FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (2-25-05)
Contact: Marlene Smith at 608-442-7557 and visit http://www.govsbizplancontest.com/>
MADISON – Fifty-two contestants from 23 communities across Wisconsin are
competing in Phase 2 of the first Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan
Contest, contest producers announced Friday.
The contestants were selected this week from a field of 200 entries by
an independent panel of judges organized through the Wisconsin
Technology Council, which is producing the contest in conjunction with
its membership subsidiary, the Wisconsin Innovation Network, and other
statewide affiliates.
"Our judges were impressed by the quality of the brief business plan
ideas submitted by entrepreneurs from across Wisconsin – so much so that
it was difficult to reduce the number of plans selected for the next
phase of competition," said Mark Bugher, chairman of the Tech Council.
"The quality of the competition so far supports our belief that
Wisconsin has the ideas and the entrepreneurs necessary to succeed in
the 21st century economy. This contest will help some of the ideas grow
into companies."
The 52 contestants competing in Phase 2 of the contest are writing
summary business plans of no more than 1,250 words. The eight elements
of that plan include an executive summary, product and service, customer
definition, market size, sales and marketing strategy, management team,
financial highlights, capital requested and planned use of funds.
Summary plans must be submitted to the Tech Council by 5 p.m. March 15;
Phase 2 judging will take place throughout until April 1. The top 20
plans will move on to Phase 3, in which contestants will write a full
business plan. Prize winners will be announced June 7-8 at the annual
Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference, to be held at the Milwaukee Hyatt
Regency.
Here is a breakdown of entries that advanced by category: Advanced
Manufacturing (15), Business Services (13), Information Technology (13),
and Life Sciences (11).
Communities with plans represented in Phase 2 are: Madison (9);
Milwaukee (8); Green Bay (5); Brookfield and Fitchburg (3 each); Eau
Claire, Hortonville, Middleton, Pewaukee, Sturtevant and Wind Lake (2
each); Bayside, Brown Deer, Elm Grove, Franklin, Hartland, Kimberly,
Oconomowoc, Oregon, Rothschild, Verona, Wauwatosa and West Allis.
Sponsors of the second Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest include
the state Department of Commerce, American Transmission Co., Mason Wells
Private Equity, the law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich, the law firm
of Axley Brynelson, Madison Gas & Electric, Wisconsin Technology
Network, J.P. Cullen and Sons, the architectural firm of Potter Lawson,
Loughrin Accounting and Tax Services and the Wisconsin Technology
Council.
Phase 2 semi-finalists in alphabetical order by city are:
Resteche Mouse and wrist pad
Paul Schneider
Bayside
Kashmerick Engine Systems
Gerald Kashmerick
Brookfield
DataStick
Bruce Bathurst
Brookfield
HealtheCare Solutions
Jay Mason
Brookfield
Enhanced Personal Video Recorders
Anil Gupte
Brown Deer
Industrial Automation Training
Mel Jahnke
Eau Claire
Online-Kiosks.net
Mike Strand
Eau Claire
Rolandi International Benefits LLC
Karen Rolandi
Elm Grove
Breaking New Ground in Alzheimer’s Disease Therapies
Trevor Twose
Fitchburg
Great Lakes BioFuels
Tony Hartmann
Fitchburg
PDCA Sensor-Based Pick-to-Light Products
Tom Wiesen
Fitchburg
Pediabridge series of variable diameter stents
John LaDisa
Franklin
Preservation and Transportation of Human Organs
Ethan Schroeder
Green Bay
Vegetable Washing/Sanitation for the Food Service Industry
Ethan Schroeder
Green Bay
Electronic Outdoor Advertising
Ethan Schroeder
Green Bay
Clarity by Visonex
John Opcihka
Green Bay
Personal Medication Management System
Richard Ogan
Green Bay
Brainpool Online
Suzanne Warell
Hartland
Temperature Monitoring of Dairy Cattle
Roger Meads
Hortonville
Dairy Cow Identification and Location
Roger Meads
Hortonville
The B.A.T. Interactive Consumer Research System
Vic LeClair
Kimberly
Microfluidic device for drug delivery
Anthony Escarcega
Madison
Wireless Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitor
P. Charles Garell
Madison
Burr hole cap for Neurosurgery use.
P. Charles Garell
Madison
Prion Detection
Don Warren
Madison
Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems
Robert Blick
Madison
Composite Rebar Technologies, Inc. (CRT)
Robert Gibson
Madison
Development of a Low-Cost Engine Control System
Daniel Mather
Madison
Blue Spark, LLC Energy ED Software
Deborah Still
Madison
Diabetic Mobile Management Wizard
Rob London
Madison
Low Cost Remote Air and Water Monitoring Device
Gonzalo Sanchez
Middleton
Mileage Expense Website
Ron Grumley
Middleton
OncoDetect: Breast Cancer Diagnostics
Ashwani Khanna
Milwaukee
Micro/Meso Scale Machine Tool
Emily Kloehn
Milwaukee
ScandUS Sawblades
Kurt Stromberg
Milwaukee
ZeroWire Digital Communications
Brad Rake
Milwaukee
D-Poly Technologies
Kurt Willms
Milwaukee
INSPEC 300 Automatic Cup Inspection Machine
Richard Stark
Milwaukee
Media Syndication
Harold Montgomery
Milwaukee
MyMusic.Net
Daniel Bath
Milwaukee
Vector Surgical, LLC
Janet Phillips
Oconomowoc
Matching Talent and Opportunity .
Lyle Heller
Oregon
Sales Horizon
John Deely
Pewaukee
Stand-off, Non-invasive, Non-radiological Container Inspection
Kurt Brandt
Pewaukee
Utility Scale Generation of Electricity from Solar Power
David Baker
Rothschild
Eliminating Hazardous Organics
Ram Bhatia
Sturtevant
Digital Manufacture of Custom Medical Devices
James Schroeder
Sturtevant
Broad-spectrum antiviral drug
Hansi Dean
Verona
Customer relationship software for service industries
Mike Lilek
Wauwatosa
Research and Development Outsourcing Management
Jovan Jevtic
West Allis
Shots-of-Yore
Ed Hohl
Wind Lake
Intuistic Solutions
Pradeep Jain
Wind Lake