Duke Start-Up Challenge Winners!
Saturday, April 12th was the 9th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge Finals. Nine
teams presented their business plan proposals to a panel of judges. The
Awards Ceremony was then kicked off with an inspirational speech by Chairman
and former CEO of Red Hat, Matthew Szulik. We are proud to present the
following winners:
*Overall Grand Prize Winner $25,000 & Health Care Track
Cerene Biomedics
Heidi Koschwanez (PhD candidate, BME), Christina Li (PhD student, BME), Carolyn
Nohejl (BME, '08), Vivek Sasikumar (Fuqua, '08), John Stroncek (PhD student,
BME)
*Overall Runner Up $10,000
WaterPLUS
Naman Shah, Saket Vora, Joel Thomas, J.E. (Win) Bassett IV, Kari Leech, Will
Patrick (Trinity, '10)
*People's Choice Trade Show Winner $1,000
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Ferol Vernon (Fuqua, '09), Mausam Bhatt (Fuqua, '09)
*High-Tech Track Award $5,000
A-B-Sea Research
Al Basilico, John Galetsky, Jennifer Artabane (Fuqua, '08)
*Consumer Products Track Award $5,000
Visible Energy
Luke Fishback (MEM, '03), Sarah Kate Fishback (Fuqua, '09)
*Social Track Award $5,000
WaterPLUS
Naman Shah, Saket Vora, Joel Thomas, J.E. (Win) Bassett IV, Kari Leech, Will
Patrick (Trinity, '10)
Thanks to the Co-Presidents, Kris Irwin, Hylton Kalvaria, and Steve Allan (all three are Fuqua '09)
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