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2009 Be Your Own Boss Bowl Concludes - Pitbull Development Takes Grand Prize of Over $50,000 in Cash, Microsoft Products, Professional Services and More

Eleven finalists pitched at The Be Your Own Boss Bowl, Temple's 11th annual business plan competition, on the afternoon of April 22 to a jam packed crowd at Alter Hall, new home of the Fox School of Business. Fourteen distinguished judges determined the following winners:

  • GRAND PRIZE - Shawn Bullard, CEO (alumni, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management) and Julian Baldwin, PhD (alumni, School of Pharmacy) for Pitbull Development, a privately owned boutique real estate development company specializing in contemporary living solutions for off-campus college students.
  • FIRST PLACE, GRADUATE STUDENT/ALUMNI/FACULTY/STAFF - David Ho, PhD, President and Chief Scientific Officer (Alumni, School of Medicine) for HeMemics Biotechnologies, a firm specializing in products and processes designed to extend the life of perishable reagents, diagnostics and therapeutics used in health care and research.
  • FIRST PLACE, UNDERGRADUATE - Kelley Grimm, CEO (Entrepreneurship/Marketing, Fox School of Business) and James Salisbury, CFO/COO (Entrepreneurship, Fox School of Business) for Fried Anything, a specialty restaurant serving a variety of customizable unique fried foods (fried Twinkies, Oreos, Candy Bars and more) in an upbeat atmosphere.
  • SECOND PLACE, GRADUATE STUDENT/ALUMNI/FACULTY/STAFF - LaToya Winkfield, co-CEO (alumna, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management) and Sharana Worsley, co-CEO, MBA (Drexel University) for Mocha Passport, a niche online travel resource guide serving African American urban professionals combining user-generated content and social networking.
  • SECOND PLACE, UNDERGRADUATE - Lakshman Rajeswaran, CEO (Human Resources, Fox School of Business), Judith Martin, Director of Finance (Finance, Fox School of Business) and Amber Minotti, Director of Marketing (International Business, Fox School of Business) for One Home, a unique furniture company offering a Universal Furniture System which combines sleeping, living, storage and office furniture all into one modular unit.

The afternoon started with a Rapid Fire Delivery sponsored by Good Company Ventures in which all 11 finalists provided 30-second overviews of their businesses and value propositions. The judges awarded a $250 cash prize to Robert Yerkov, CEO (Entrepreneurship/Marketing, Fox School of Business) and Peter Kuhn II (Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts) for Campus Connections Advertising.

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship congratulates all the winners and participants in the BYOBB, and thanks everyone involved in the program, especially sponsors, preliminary and finalist judges, senior executive mentors and Fox faculty.

 

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