lllIdeas in Action! Ideas for Developing the Entrepreneurial Spirit Learning in Action! A Cross-disciplinary Problem-Based Learning Environment for Entrepreneurship A List of Ideas Test Version 1.0 (A Work in Progress) R. Wilburn Clouse, PhD Vanderbilt University A List of Ideas This activity is designed to encourage students to think of new and different ideas and to share those ideas in small group settings in their classes and on the Internet with other students through out the world who are interested in new idea development. Professors are encouraged to have students to list ideas that are of interest to the student. The concept here is to get as many ideas out as possible. Any school that would like to participate in these activities should contact R. Wilburn Clouse, PhD (wil.clouse@vanderbilt.edu). A black board Discussion group and or Glob will be established and their ideas can be added to the list. The following list includes ideas developed in the following classes offered at Vanderbilt University: HOD 2760 Creativity and Entrepreneurship LPO 3460 Humor, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Education HOD 2720 Advanced Organizational Theory LOP 3465 Leadership and Marketing ES 101 Freshman Engineering Entrepreneurship Seminar The Y Shaped Dog Leash The Y Shaped Dog Leash is a product aimed at people who want to walk more than one dog at the same time. This leash prevents the dogs from becoming entangled, and would make dog owners' lives much easier. -- Hiram Lewis Coach Me, Inc. The mission of this company is to create a premiere coaching venue for Nashville area junior and senior high school athletes. Coach Me, Inc. wants to help these student athletes attain their true athletic potential. -- Kori Langford, Jaime Lyon, Jaime Miner, Lydia Otero Ryan Patrick’s Smorgasbar Ryan Patrick’s is a bar for those who are 21 and up. There will be a ten-dollar cover charge for all you can drink. Customers serve themselves from kegs provided in the 2 center of each table. The customer self-service is what will set this bar apart from its competitors. -- Ryan Aulds, Charlie Colyer, Cooper Cox, Gabriel Jay, Lori Thomas BLK Beatbox The Beatbox is a durable, cushioned casing pre-fitted to accommodate a Sony CD player, which then attaches underneath the front panel of exercise machines. -- Kelley Capps, Laura Griffin, Brook Reed Milestone Equine Surgery & Rehabilitation Clinic This clinic for horses will offer top quality surgery and will ensure safe rehabilitation for injured horses. -- Alexa Stent Artlinks.org Artlinks proposes the development of a virtual museum to enhance the educational experiences of not only students, but also educators and the general public. -- Susan Brandt, Sylvia Carey, Steve Gossett, Christine Stenson Appli-Scanned This software company specializes in the development of computer programs to scan employment applications for public schools and higher education and reject applicants not meeting the minimum criteria and rank orders the remaining eligible applicants. -Lehora Boehlert, Gloria Gammell Guava Duff This restaurant is divided into four quadrants, each of which will represent a different region of the world. Each area will have its own decor, wait staff, and menu. -- Jacob Drewry, Andrew Jay Page, Angela McShepard, Nora Levine, Heather Slack 3 Watch Over Me This company provides security service through a watch that will warn caregivers when the person moves past a programmed parameter. The caregiver will be able to hear, see, and speak with the person through the watch. Power Punch Power Punch is a low-calorie nutritional drink composed of orange juice, a granulated Gatorade-like mix, and club soda. This drink is aimed at the fitness crowd, and those who live in hot areas. -- Nick Scully, Jason Kalajainen, Candice McQueen Universal Fuel Unlimited This company aims at creating a pre-paid gas card. This uses the same ideas as the prepaid phone card, and wants to increase the convenience for gas customers. FIX-IT.com A Nashville based Internet start-up, this company will provide home owners and contractors a way to come together and set up contract labor to fix, repair, and maintain common household problems in Nashville area homes and apartments. -- Misha Wilson, Thomas Rose, Marisa Adams Portfolio Net Project This company would research beauty products, educational/entertainment sales, Internet providers, news media, job search engines, free email, and event databases online. -Katie King, Brad Minor Used Oil Recycling System 4 This idea