical professionals,
easy mobile access to view, share and present medical images.
Second Runner Up:
Nutritionese
FIU Student Team
Vanessa Y. Vazquez, Nilsa Roberts and Ana Castro
Dedicated to the convenient packaging and dispensing of portion-controlled diet kits related to healthcare issues.
Third Runner Up:
Algebra Express
FIU Student
Natalie Paul
Provides online and mobile learning instruction in algebra and geometry, customized for the individual learner.
Semifinalists:
Hotel Self Check-In
FIU Student Team
Mohammad Al Assafi, Fabian Olivo, Alex Chong and Pradeep Shinde
Company aims to advance the check-in experience for business class hotels.
Personalized Discharge Tablet
FIU Student
William H. Barry
A HIPAA-compliant tablet computer-based checklist monitors the discharged patient's actions,
notifying healthcare providers and family members as needed.
Miami Herald: FIU Track Finalists and Semifinalists
A special thanks to our FIU Track Judges
John C. Fleming
Technology Practice Lead
Biztegra Partners
Robert H. Hacker
Partner, GH Capital Partners
Adjunct Professor, Florida International University and
MIT Sloan School of Management CFO,
One Laptop per Child Association
Ana Cela Harris
Founder and CEO
Cela Advisors, LLC
Erika Twani
Founder
Learning One to One
Ricardo Weisz
Investor
Northvest
For more information regarding Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge, please visit:
www.miamiherald.com/Challenge
Resources
Miami Herald: Last Week to enter the Challenge
by Nancy Dahlberg
Miami Herald: With business plans, content is king
by Nancy Dahlberg
Miami Herald: Experts share helpful tips on creative the most effective business plans
by Nancy Dahlberg
2012 Business Plan Bootcamp Presentation
Led by Melissa Krinzman, Managing Director, Venture Architects, LLC and
Darius Nevin, Co-founder, G3 Capital Partners
