… And The Springboard Winners Are
April 27, 2009
The Springboard Challenge was once again a success; with many student and community participants, over 50 business plans were submitted, $40,000 in prize money was handed out, an excellent array of judges, a fantastic speaker, and a large crowd for the awards dinner.
Jody Walker won first place in the student category, with Tape Trade. Jody’s idea will be a time-saver for high school coaches everywhere, allowing coaches to easily trade game footage of all sports. Today, coaches typically meet up with other coaches to trade tapes, or they use snail mail.
Melissa Richardson took home first place in the pre-revenue community category with Dating by Design. Melissa is passionate about helping those with Asperger syndrome. There are not many resources and places of community for those with Aspergers as they become adults. Melissa wants to change that.
The Big Tech Onion team took home first place in the post-revenue community category with Sheepdog. As social networks become more and more of a household name, businesses need to find way to effectively hear what their customers are saying about them and their competitors. Sheepdog allows organizations get an in-depth look at what social networks their customers are using.
Many others were awarded cash prizes. Over the next few weeks I hope to feature several of these business ideas.
Abilene Reporter also wrote-up about the event.
