Mason City, IA – Oct.
12, 2010 - The John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition came to a close on
October 6 with the announcement of the winners at the Iowa Entrepreneurs
Conference and Venture Forum.
Receiving first place
in the competition and $25,000 is Energy Control Technologies (ECT), a company
that designs, manufactures and implements automation systems for the oil and
gas, industrial/manufacturing, and biofuels markets. ECT’s systems maximize
operation safety and minimize energy consumed. ECT was founded in 2008 and is
located in West Des Moines, Iowa.
IDx came in second
place and will receive $15,000. IDx is working to commercialize low-cost eye
disease screening tools that have been developed at the University of Iowa. The
company was founded in 2010 and is located in Iowa City, Iowa.
The third place
company, which will receive $10,000, is LuCella Biosciences. LuCella
Biosciences provides custom carbohydrate-based reagents to accelerate
immunology, biology and vaccine discovery. The company was founded in 2008 and
is based in Ames.
The four honorable
mention companies are Cabin Coffee Franchising Inc., Growth Design Energy Mt.
Valley LLC, J&J Solutions, and Pathovacs. Each of these four companies will
receive $1,000.
"Special thanks to John Pappajohn who,
through his unwavering commitment to foster entrepreneurship in Iowa, has again
sponsored this business plan competition and has provided extensive support for
entrepreneurship in Iowa,” said Randy Pilkington, director of the John
Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Northern Iowa.
Next year’s
competition will be announced in February. For additional information about the
competition visit www.iowabusinessplancompetition.com or contact one of the
JPEC centers via the contact information below. Contact information for the three
finalists is also attached.
Drake University John
Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center
Debra Bishop
515-271-3818
deb.bishop@drake.edu
Iowa State University
John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center
Judi Eyles
515-296-8283
eyles@iastate.edu
North Iowa Area
Community College John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center
Jamie Zanios
641-422-4111
zaniojam@niacc.edu
University of Iowa
John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center
David Hensley
319-335-3999
david-hensley@uiowa.edu
University of Northern
Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center
The national NACCE
Innovation Award winning NIACC JPEC provides college level courses and degree
programs in entrepreneurship, as well as comprehensive consulting services for
business start-ups, existing industries and owner transitions in the North Iowa
region. Space is available for start-up businesses in the North
Iowa Business Incubator. For more information, contact the NIACC JPEC at
641-422-4111.
Winner Contact
Information
Energy Control
Technologies, Inc.
Energy Control
Technologies (ECT) develops control system solutions that provide one year
payback on energy efficiency projects for machinery and industrial processes.
ECT was started in 2008 and is based in West Des Moines.
Contact: Nikhil Dukle
515-223-1635
ndukle@energycontroltechnologies.com
www.energycontroltechnologies.com
IDx
IDx is working to
commercialize low-cost eye disease screening tools that have been developed at
the University of Iowa. IDx was founded in 2010 and is based in Iowa City.
jgarber@eyediagnosis.com
www.eyediagnosis.com
LuCella
Biosciences, Inc.
LuCella Biosciences
provides custom carbohydrate-based reagents to accelerate immunology, biology
and vaccine discovery. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Ames.
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