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2018 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup Winners

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    2018 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup Winners

    By sarah | Love's Cup News | 0 comment | 27 April, 2018 | 0

    SMALL BUSINESS DIVISION Winners

     1st Place
    Impulse Drive, LLC
    Oklahoma Christian University
    Advisor: Russell McGuire
    Team Leader: Mark Ferringer
    Team Members: John Caldwell, David Dickison and Parker LaMascus
    Impulse Drive has pioneered a unique miniature wind turbine technology that drastically increases efficiency and power output of small wind generation. The technology makes wind power generation more affordable for individual homes and developing countries.

    2nd Place
    Bright Eyed & Brave
    University of Central Oklahoma
    Advisor: Amy Johnson
    Team Leader: Kenzie McFeely
    Team Members: Hayden Magar and Amanda Dely
    Bright Eyed & Brave facilitates mindfulness and self-regulation in children ages 3-7. The company’s educational materials provide educators and parents tools to help young learners more effectively manage adversity and their own emotions.

    3rd Place
    FurryFloat
    East Central University
    Advisor: Stacey Bolin
    Team Leader: Johnathan Harrington
    Team Member: Mackinsey Archer
    FurryFloat invites you to take your four-legged friend to the lake with you worry free. The company markets a floating ring developed specifically for dogs to assure their safety when swimming in deep water.

    HIGH GROWTH UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION Winners

    1st Place
    The American Corn Husk Co.
    University of Oklahoma
    Advisor: Lowell Busenitz
    Team Leader: Chris Wengierski
    Team Members: Danny Buckley, Will Kennedy, Christian Leech and Bruce Wilhelm
    The American Corn Husk Co. created a process to reengineer American-grown corn husks into a product that is ideal in size and texture for the tamale industry. The result is a husk perfectly suited for the 1.6 billion tamales Americans consume annually.

    2nd Place
    Fully Cooked
    University of Oklahoma
    Advisor: Douglas Woodward
    Team Leader: Bree Reppert
    Team Members: Johnathon Ireland, Lindsey Webster and Jack Wheeler
    Fully Cooked offers delivery of wholesome, pre-made gourmet meals that college students can microwave and eat at their own convenience.  The concept offers its customers an affordable, health alternative to dining hall or fast-food fare.

    3rd Place
    StopHack
    The University of Tulsa
    Advisor: Claire Cornell
    Team Leader: Eric Ramos
    Team Members: Hayden Allen and Andrew Trac
    StopHack developed a cybersecurity device called the Data Defender 1 Series to safeguard against transportation industry hackers. StopHack’s device attaches to a truck’s diagnostic port and prevents any writing of code that can disrupt its systems.

    HIGH GROWTH GRADUATE DIVISION Winners

     1st Place
    Contraire
    Oklahoma State University
    Advisor: David Thomison
    Team Leader: Aubrey McCutchan
    Team Members: Greg Hendrickson, Stephen Ogle and Rabecca Wiseman
    Contraire developed sensor-based control technology that reduces aeration costs at wastewater treatment plants by up to 45 percent. Municipal wastewater treatment plants can save up to $250,000 annually in utility costs using the process. 

    2nd Place
    Multivate
    Oklahoma State University
    Advisor: Richard Gajan
    Team Leader: Momen Amer
    Team Member: Austin Beaver and Yasmine Gabal
    Multivate developed a novel multi-chamber, single-use bioreactor bag that reduces the cost of cell line production scale up by biopharmaceutical manufacturers. Multivate’s technology can save bio manufacturers up to $200,000 annually in fixed costs.

     3rd Place
    Soundraiser
    The University of Tulsa
    Advisor: Jessica Kinsey
    Team Leader: Jason Carini
    Team Member: Tami Barrett
    Soundraiser merges professional audio recording, copyright licensing and the art of fundraising into a streamlined process that enhances critical fundraising activities of high school band programs by facilitating the sale of their own music performances.

    Paulsen Award Scholarship Recipients
    Mackinsey Archer, East Central University
    Patrick Arney, OSU-OKC
    Rabecca Wiseman-Oklahoma State University

    IBM Pitch Winners
    Small Business IBM Pitch Winner – Louden Johnson, Show Tricks
    Undergraduate IBM Pitch Winner- Crystal Alkire, iTheater
    Graduate IBM Pitch Winner- Ryan Bailey, SkillCred

    High Growth Interview Winners
    OCAST Information and Technology/Communications – Soundraiser, University of Tulsa
    Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Healthcare – Wal-Narrow, LLC, University of Central Oklahoma
    Chickasaw Nation Student Generated Technology Design-Multivate, Oklahoma State University
    OG&E Positive Energy and Environmental – Contraire, Oklahoma State University
    Oklahoma Business Roundtable Manufacturing, Material Sciences and Transportation-Indra-Lighting Strike Mitigation, Oklahoma State University

    Small Business Interview Winners
    Product Category- FurryFloat, East Central University
    IT/APP Category – Starla Cooper, East Central University
    Retail Category – Bright Eyed & Brave, University of Central Oklahoma
    Service Category -S3 Composting, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College

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