3D Printing and Pet Businesses Top Trends at Ninth Annual SVPC Showcase
In the Ninth Annual 社会创业计划比赛 (SVPC) at 好的赌博软件推荐, many business ideas incorporated the use of 3D printing and a number focused on pets. The winning projects represent a wider array of ideas than those broad trends might suggest. 展示活动, 年度SVPC的最后一场, 周三在西雅图州立大学校园里举行的, 4月16日, 2015.
最重要的项目是 生动包他被选为价值3000美元的赫伯特. Jones Grand Prize winner by the combined votes of more than 50 judges representing the business, 非营利性的, 学术及专业团体. TK线程 获得了第二名，赢得了2000美元的亚军. 超过400名学生, 教师, staff and guests voted for their favorite project of the afternoon and the Don Summers People’s Choice award of $1000 was also given to TK线程.
生动包 is a portable refrigeration unit that will make safe vaccine delivery possible anywhere in the world. Many vaccines destined for the developing world spoil because of gaps in the “cold chain” that keeps vaccines at correct temperatures. The 生动包 is a portable refrigeration unit that is lighter in weight than current cooling solutions and has multiple charging options, 包括一个手曲柄. 生动包将出售给在全球健康领域工作的非政府组织. The 生动包 plan was a collaborative project between junior Business Administration major Alyssa Arneson, 高级适当和可持续工程专业的Alex Abate, 电气工程专业大四学生Jonathan Nyhuis, junior Business Administration major Myra Franzone and junior Business Administration, 经济学, 以及全球发展研究专业的Garrett Mullett.
TK线程 亚军和人民选择奖的得主是谁. The project proposes a cottage industry in Seattle’s Rainier Valley neighborhood that would partner with several local 非营利性的s to recruit and employ marginalized women. The clients would include those who have escaped the sex trade and political refugees. The garments sewn in home would then be collected and sold to major retailers. The TK线程 team was comprised of junior Global Development Studies and Linguistics major Summer Downs, 高级工商管理专业的奥斯汀·哈里斯, 大三经济学专业的丹尼·帕尔, 全球发展研究专业大三学生Elisa Raney, junior Global Development Studies and Psychology major Carl Sallee and sophomore Global Development Studies major Scott Sweeney.
In addition to the top two prizes, three honorable mention prizes of $1,000 each were awarded:
国际清算银行 would take hard bound books that are currently impossible to recycle (due to glue in the spines) and turn them into decorative items such as planters and lamps. The group would employ people with development disabilities to create the products. 这是政治学专业大四学生卡拉尼·克拉姆利(Kalany Crumley)的作品, 全球发展研究专业大四学生塞缪尔·达林, 高级工商管理专业的Erica Graham, junior Accounting major Mike Mouhanna and junior Business Administration major Kelsey Reimers.
La Samaritaine proposes an artisan bakery in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles. 与当地非营利组织合作, the business would employ homeless individuals in the crafting of baked goods, 把他们赶出街头. The La Samaritaine project was developed by senior Business Administration major Sarai Aguirre, 工商管理专业大三学生Erin Creighton, senior Global Development Studies major Kate Morgan and junior Communications major Taryn Vis.
雨城猎犬 这是唯一一家赚大钱的宠物生意吗. 雨城猎犬 would offer a doggy day care business aimed at tech workers in downtown Seattle. The business would employ street-involved youth who need to obtain job and life skills to get them headed in the right direction. 《赌博十大靠谱软件》是Dagim Haile-Leul的作品, 帕特哈默尔, 卡米尔·兰伯特和布兰妮·汤普森, all students in SPU’s one year intensive Master of Arts in Management (Social and Sustainable Management) program.
这是连续第二年了, SPU与Urban Impact合作, 这是西雅图雷尼尔山谷附近一个以信仰为基础的非营利组织. Teams that presented projects focused on making a difference in the Rainier Valley were eligible for a separate $500 prize. 这个奖项的得主是 TK线程.
TK线程 along with the three other teams competing on the Rainier Valley “track” will also participate in a follow-on event entitled Sharks at the Beach. This “Shark Tank” style event will be hosted by Urban Impact at Rainier Avenue Church, 4月23日，莱纳南大道5900号, 2015年下午6:30.m. All four teams will pitch their ideas in front of a panel of community experts and a live audience. 活动在下午6:30开始.m. 一直持续到晚上九点左右.m. 获胜者将获得额外的1000美元奖金.
今年是上海科技大学举办社会创业计划大赛的第九年. Nineteen teams presented at the Showcase event, comprising approximately 70 students. 除了SPU队, 一支队伍从博伊西的西北拿撒勒大学长途跋涉而来, 爱达荷州在展示会上推销. 除了50多位社区评委, 超过400名学生, 教职员工在人民选择投票中投票.
The Showcase Round was the final leg of the 社会创业计划比赛. Earlier stages in the competition included a series of seminars on the basics of business planning, scoring of the teams’ written plans and coaching sessions with knowledgeable businesspeople, community leaders and other professionals about the student’s business ideas. In all, more than 130 community volunteers gave time as readers, instructors, coaches and judges.
Sandeep Arora, a Managing Director at Accenture and a first-time SVPC Judge commented “[I] enjoyed being there. The confidence, energy and maturity of the students were just wonderful.”
凯西家庭项目的塞德里克·戴维斯说, 是SPU的校友，也是比赛的长期志愿者, 他说:“我知道 TK线程 would be a big winner as their plan was comprehensive and very polished.”
Pictured above are 应用学习中心 Director, Mark Oppenlander, SBGE Dean, Dr. 约瑟夫•威廉姆斯 生动包, the Grand Prize winning team, and sponsors Kathleen and Scott Cummins.
Financial sponsors of the 社会创业计划比赛 include the Herbert B. 琼斯的基础, 斯科特和凯瑟琳·康明斯家庭基金会, 先锋人力服务, 费舍尔管道, Miir, 西北中心, 技能, 公司. 以及经连会论坛. The competition is managed by the 应用学习中心 (CAL) in the School of Business, SPU政府与经济学(SBGE).