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埃尔迈拉大学 Team Takes Third Place In Collegiate Pitch Competition

埃尔迈拉大学 Team Takes Third Place In Collegiate Pitch Competition

埃尔迈拉大学 学生 Mackenzie Brown ’26, 欧文·马斯卡罗，26岁, 迈克尔·康纳26岁, 还有26岁的维多利亚·贝亨, aka The Bioplastic Collective, 相信他们可以创造出比目前市场上更好的可生物降解和环保的吸管. 当三位评委同意他们的想法时，他们有点惊讶，但非常高兴, awarding the team third place at the 607年飙升 Southern Tier Startup Collegiate Competition，由 公司ubatorWorks.

“当我们听到我们的名字时，感觉很酷，因为我们是一个一年级的学生团队,布朗说. “这很特别，因为我们知道，我们第一次和一位新教授一起做研究, 它去了某个地方. We can really put faith in the work we did.”

“It was nice to get third place,” said Conner. “We put a lot of work into the research and the competition. It’s nice to see the fruits of our labor.”

The event, held in May 2023, was styled after the popular show 鲨鱼坦克. Six EC teams and two teams from SUNY Corning Community College (CCC) pitched their business ideas to a panel of three judges, or ”investors.对于每个团队，评委们都观看了一份记录的演示文稿，概述了该团队的商业计划. 然后，参赛队伍回答了评委关于他们的创意和市场调查的问题.

“The judges asked well-thought-out questions,马斯卡罗说. “I could tell they had business expertise. 这很伤脑筋, but also comforting as they know how to take our product to the next stage.”

As the third-place winners, The Bioplastic Collective team won $1,000. Another EC team, The 6 Hats, won the Viewer’s Choice award and $250. 第二名($2,500)和第一名($5,000)是来自CCC的队伍.

生物塑料协会的成员表示，他们将至少把部分奖金投入到研究中. 虽然他们对钱很感激，但他们更感激的是他们学到的技能.

The team members are all science majors, and they didn’t know much about business and entrepreneurship. They soon got a crash course in business basics, including writing a business plan and making a video pitch in Powerpoint. They received many insights from their business mentor, 罗伯特•克雷格, the Market Development Manager at 康宁公司合并. 超出他的建议, 他正在帮助他们建立网络，并邀请他们在不久的将来参观康宁公司.

“The competition was a really good opportunity,布朗说. “学生们经常从校园中心的桌子旁走过，不怎么想他们. 但我们从中得到了很多.她希望其他学生能尝试一些他们通常不会想到的事情.

“I learned that if you put yourself out t在这里, t在这里 are lots of people willing to help you,马斯卡罗说. “如果我对未来有一个商业计划，这让我更有可能联系别人.”

“incuborworks明白培养年轻人才创业心态的重要性,阿什利·麦迪逊说, Executive 导演 of 公司ubatorWorks. “By providing a platform of experiential, hands-on learning through the startup collegiate competition, 607年飙升, 我们为我们的大学生提供了另一种工具，帮助他们在毕业后的努力中取得成功."

“所有的学生都应该得到很多认可，因为他们付出了辛勤的工作和精力，使这成为所有人的积极学习经历,玛丽安娜·胡贝尔说, Program Manager at 公司ubatorWorks. “I was inspired by their dedication, 好奇心, and desire to learn new business-related concepts and ideas, and the creative thinking that they all demonstrated.”

Dr. Michael Selig, 埃尔迈拉大学 Assistant Professor of 化学, served as the Bioplastic Collective team’s faculty advisor. 当他得知这个竞赛时，他正在和学生们一起研究可生物降解材料，并鼓励他们参加.

“我觉得比赛内容丰富、有趣，并为他们获得第三名感到兴奋,他说. “对于学生们来说，这是一个很好的机会，让他们超越眼前的项目，把自己的工作转化为可行的商业机会.”

胡贝尔说:“我希望所有的学生都能考虑明年再次参加比赛。.

“能够与两所参赛大学的优秀代表一起工作是我的荣幸, 学生, 策划委员会成员, 我们在公司ubatorWorks的团队, and the three outstanding professionals on our judging panel,”她说。. “这次比赛取得了巨大的成功，很大程度上是因为他们对创业的热情, 创新, 和创造力.”

View the full pitch competition 在这里.

Full list of 埃尔迈拉大学 teams:

  • 时尚的基础

    • 队友:琳达·艾弗里25岁, 工商管理专业; Will Mu Htoo ’24, Psychology and Criminal Justice double major; and Mihret Haile ’26, 护理专业

    • 卖点:一种将垃圾填埋场的纺织品/服装与建筑中使用的混凝土结合在一起的建筑材料，这将减少垃圾填埋场的服装垃圾数量.

    • 博士导师:. 杰弗里·阿尔维斯, EC管理讲师, 詹妮弗·伯恩斯, 导演, 商业洞察中心, the Central 图书馆 of Rochester & 门罗县

  • Bioplastic Collective (3rd Place)

    • 队友:维多利亚·贝洪，26岁, Biochemistry major (unable to attend the competition due to travel); MacKenzie Brown ’26, Biochemistry major; Michael Conner ’26, 化学 major; and Owen Mascaro ’26, 环境科学专业

    • 卖点:一种可降解的塑料吸管，使用几小时后就会分解，不会影响饮料的味道.

    • 博士导师:. Michael Selig, EC Assistant Professor of 化学, and Dr. 罗伯特•克雷格, Market Assessment Manager for 康宁公司合并

  • WoofPurradise

    • 队友:Rediet Fekade '25, Biochemistry major; Het Patel '25, 工商管理专业; and Syeda Neha Wajahat '25, 会计专业

    • Pitch: Create an App that has all of the pet-care needs in one place, including veterinary services and pet supply delivery services.

    • 博士导师:. Alexis Rittenberger，助理教授，研究生和专业研究主任，博士. James Grochocinski (Jim Graw)，康宁公司环境技术项目总监

  • 六顶帽子(观众选择)

    • Teammates: Alessandro Lancia '26, Finance major; Daraab Khan '25, Psychology major; Marc Artuz '24, Psychology major; Pietro Gallina '25, 工商管理专业; Henry Wylie '23, 工商管理专业; and Horacio Vicioso '25, 工商管理专业

    • 情节:卫城, an entertainment location that offers advanced gaming and food, located close to a college in the Southern Tier.

    • 博士导师:. 杰弗里·阿尔维斯, EC管理讲师 and Barry Nicholson, local businessman and President of Barr Yann, 公司.

  • 假期不间断

    • 队友:大卫·李26岁, Fashion Marketing; Jazmine Elliott '26, 工商管理专业; James Mehlek '24, 人力资源服务专业; Mackenzie Budine '26, 会计专业; and Mariyah Casados '26, 工商管理专业

    • 卖点:提供节日装饰服务，将装饰品运送给个人和企业，然后客户再将其运回.

    • 博士导师:. 杰弗里·阿尔维斯, EC管理讲师 and Barry Nicholson, local businessman and President of Barr Yann, 公司.

  • 救助儿童会(STCN)

    • 队友:迪安娜·海瑟薇24岁, Business Administration and Legal Studies double major; Calli Vocke '23, Speech and Hearing major; Cassidy Ryan '24, Business Administration and Art double major; and Samantha Garry '25, 人力资源服务专业.

    • 卖点:一款名为Indigo的GPS芯片被嵌入到儿童手环中，可以帮助父母追踪孩子的位置.

    • 导师:Mark Abdalla, EC金融学助理教授，Lee Jiang，联合创始人 & Lo Bio的首席商务官和REV Ithaca的常驻企业家

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