is to develop an inexpensive device for capturing and carrying small amounts of used oil to a disposal point and to do so without coming into contact with the oil. -- David Fender Easy Access Easy Access is a dry cleaning and laundry service that picks up and delivers clothing to the Vanderbilt campus. By using in-house dry cleaning machines, and excellent washers/dryers, they are able to provide next day service. -- Katherine Mathes, Sallie Small, Spencer Moss MusicCityParty.com Here is an online party planning company. This company will assist clients in planning a party by being the "middle-man" in production. Entertainment, transportation, location, decorations, invitations, party favors, photographers, caterers, and supplies will be provided by the company. -- Ashley Burleson, Kim Miske, Meredith Moore The Wedding Connection This company's goal is the elimination of stress and tribulations associated with planning weddings and honeymoons. It will provide a one-step location to get every detail planned to the full satisfaction of the customer and will provide professional wedding consulting service on the Internet. -- Molly Hornsby, Jill Salomon, Scott Toland, Brigid Rauch, Sara Oswalt, John Pitt, Ethan Gardner Data Simple This company will manufacture software that combines two existing technologies-- a scanner and computer database. This technology allows an individual to scan whole documents or individual passages, tables, etc. directly into a database. -- David Fender, Randall Brown, Lisa Yates, Jerome Carr, R. Powe 5 The Whistler Corporation This whistling golf ball provides a warning to others on the green, but it also helps you to find your lost ball. This product is designed for beginning golfers. -- Heather Slack Navigation Stations This is a unique service for airport users, providing them with kiosks which allow communication via the Internet. -- Harris Cohn, Russ Johnson, Elizabeth Coupland, Adam Robinowitz Internet Voting Internet candidate analysis through the Internet offers a good opportunity for voters to easily learn about political issues. Voters can type in questions to the candidates. -- Rita Weighil Armoire This is an upscale lingerie shop geared towards women between ages of 28-40 years old. It will focus on European lingerie using materials and cuts from abroad. -- Mercedes Simon, Bethany, Flint, Kristy Dickens, Ashley Berchelman Digitakeout Here is a food delivery service in which you order the food through your cable system. The product is the actual software to make the takeout service run. The people ordering food will have the bill for the food added onto their monthly cable bill. -- Liz Curry, Andy Kropf, Andre Woods Potato Heads This is an exclusive fast food eatery, located in the Boston area, that only sells french fries in multiple variations. -- Josh Martino, Mike McClurg, Eric Freeland, Geordy Strong, Bill Maggert 6 Pin Point Paging This device helps keep track of young children (or any other person) via a GPS system attached to that person. A bracelet is given to the child and a pager to the adult so they can locate the child at anytime. -- Tyrone Yarbrough Y-not? This web site offers kids (high school age) information about what is going on with people in their generation - generation Y. It gives realistic and age appropriate information. -- Katy Citron, Jennifer Gersten, Jess Pantages, Tara Rice Skylab This photo developing business located in airports serves tourists by developing their film in thirty minutes. This is targeted to people coming back from vacation that will be waiting in the airport for their next flight. -- Loretta Bickel, Landon Hill, Meg Schrader, Chris Wagner Bensen Card & Co. This company provides flash cards to students that coincide with their textbooks. Packages will be sent with cards for the entire textbook. -- Brook Castellaw, Allison Chuplis, James Paugh, Brande Singleton KeepUs Kleaners This is a company that will provide cleaning services to college campuses. Their focus is on quality and saving students time. They plan to have drop bins and the ability to clean the laundry in two days. -- Ward Davis, Claire Dillavon, Richard Douglas No Boundaries 7 This company plans to design a store that is complete with all the essentials for planning a trip. With this store, families will no longer have to fret with plans. -- Rachel Deutsch, Turner Inscoe, Sarah Holbrook, Hunter Rice, Sara Stubblefield, Kathryn Styne NashvilleBride.com This company is a consulting firm for soon-to-be brides. They will assist any