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Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship

Creating growth and competition in local businesses

2005 Finalists

Undergraduate Track Finalists

BilliardEx

1st Place, $10,000.00
BilliardEx
University of Utah

Team Members: Kimball S. Thomas and Jared Allgood
Advisor: Leonard Black

Description: BilliardEx sells high-quality, furniture-grade billiard tables which are affordable to large market segments that previously have not been able to afford quality billiard tables. BillardEx has built a sustainable manufacturing, quality, price, and distribution model that will allow it to build a disruptive and sustainable competitive advantage within the billiard industry.

Email and Web Address: Email, and www.billiardex.com

Identi-Ski

2nd Place, $3,000.00
Identi-Ski
University of Houston

Team members: Bradley Newton, Amanda Covington, and Babriel Cohen
Advisor: Shena Cherian

Description: Identi-Ski is a technology-based company that eliminates ticketing fraud within the ski resort industry by using an innovative application of RFID technology.

Email and Web Address: Email, and Email

TheRealRetro, LLC

3rd Place, $2,000.00
TheRealRetro, LLC
University of Michigan

Team Members: Evan Steinberg and Rohan MA
Advisor: Rishi Moudgil

Description: TheRealRetro's mission is to provide consumers with "cool" t-shirts designed to celebrate the lives and legacies of historical and literary heroes. Utilizing wit and style, TheRealRetro creatively links these "academic" figures with the modern world of sports fashion.

Email and Web Address: www.therealretro.com, and Email

Hottie Jeans, LLC

Honorable Mention, $750.00
Hottie Jeans, LLC
Colorado State University

Team members: Jamie N. Fisher, Rhianna G. Bain, Leigh K. Sabey, and Chris W. Wierman
Advisor: Paul Hudnut

Description: Hottie Jeans introduces an innovative idea for college women attending school during the cold months. The company plans to offer the consumer stylish denim jeans with a college affiliated flannel lining to keep her warm while representing school spirit.

Email and Web Address: Email, and Email

Graduate Track Finalists

SpectroHound

1st Place, $15,000.00
SpectroHound
University of Manitoba

Team Members: Lucas Golebioski and James Swirsky
Advisor: Robert Warren

Description: SpectroHound Inc., in conjunction with PDK Projects and Carl Zeiss International, aims to commercialize the SleuthNIR. The SleuthNIR is a product that utilizes Near Infrared technologies in order to continuously test for both chemical and biological contaminants in the water supply returning results in real-time.

Email and Web Address: Email

NanoMED Technologies, LLC

2nd Place, $3,000.00
NanoMED Technologies, LLC
Ohio State University

Team members: James C. Hamilton and Jason H. Sakamoto
Advisor: Professor Mauro Ferrari

Description: NanoMED Technologies has created polymer nanoparticles for use in vaccines, anti-inflammatory therapeutics, and nucleotide drug delivery.

Email and Web Address: Email

MediaTel

3rd Place, $3,000.00
MediaTel
Georgia State University

Team Members: Edlyn Lewis
Advisor: David Nasser

Description: MediaTel uses cutting edge wireless technology to deliver a flagship one-to-one marketing channel to the $130 billion US advertising industry. The proprietary software technology will make sweeping changes in the way both advertising and cellular business is done.

Email and Web Address: Email, and Email

Lume, Inc.

Honorable Mention, $1000.00
Lume, Inc.
Stanford University

Team members: John Shapiro and Juan Marin
Advisor: Tom Kosnik

Description: Lume, Inc. will bring large, flat displays to the mass market by offering 50" sizes at $1500 retail prices. Lume will utilize ELTV™, a breakthrough technology to which Lume, Inc. has exclusive rights. ELTV™ offers disruptive cost savings, lower weight, and lower power consumption versus competing technologies.

Email and Web Address: Email