15 More Days until the 7th Annual Business Plan Competition

The 7th Annual Business Plan Competition is just around the corner. It’s not too late to reserve a table or a seat for this celebration of entrepreneurship and innovation on June 11 at the Grand Hyatt - Denver.

The six finalists have been chosen. We received a wonderful selection of plans this year.

1. Developing Minds Software, Dawn Gregg, Michael Erskine, Colette Hanley, Lynn Sargent 

Developing Minds Software is dedicated to serving the needs of families, nonprofits, and educational institutions challenged with serving the developmentally disabled children by allowing practitioners to systematically collect data, assess the student progress, and adapt student programs to the changing needs.

2. Gobai-Culturally Inspired Cuisine, Kaidan Nguyen

Gobai will create fresh and healthy Vietnamese-inspired dishes made with quality ingredients that are fresh from local farms to the customer’s plate. Gobai is designed to reawaken the fast casual restaurant industry with recipes that are nutritious and eclectic, that is served with the speed of traditional fast-food restaurants.

3. Healthy Travels, Raj Joseph

Healthy Travels is a global healthcare service enabler that offers a comprehensive medical tourist solution by providing a premier healthcare experience outside of the United States coupled with unique first class travel opportunities during the recuperation and recovery phase.

4. Robotics Assisted Gait Training, Timothy S. Nicklas

Robotics Assisted Gait Training is a nonprofit business for installing and operating a system that provides rigorous, customized monitoring for gait training utilizing modern technology that implements tried and trued therapies for patients with gait impairment.

5. Snoasis Medical Inc., Robert Tofe

Snoasis Medical is a biomedical company that offers dental regenerative products for use in both hard and soft tissue applications. Snoasis Medical products target periodontal disease and damage caused by trauma and gingival recession.

6. Tissue Genetics, Jeffrey Holt, M.D., James Bowman, Vanessa Clark

Tissue Genetics is a biomedical diagnostic company that identifies patients with genetic diseases, helping to determine their optimum course of care. Their novel diagnostic kits will establish a new paradigm for screening for hereditary diseases.

Three excellent judges have been recruited.

1. Chris Onan, Managing Director, Appian Ventures

2. Brian Wallace, Managing Director, Access Venture Partners

3. Mark Mondry, Managing Director, Phronesys LLC 

We have an outstanding keynote speaker, Brad Feld, for the luncheon event.

I found this great video clip of Brad talking about funding one’s venture but I could not figure out how to embed the video clip here.

I’m looking forward to seeing all of you on June 11.