2004 BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION WINNERS$10,000 GRAND PRIZE:AERO, Inc. Margie Paur and Tom Riegert, Alumni Team AERO, Inc. will provide intensive rehabilitation services to the Midwest equine marketplace for limb, muscular, and skeleton injuries of highly competitive sport horses, breeding stock horses, as well as common pleasure horses. The facility will provide specialized equipment for treatment and provide boarding for 30 horses. The facility will not provide any diagnostic or prescription services and will work directly with veterinarians and trainers for diagnostic and treatment plans. $8,000 Honorable Mention: Home Team Marketing Jake Fitzpatrick, Alumni Team With the likes of LeBron James the popularity of high school athletics in Ohio is at an all-time high. Week in and week out students, families, and fans across the state pack up their cars to follow their favorite teams. Home Team Marketing of Cleveland is a unique marketing company that has networked more than 250 high schools across the state to deliver marketing opportunities to this huge audience. In the 2004-2005 year alone, the Home Team Marketing Network of High Schools will draw an amazing 10,000,000 fans. When it comes to popularity, nothing beats the home town team! $1,500 COLEMAN FOUNDATION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PRIZE: Birthdays By You Mary McCarthy, Undergraduate Student Team Birthdays By You is a start-up Children’s Birthday Party service business in Naperville, Illinois that coordinates parties in clients' homes. $2,000 GRADUATE STUDENT PRIZE: Intuistic Solutions, Inc. Pradeep Jain, Graduate Student Team Intuistic Solutions, Inc. seeks to leverage a market opportunity that has been opened by Microsoft Office 2003, estimated to be $117 billion worldwide by 2006. Using an IT standard called XML, Office 2003 enables the development of intelligent solutions (software applications) that connect information workers and positively impact their lives. Intuistic is looking to develop such intelligent solutions for mid-market businesses, focusing initially on Wisconsin and nearby states. |
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Marquette University | College of Business Administration |