bride with all the wedding plans via the Internet. -- Mary Kate Campbell, Fabiola Cruz, Sarah Powell C&E Production This company plans to cater to the college musician. They will have an in-house studio that is cheap and easy to use for new musicians. -- Boyd Christian, Marcy Butler, Casey Stribling, J.R. Bamber, Eliza Sedgwick SuperThaw SuperThaw, L.L.C. develops, markets, and maintains the anti-icing coating system that permanently protects electric transmission and distribution systems from ice and cold weather related damage. It will also provide long-term maintenance services to utility companies. -- Cydney McCurdy Mealfinder.com Mealfinder.com is an online grocery shopping and meal planning service. The customers have the ability to create meals by simply typing in the ingredients they already have at hand and can pay online. The groceries are bagged and waiting for the customer at the store. -- Peter Casey, Melissa Mailand, Tom McBride, Lauren Whitt SEC Car Rental 8 SEC Car Rental will be a service which offers car rentals at a reasonable price to adults eighteen years of age and older. The three rental locations will be located in small, college towns with locations near by the college campuses. -- Allison E. Brown, Tom Burns, Carrie Geller, Caroline Neely YouDaChef.com YouDaChef.com is an interactive recipe web site powered with "Napster-like" technology that features shopping lists, written recipes and corresponding photographs, as well as searchable databases, daily and weekly menu highlights, editorial features, a glossary, special tips, and extensive recipe sharing. This service will allow customers to download audio versions of the recipes onto CDs for a nominal fee. -- Allison Brown, Jennifer Hackett, Stephanie Oster, Jonathan Rollo Positus Positus plans to provide security and peace of mind through the integration of Internet Software and global positioning service (GPS) technology. By inserting the smallest possible GPS chip into valuable assets, this device aids in the recovery of missing or stolen objects. -- Nathan Basseen, Allison Blanton, Lauren Bloom, Brooks Finnegan MEDRECNOW.com The mission statement for this company is to provide instant access to lifesaving medical records in a secure environment. MEDRECNOW is an automated medical record provider that enables customers to have their authorized medical records stored in databases that can be accessed via the WWW for both personal usage and in emergency situations. -- Caroline Brumbaugh, Anne Howard, Charles King, Dan Sherwood Happy Trails The Rest Assure car seat is designed to fit your newborn’s size and weight, as well as to meet the correct measurements for installation, safety, and comfort. The mission is to provide a service and product to hospitals that ensures the safety of all newborn babies. -Laurie Black, Camille Freeman, Paul Hoffman, Elizabeth Landers, Ashley Smith 9 Cosmic At Cosmic, the mission is "to provide quality service to earthlings in a distinctively Cosmic atmosphere." It will be an outer space theme bar that caters to a young, sophisticated Nashville clientele. The bar will be open five nights weekly, ensuring a fun, friendly atmosphere for all Cosmic patrons. -- Nancy Hatcher, Lyndsay Steuber, Natalie Wheeler, Christina Yeones Optimum Business Solutions This service will offer travelers the opportunity to conduct business and personal matters from the airport just as they would from their own home or office. Optimum will serve as a chain of full-service business centers aimed at providing convenience, top quality service and affordable rates, without the membership requirements and expensive annual fees of airline-owned clubs. -- Melinda Creasman, Edward Gilbert, William Hadler, Alison Tuckman WriteRight Pen The pen has a laser beam attached to the ballpoint that reads and detects the improper spelling of handwritten words and then provides the writer with the proper spelling on a screen located on the side of the pen. -- Rebecca Babcock, Robert Howard, Lindsay Shea, Matthew Smith FamCare FamCare will create affordable housing (Southland Apartments) with a daycare facility including high-quality childcare and after-school programs for median income families. - Jeb Bowen, Jeff Luenrostro, Chandler Clark, Harvin Lawhon, Amanda Lea Showtime! 