Business Revitalization and Innovation Competition

Results from the EPIIC Revitalization Competition:

1st place:  Aspire Biotech $15,000

L-R Ian Askill, President and CEO of Aspire Biotech with UCCS student Jeremy George

2nd place Hon Ac Auto $10,000

L-R Hon Ac Auto co-owner Randy Schillinger, UCCS students Zahra Behfar and Jennifer Nail, and Hon Ac co-owner Dan Kane

3rd place Access 2 Sign Language $5,000

L-R Access 2 Sign Language co-owner Stephanie Hernandez with EPIIC chairs Dr. Terry Boult and Dr. Tom Duening.

The results of the EPIIC revitalization competition were publicly announced at the Peak Venture group breakfast on May 14, 2010.

An article by Wayne Heilman appeared in the Colorado Springs Gazette Springs biotechnology company wins $15,000 in UCCS innovation competition

An article by Rebecca Tonn appeared in the Colorado Springs Business Journal:   Local companies win EPIIC competition

 

 

Thanks to all the companies and students for submitting their revitalization plans on time.  The plans are currently being evaluated by the judges. 

EPIIC Revitalization and Innovation Competition Student-Company Assignments 

Access 2 Sign Language	Aspire Biotech	Cartridge World	Hondac Auto	Intell. Software Solutions	Partners in Housing	Virtual 360 Studios
Shane Kirkbride Electrical Engineering	Jeremy George Accounting & Info. Systems	Json Marruffo Communic.	Zahra Behfar MBA	George Rolston MBA-Info. Systems Mgmt	Cynthia Jones Public Adm.	Deepti Reddy Computer Science
Mindy Gidan Bachelor of Innovation Business Admin.			Jennifer Nail Communic.	Robert Polk MBA-Finance & Int’l Business	Coral Laski Communic.	Pete Torres Software Engineering

 

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

September 2, 2009    student information session 3:15-4:15 P.M. in University Center 116

September 15, 2009    company applications due to the EPIIC office

September 30, 2009   student applications due to EPIIC office

October 1 ,2009      notification of participating companies

October 30, 2009      student teams are assigned to participating companies 

March 31, 2010     written plans due to the EPIIC office

April 5, 2010  written plans out to judges to score

April 14, 2010 judges' score sheets due to EPIIC office

April 22, 2010     oral presentations of plans pitched to panel of judges 

April 22, 2010     winners are announced 

May 2010 to April 2011    student teams and companies implement plan

April 15, 2011    presentation of outcomes and achievements

PRESENTATION SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 22, 2010

EPIIC Revitalization and Innovation Competition

 

Please gather in University Center room 124 prior to your presentation.  There will be snacks and drinks.  You are welcome to remain after your presentation until the winners are announced at 7:30 P.M. 

 

 

Presentations are in University Center room 122 and you will be escorted in at the appropriate time.

 

5:00 P.M.  Judges gather and get ready for presentations  

5:15 P.M.  Partners in Housing 

5:30 P.M.  Aspire Biotech 

5:45 P.M.  Break 

6:00 P.M.  Virtual 360 Studios 

6:15 P.M.  Cartridge World 

6:30 P.M.  Hondac Auto 

6:45 P.M.  Intelligent Software Solutions

7:00 P.M.  Access 2 Sign Language

7:15 P.M.  Judges confer

7:30 P.M.  Announcement of winners 

Twenty-five businesses applied to the EPIIC Business Revitalization and Innovation Competition.  EPIIC thanks all the companies who applied and congratulates the eight (8) businesses listed below for ranking high enough to move into Phase 2. Company names and websites are listed so students who plan to enter the competition can see the companies they might be partnered with.  Videos of each company are posted to help students get to know the companies.  If you're a UCCS student who hasn't yet applied to work on a student team to revitalize a Colorado Springs area business, submit your application today to  

COMPANIES SELECTED

Company Name          Website

Access 2 Sign Language   www.MyA2SL.com

Aspire Biotech  www.aspirebiotech.com

Cartridge World  www.cartridgeworldusa.com/store215

Done Rite Inc.  www.winzerusa.com

Hondac Auto  www.hondacauto.com

Intelligent Software Solutions  www.issinc.com

Partners in Housing   www.partnersinhousing.org

Virtual 360 Studios   http://www.virtual360studios.com/

 

Documents

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Description of Competition	Here
Student Application	Here
Guidelines for Plan	Here

 

The plans can encompass a wide spectrum of activities

The business and the student team working with the business should decide which of the following concepts the revitalization and innovation plan will consider.
•    New business model
•    Business application of technology
•    New management techniques
•    Environmental efficiency
•    New forms of customer participation
•    Marketing
•    Product development
•    Product delivery
•    Finance