Dream Winners
2010
1st Place
SIMPLE SOLAR
Dirk Johnson, Ben Nagels, Adam Shor
California State University, Fresno
Simple Solar Cleaning Systems provides a solution for homeowners with dirty solar panel mounts. Our #1 goal is to protect the investment of solar panel owners worldwide. We have created a completely automated solar panel cleaning system that can go on virtually any roof top.
2nd Place
EL COLEGIO TACO
Phen Vue, Marisela Hamm, Dante Delt
Fresno City College
El Colegio Taco, a Fresno City College Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO) student-run, for profit business, is classified as a Mobile Food Service vendor. El Colegio Taco offers high-quality, healthy, fresh, value-priced, authentic, made-to-order tacos at convenient locations.
3rd Place
COMMUNITY FUN PACK
Bryce Majors
California State University, Fresno
Community Fun Pack™ uses premium local coupon pack sales to empower non-profit organizations to meet and exceed their fundraising needs. Currently operating in Fresno, California, the company is now looking to expand throughout California and the nation thereafter by multiplying its efforts on a regional basis.
Finalists
EMERGING MARKET EXCHANGE
Adam Mortanian
California State University, Fresno
Emerging Market Exchange is a business for sale website operating under the URL www.emexc.com. The company has uncovered an underserved and largely ignored market of undercapitalized and nonperforming companies. EMEXC will, through mass media, attract both buyers and sellers into this much needed marketplace; thus eliminating the role of the business broker for routine asset transactions.
PENGUIN BOARDS
Tyler Hawe
California State University, Fresno
PenGuin Boards (PGB) is an exclusive online skateboard brand that has been around since 2005. We sell proven skateboard shapes to avid skateboarders who want to take their skateboarding to the next level.
2009
1st Place
SUNSPOT INDUSTRIES
Timothy Snyder
California State University, Fresno
Sunspot Industries (SI) is a snow, surf, and skate board shop with an attached indoor skate park with a goal to allow every person a chance to experience the thrill of riding a board at some time in their life and see for themselves how fun it is. Sunspot offers affordable gear as well as high end equipment catering to the needs of every customer that comes through the door. Sunspot also has several mobile skate shops set up at community parks where kids can stay off the streets and remain safe.
2nd Place
DREAMSTAKES
Christopher Callison, David Hoff
California State University, Fresno
Dreamstakes brings high-end boats, all-terrain vehicles, recreational vehicles, and jet skis to the middle-class consumer without the hassles of maintenance and storage. The venture will offer fractional ownership stakes to clients, allowing them to purchase equity in a pool of recreational equipment and use it for several weeks each year. A group of clients will share ownership in the same pool of equipment at a significantly more affordable price than is currently available in the market.
3rd Place
MotoXfuel
Anthony Nicola
California State University, Fresno
MotoXfuel™ Inc. sells and distributes a proprietary encapsulated performance supplement (MotoXfuel™) to the extreme sports marketplace. MotoXfuel™ is a premium performance supplement that was designed with the extreme athlete in mind. This product comes in capsule form to deliver only the essential ingredients to the body, leaving out all of the extras such as preservatives, artificial colors, and sugars. Furthermore, our combination of a B-vitamin complex, necessary electrolytes and amino acids makes MotoXfuel™ the best replacement to an energy drink on the market today. |
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