10 Showtime! would be an all-purpose entertainment and dining facility in downtown Nashville designed to host parties, family programs, concerts, and theatre. -- Jamie Cooper, Brian Egan, Lauren Howard, Megan Krause ECASH Card ECASH cards, a pre-paid card linked to a major credit card company, could be used for secure online purchasing as well as other retail purchases. -- Melissa Iacono, Kristina Marzec, Julie Peoples, Jennifer Poston, Aprill Smith La Carcel Vieja Translated from Spanish as "this old jail", La Carcel Vieja would be a restaurant and bar in the Vanderbilt area where customers would actually get to eat in a jail cell while they enjoy live entertainment. -- Rob Bedwell, Ulises Cabrera, Ashley Freeman Club Paradise Club Paradise would be a unique dance club in downtown Nashville emphasizing customer service, technology, and low costs. -- Jerrol Jackson, Lew Thomas iProject iProject is an art therapy program using the ideas of love, imagination, and hope to help children explore their creative identities. -- Christina Barnes, Meghan DeAngelis, Sarah Edens Smart-Trips Smart-Trips is a company that would plan field trips and excursions for independent schools in the Nashville area coordinating all aspects of each trip. -- Catherine Beckman, Vanessa Callo, Margery Maxwell, Everol Richards, Elana Spiegel 11 IntelliPads, Inc. Applying an idea already successful in laptops, IntelliPads would bring the touchpad technology to desktop computers creating a more accurate mouse. -- James Cheston, Amanda Kazmer, Court Rosen CampusNews.com This Internet start-up would be a content portal that links users to a variety of college and university newspapers. -- Ashley Breed Medi-Store.com Medi-Store.com is an online database that would store a patient’s medical records for a fee. -- Jill Carter, Justin Douglas, Greg Kuzjac, Brad Lawler, Bryce Worth A to Z Organizing The staff of A to Z Organizing will go to homes and businesses to organize whatever room or area needs physical organization. -- Kara Catlett and Bonnie McDowell Twenty Four-7 Twenty Four-7 would be a 24 hour, 7 day a week restaurant in the Vanderbilt area that would serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner all the time. -- Miguel Coles The Fitness Factory The Fitness Factory would be a full-service fitness facility and spa charging members for only the activities that they use. -- Rushen Jones, Ryan Nungesser, Will Oates, Araceli Vidal 12 Revitalize Real Estate Investment Trust Revitalize Real Estate Investment Trust would buy and renovate existing apartment complexes in the New York City metropolitan area. -- D’Wayne Prieto, Michelle Phillips knowWait knowWait would be a software package designed for restaurants so that they could determine accurate wait times for customers. -- Kyle Helmstetter, Matt Schiefer, Becky Yang, Chris Koenemann FamouSpeeches.com FamouSpeeches.com would be a database of video footage of famous speeches available to educational institutions by subscription. -- Melissa Berg, Bobby Bailie, Scott Vix, Ashley Whittacker ALLinONE Delivery Service A year round delivery service that runs errands (grocery shopping, dry cleaning, video rentals, etc) for people who do not have the time to run them for themselves. Relies on the Internet to gain a list of errands and then they are delivered to the home. -- Liz Bordowsky, Jessica Cleland, Steve Miller, Tara Williams CD Mix Masters CD Mix Masters offers services within Blockbuster Music Stores to allow customers to create personalized compact discs. -- Amanda Lepof, Lauren Martin, Dave Minoff, Jessamine Steinworth Chameleon Technological Enterprises 13 Designs, manufactures, and markets collectible, theme-related computer mice to endusers directly through computer accessory distributors. -- Justin Chipman, John Giordani, Camilla Santistevan Corporate Reality Advisors, Inc. A business to help other businesses manage their real estate and use it more effectively through the use of software and other database sources. Creativity Connection Creativity Connection makes crafts and artistic projects for people who do not want to or are unable to complete such projects. It includes scrapbooks, wood products, paper products, painted ceilings, murals, and floral products. -- Kim Caraway Crown Consulting Company This company would assist pageant winners to make career connections and business networks, and work to counter unfounded stereotypes about pageant contestants. -- Jeni Stephens, Nicole Kindall, James Lindsey Education System Analysis, Inc. Consultation firm designed to provide comprehensive assessments of school systems in a non-threatening manner. Also provides program evaluations aimed at achieving school’s goals. -- Dennis Bunch, Harmon Seawel, Carl Vaupel FUTURE University 14 A 