Picture: Clayton Tovo presenting for Staff Patriot Goalie.
Eleven groups competed within the semi-final spherical of the Baker Enterprise Bowl IX on Thursday, Nov. 3. Enterprise concepts ranged from hockey gear, bait casters, supply drones and extra. By the top of the day, solely 5 groups superior to the ultimate spherical.
This elevator pitch spherical consisted of five-minute summaries from every group, the place that they had the prospect to clarify their enterprise thought to a panel of enterprise consultants after which had a ten minute query and reply portion from the judges.
In its ninth yr, the Baker Enterprise Bowl is a program for budding entrepreneurs who’ve an thought for a brand new services or products together with a drive to show that concept right into a enterprise. This program is open to cadets, night undergraduate college students and graduate college students.
Now, 5 groups will transfer on to compete within the remaining spherical. They embody:
BreaKINGchains/Worthy Dwelling Co.
This firm is a customized life and accountability teaching service that focuses on diet help by delivered meal bins to advertise weight reduction. They intention to develop this enterprise into extra health and incentive targeted plans.
FarmHand
This group’s aim is to assist get rid of meals deserts by micro-green, aquaponics, vertical farm franchising techniques. This can be finished by partnering with owners to make use of their properties’ area to put in these aquaponic techniques.
Landsformer
This group desires to develop a photo voltaic–powered, self-driving garden mower. Made up of mechanical engineer majors, the group goals to develop a less expensive model that makes use of solar-powered batteries and a boundary system.
Patriot Goalie
This firm hopes to create handcrafted, high quality hockey tools, particularly for youth goalies. Youth hockey is a rising sport, and since youngsters develop shortly out of their gear, this firm goals to chop the price of changing goalie gear by creating sizeable pad leaf inserts.
Sideways Efficiency
The Sideways Efficiency group goals to enhance the efficiency and effectivity of any car by changing older motors with gasoline injected LS motors. This can save car homeowners cash by bettering gasoline mileage on older autos, in addition to boosting its reliability and energy.
The opposite groups who competed within the second spherical had been: The Infinity Ring by AROS Applied sciences, Jet Boat Nozzle, What I Received, EM Bait-caster, Whirlwind Bait Caster and Sigma Drone Corp.
The Tommy and Victoria Baker College of Enterprise wish to thank the judges:
- Jessica Taylor Goyack
- James Wigfall
- Peter Wild
- Bobby Hudson
- Patrick Conti
- Gene King
- Stephen Evans
- Joseph Berger
The ultimate spherical of Baker Enterprise Bowl XI can be knowledgeable marketing strategy presentation earlier than the judging committee. This can embody advertising, pricing and manufacturing methods, monetary projections and different particulars. The ultimate spherical can be held subsequent semester, the place the finalists will current their full marketing strategy to a panel of judges. The successful group will obtain $10,000 to kickstart their enterprise and the second-place group will obtain $5,000.
This occasion is made attainable by the beneficiant donations of The Citadel Class of 1989, Jeff Cobb and Dan D. Nale, PE, ’82. To study extra about this program and the Tommy and Victoria Baker College of Enterprise, click here.
