{"id":127,"date":"2015-04-17T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business\/?p=127"},"modified":"2024-08-16T17:37:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T21:37:54","slug":"business-plan-and-elevator-pitch-competition-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/business-plan-and-elevator-pitch-competition-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Plan and Elevator Pitch competition finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Petersburg College&#8217;s 5th annual<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/cec\/competition\"> Business Plan and Elevator Pitch competition<\/a> gives SPC students enrolled in a degree or certificate program a chance to compete to win cash prizes totaling more than $10,000\u00a0 to launch their <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/business-educational-information\/spc-business-students-shine-in-global-business-competition\/\">business<\/a> idea!<\/p>\n<p>Winners will be announced on Thursday, April 30, at 6 p.m., SPC Seminole Campus Digitorium. <a title=\"RSVP for Business Plan and Elevator Pitch Awards Ceremony\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/survey\/17131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSVP for the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The competition is for student-proposed or created, managed, and owned ventures, therefore, students must have:\n<ol>\n<li>played a major role in conceiving the venture<\/li>\n<li>an existing key management role in the business or proposed venture<\/li>\n<li>50% or more equity in the venture<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finalists for this year&#8217;s competition are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>BUSINESS PLAN LEVEL FINALISTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brett Berner<\/li>\n<li>Nykko Ford<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Woods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ELEVATOR PITCH LEVEL FINALISTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Ganote<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Rodriquez<\/li>\n<li>David Thut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ALTERNATE<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> \u00a0Kathleen Loney<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carmen\u00a0Cruz<\/li>\n<li>Quentin Cummings<\/li>\n<li>Kira Gilson<\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Loney<\/li>\n<li>Luz Perry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Fifth Annual Winners &#8211; 2015<\/h3>\n<h3>Business Plan Winners:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Rebecca Rodriguez -1st Place &#8211; $5,000<\/li>\n<li>Nykko Ford -2nd Place &#8211; $2,500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Elevator Pitch Winners:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Ganote &#8211; 1st Place &#8211; $1,000<\/li>\n<li>David Thut &#8211; 2nd Place &#8211; $500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>People\u2019s Choice Winner<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Rebecca Rodriguez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Special Recognition Awards (alphabetical order):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Quentin Cumings &#8211; Social Entrepreneurship Concept<\/li>\n<li>Kira Gilson &#8211; Golden Fund-Sustainable Concept &#8211; Triple Bottom Line Award<\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Loney &#8211; Service Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<li>Luz Perry &#8211; Fitness &amp; Health Concept<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/go.spcollege.edu\/cec\/competition\/images\/BPEPC_2015Winners.jpg\" alt=\"2015 Elevator Pitch Winners\" width=\"542\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Petersburg College&#8217;s 5th annual Business Plan and Elevator Pitch competition gives SPC students enrolled in a degree or certificate program a chance to compete to win cash prizes totaling more than $10,000\u00a0 to launch their business idea! 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