24-hour a day learning community with a focus on holistic education: body, mind, and spirit. -- Michael Alston, Tina Collins, Molly Duesterhaus, Kasey Gatlin, Gayle Gilmer, Claudia Joplin, Derrick May, Cassandra Ward, Laura Watts, Susan West, Lori White HDLC Produces waterproof laptop computers. -- Harold Lercius The Hair Lair The Hair Lair is a business to make haircuts for kids fun and entertaining. -- Jan Johnson, Lee Rabideau, Jeff Surles, Christine McCord Hear & Hair A hair salon offering a variety of entertainment while your hair is cut, washed, etc. Specifically, a hair dryer that plays music and has an intercom would be offered. -- Vince Ford J.A.M., Inc.’s Groceries.com J.A.M. is an Internet-based grocery shopping business. It combines everyday task with cutting-edge technology, and is a year-round business, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. -- John Kelly, Alex Fine, Meghan Doyle Keep Us Kleaners Keep Us Kleaners is a business that provides convenient cleaning/laundry services to students, faculty, and other university-related individuals. -- Ward Davis, Claire Dillavou, Richard Douglas KNASH Enterprises; Agape Village 15 The Agape Village is a partnership among Teaching for Tomorrow, The Southern Black Medical Alliance, and Promise for the Future, and is a not-for-profit center that works to revitalize neighborhoods. -- Kimberly Nash Languagetutor.com An online tutoring business that provides a listing of all tutors nationwide, and eventually worldwide. It will target academic institutions, such as high schools and universities. -Richard Cheong, Gray Stream, Brian Taylor LifeWay School A charter school aimed to meet the needs of students with behavior problems, learning disabled students, emotionally handicapped students, and the teachers who work with these students inside and outside of the public school system. -- Ann Brewer MovieNet MovieNet uses the Internet to allow customers to conveniently select movies through a search engine. -- Jennifer Koch, Missy Tullis, Stephen Hinson, Chris Kinkade The Nashville Sports Stop, Inc. The Nashville Sports Stop, Inc. is a general athletic apparel store specializing in Nashville’s local teams, and will operate year-round. -- Benjamin Boyer, James Muhlfeld, Bob Lynch, John DiOrio, Jason Dunnavant Offering Options 16 Offering Options is an alternate method of financial support for Christ United Methodist Church in Lexington, KY. Donors use a software program to have donations withdrawn from their bank accounts each month. -- Kara Covert The Overtime Brewery and Raw Bar The Overtime Brewery and Raw Bar is a unique restaurant and bar combination under one roof. It offers an upscale version of the typical sports bar. -- Jeb Quaid, Aislinn Madden, Laura Hatfield, Erik Waldin, Ashley Fogg, Carlos Carela ParentLink A technology-based resource for more efficient communication between parents and teachers, concerning homework, assignments, attendance, academic progress, upcoming school events, notices of parent-teacher conferences, and school calendars changes throughout the year. -- Mathew Smith The Play Ground The Playground is an indoor facility that combines a recreation area with a sports bar in order to create a fun and interesting atmosphere for the whole family. It will offer freestyle roller skating, a climbing wall, indoor soccer arena, and a snack bar combined with a restaurant offering a bar & grill, pool tables, and electronic sports trivia. -- Sara Collier, Kelli Wilson RemoteWorks RemoteWorks is a voice-activated channel finder with parental lock, paging capabilities, and memory lock. -- Shannon Cromarty, Jane Harrison SRP Medical Supplies, Inc. SRP Medical Supplies, Inc. produces a technologically advanced device for monitoring patients from any computer network (Ultra Track monitoring system). It would provide a 17 listing of all possible diagnoses. -- Sloan Wyatt, Carey Martin Hinds, Jennie Garth Lovvorn, Scott Tannen, Nancy Woodworth Smart TV Smart TV is a company for developing circuits to simplify the way people interact with their electronics, specifically their televisions. It uses voice-recognition (VR) circuits. -David Bach, April Lloyd, Elissa Scadron, Jane Veeder Spencer David’s Vine A program dedicated to helping today’s youth. It offers after-school programs, such as mentoring, tutoring, and homework help sessions, and sports, recreation, performing and creative arts, and community service opportunities. -- Jeni Stephens, David Perez II Super Scout Internet Services A company designed