The Final Summit Business Plan Competition

May 2, 2008 Monticello, Indiana 

 

The Long Awaited Incubicity Business Plan Competition:  The Final Summit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The decor for the Final Summit was designed by Anne-Marie from Annie O's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The event gave an audience of all ages the chance to catch the entrepreneurial spirit 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As Allyson Faucett can attest to, the Final Summit was truly a family friendly day!

 

The Summit fed both the minds and the bodies of the attendees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Mark Smith, Project Administrator of WIRED, welcomes the 130 attendees to the event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tom Mason of Rose-Hulman Ventures and Educator-in-Residence at the Indiana Venture Center speaks to the crowd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology-savvy Andy Baker displays the possibilities of his unique innovation, a wheel chair that moves side-to-side as well as forward and backward 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bob Caswell of Lafayette presents on the importance of privacy on the internet and how his product can give facebookers and my-spacers alike a little more peace of mind

 

Robbie Coffing of Monticello (left) and Patrick Cooley or Peru (right) present their business plans.  Patrick Cooley took third place and won a $5,000 cash prize for his removabale cargo tray for trucks.

 

 

Allyson Faucett of Hillsboro, Indiana answers questions from the judges about her Faucett and Flame bath and body products.  Faucett won the second place prize of $10,000 for her product line.

 

 

Speaker Barry Moltz inspires the audience to turn their dreams into reality 

 

 

The winners' beautiful awards

 

And the winners along with Barry Moltz!  From left to right:  Patrick Cooley, third place winner, Shane Fimbel, first place winner of 25,000 dollars, and Allyson Faucett, second place winner.

 

The people behind Incubicity from the Indiana Venture Center:  Tom Mason, Rod Hainje, Karen Woods, Pat Bacon, Stacie Porter Bilger, and Jim Eifert