to assist coaches, recruiters, agents, talent scouts, anyone else looking for the next superstar with the latest up-to-date information via the web. It gives every athlete an equal chance at being recognized and applying to schools of their choice. -- Marcus Williams, Rene Perez Tax Lien Source Network Tax Lien Source Network provides information to investigators regarding the outstanding investment opportunities available through the buying and selling of government tax lien certificates. The business provides insight on how Internet marketing can be effectively used in modern business. -- Phil Ayers Thoughtful Notes Produces customized stationary products that are self-adhesive messages, and aims to strengthen friendships while promoting harmony specifically among roommates. -- Lailai Peng, Cynthia Chilton 18 Thunder Networking Technologies Thunder Networking Technologies is a business computing service that provides Microsoft business software and workspaces over the Internet in the form of a Virtual Desktop. The objective of this company is to supply businesses with all the critical operating applications over the Internet. -- Bruce R. Nicol, Jr. Traffic Solutions A company designed to make driving safer and less stressful. It relies on traffic engineers to design safer and more efficient roads, parking garages, etc. PARKPLACE is the main product and it uses a light system to indicate the availability of a space. -- Sara Anderson Water-Com Water-Com specializes in production of waterproof cell phones. -- Rodney Williams Williams Residential Properties (WRP) WRP is a residential rental company specializing in renting to low and middle income families. -- Marcus Williams www.fashionadvice.org Offers "fashion groupies" immediate advice about what the latest fashions, styles, and trends are. The site would focus on different designers each week and offer information about where to find certain items. -- Lindsey Hickman, Stacy Small Clear View Glass Company The Clear View Glass Company revolutionized the window industry by developing a self-cleaning solution that only has to be applied once. -- Chris Maultsby 19 Strickland Digital Communication Strickland Digital is an all in one full service and publishing company for the music industry. New musical artists will be guided through the entire music business through SDC. -- Wesley Camp SureLuck Homes SureLuck Homes is an online real estate company for homebuyers and corporations and has an unprecedented commission rate, which is less than half of that of the competition. -- Megan Mollmann AutoFD AutoFD designs and manufactures smoke detectors that utilize wireless technology to reduce the response time of emergency personnel. -- Abby Holahan Oasis Oasis is a retail store that provides customers the best quality relaxations products and services from around the world. Their mission is to raise awareness of alternative medicine and stress management. -- Haruko Koyama CVEC CVEC is a pre-installed car vacuum, which will provide an efficient and simple alternative for a clean car. -- John Steel Club Asiana This company’s mission is to provide a safe, unique, and enjoyable experience at their dance club that embraces eastern traditions. -- Heather Kinney 20 Swampy’s Surf and Turf Racing This company aims at providing hovercraft racing in a semi-controlled environment, which will promote safety and racing enjoyment. -- David Meadows Sport Specific Sport Specific is dedicated to helping high school and college athletes succeed in athletics as well as life by providing the best training equipment and guidance possible. -Tyson Radtke The Disposable Cell Phone The mission of this company is to provide an alternative to monthly cell phone bills by creating a disposable cell phone that can be used for a set period of time and then can be disposed, thus eliminating any bills because there is only one upfront fee. -- Jordan Hill Speedy School Supplies This company specializes in prepackaged writing instruments for distribution in vending machines. -- Amy Moghanaki Smart Card Parking Service This local company specializes in the installation of innovative parking equipment that utilizes the Smart Card, which works as a debit card for parking meters. -- Richard Warren Deriso, Charles Holman Deriso Modern Professional This is a magazine for a new generation of professional woman. -- Stephanie Cline PlayBooks 21 Playbooks is an interdisciplinary teaching tool that combines the sports and entertainment industries with the education systems in America. -- Beth Baker MyNashville.com This website is an online city guide geared towards Nashville college students. -- Anya Wailandt Once and Again Once and Again is a bridal boutique for women that caters to women who are currently ignored by typical wedding dress stores. -- Shelby Berchelmann No-Rinse Products, Inc. No-Rinse Products creates personal hygiene products that are not water dependent. This will allow customers to brush their teeth without using any water and still feel refreshed. - Mary Kay Howard Electromed This company provides solutions for the insulin-dependent diabetic patient so they can take control of their bodies and feel confident about their future. -- Michelle Malone Brooke’s Special Events Services This event planning company provides create ideas for customers who intend on having an event at either their home or business. -- Brooke McGuyer Wait-Less, Co. 22 This company provides a computerized system for restaurants to put the customer in control of their dinning experience by allowing them to order and pay directly from a touch-screen at the table. -- Kirsten Adeeb www.designyourownpromdress.com This website allows high school girls to become a fashion designer and customize a prom dress for their big night. -- Katherine Wehmeyer Simplicity This technology corporation resells leading technology products and provides technology service and support to residents of the Nashville area. -- Dalton Franklin Direct Direct is a software company that provides consumers with a more economical, efficient, and environmentally way to record purchases. -- Meredith Miller The Good Land The Good Land will be a restaurant/bar located in Wisconsin and will provide good food, drinks, and unique atmosphere. -- Joe Doyle A Revolution: The AutoAppointments AutoAppointments creates business software that enables businesses to take appointments automatically via their web page. -- Sara Silva The Chameleon The Chameleon is a new athletic shoe that allows the user to release the sole of the shoe and replace it with another sole. -- Joel Richard Franklin 23 Electronic Plumbing Systems This corporation specializes in electronic showers that allow individuals to regulate temperature and water pressure by using an EPS controller. -- Nicholas Dowd The Fit The Fit is a clothesline that aims at the meeting the needs of small figured woman. -Denise Irizarry Vehicall Vehicall is an after market cellular device for cars which allows the user to unlock doors, start the car, roll down windows, and turn off lights by simply calling the car. -- Adam Blue Satellite Attended Fueling SAF will create and maintain unattended fueling stations that are controlled and monitored through a satellite system. -- John S. Orr, Jr. www.BoxItUp.com Box It Up is a website that allows college students to order all of their dorm room supplies. Box It Up pre-packages all of the supplies and sends it to the college student. -Sarah Trees The Clocking System This system is an accessory for Palm Pilots. The system will beep whenever an appointment is scheduled on the Palm Pilot and a small speaker can be connected to work as an alarm clock. -- Eloise Harper 24 Gourmet On the Go This small catering company is targeted towards working parents. These individuals can order meals for dinner through the web or by phone. -- Morgan Dawkins Freshstyles LLC This business sells automobile air fresheners to the general public featuring a variety of logos from colleges to professional sports teams. -- Chris Piekarski Adventure Travels Unlimited This company provides consultation and planning for climbing trips through their web page. -- Trey Jackson Doorstep Dorm Room This web-based company will allow college students to select their dorm room necessities and have them delivered to their college. -- Lauren Eckert Fly-By Fitness This company provides a clean, comfortable, and high-tech fitness facility in the airport, for people of all ages to exercise. -- Jamie Byrum Next Step This company provides career counseling for student athletes in college. -- Gregg Gulison Bright Bags This business manufactures purses with built in lighting for safety of all women at night. -- Claudia Kreisle ComfortFood.com This company is 24 hour online catering service in the Tennessee area. Packaged dinners and desserts are shipped via Federal Express. -- Kimberly Howard TRAC Systems – Navitune Navitune is GPS/Mp3 player designed for runners so they can know their location and listen to music as the run. -- Benjamin Heard Aspirige, Inc. Aspirige provides full education expenses to select undergraduate students who attend the nation’s leading universities. Aspirige will obtain funds from their clients, business companies. These companies will help foot the educational expenses and in return have the students work at least two summers at the company doing an unpaid internship and 25 then upon graduation the company would rely on Aspirige to supply the recruits appropriate for the company. -- Scott Vanderhalt Sports Safety Incorporated Sports Safety Incorporated’s first product, the football helmet cooling system, is the first product to combine the safety features of the modern helmet with the safety and comfort of a cooling system. The helmet products players from impact as well as from heat related injuries. The cooling helmet incorporates two outstanding products, the space age ice pack, one of the best developments in sport medicine, and the advanced technology of Bike football helmets. -- David Grimes JH’s Wings and Ale JH’s Wings and Ale is a restaurant and sports bar in walking distance to Vanderbilt University. The restaurant and bar offer quality chicken wings and other foods as well as a wide array of beverages. The restaurant and bar is open 24 hours on the weekends and contains televisions, pool tables, and video games. The menu is inexpensive and is targeted towards Vanderbilt students and sports fans. -- James Hunter May Evenings On Us Evenings On Us provides the personal/concierge service of scheduling and planning all entertainment based activities in the Nashville area. Evenings On Us is an Internet organization that allows customers to select the types of restaurants and entertainment activities for an evening. -- David Leonard Sole Satisfactions Sole Satisfactions is a division of Sole Supports, the first custom orthopedic insert that actually corrects abnormal functions during the gait cycle. Sole Satisfactions manufactures and sells custom orthopedic sandals. -- Samantha Souyoul Carter Collegiate Housing Carter Collegiate Housing provides undergraduate and graduate students with affordable housing with close proximity to a college or university. Carter Collegiate Housing is a private real estate company that rents out residences that have be previously purchased by the company. -- Jeffrey Carter Medpoint Real Estate Services Medpoint Real Estate Services is an Indianapolis based, full service brokerage firm, specializing in medical real estate. The company’s focus is on medical real estate and the income for Medpoint will be generated through commissions. -- Jake Sturman College Daze College Daze is the first magazine that targets the interests and needs of the growing population of college students. The magazine will provide helpful entertaining resources to college students so that college students can learn about other schools around the 26 country. The magazine will also serve as a voice for students’ opinion, acting as an open forum. -- Anne Gasho EyeBrowz EyeBrowz is a “No heat, no wax, no problem” way to remove unwanted eyebrow hair and is specially designed to offer different shape options. There are ten pairs of eyebrows for a woman to choose from that are not complicated like stencils and not as painful as wax. Eyebrowz are made with an adhesive that sticks comfortably on top of the brow without the strength of a band-aid. They are not used to remove hair, but rather sit on top of the brow so that the customer can pluck around the design in order to remove unwanted hair above or below the suggested shape. -- Allison Whiting Infinite Incidents Infinite Incidents is a small event planning company located in Crested Butte, Colorado. Infinite Incidents will take control of any event a customer intends to hold, such as a business meeting, parties, weddings, etc. The company strategically plans every detail of an event and caters to each customer’s needs. -- Carrie Martin Zink Industries Zink Industries is involved in the oral care product business. The first product on the market is a combination of two powerful oral hygiene products, the toothbrush and dental floss. -- Will Zink Victory Golf Victory Golf manufactures, and sells R-100, a unique retrievable golf ball. The ball is retrievable when used in conjunction with a GPS Scanner. Each golf ball has its own, unique molecular identity that when scanned can be detected up to a 2 mile radius with the GPS module. It can be detected in water, in woods, under mud, and will detect the golf cart or golfer in the specific direction of the golf ball. -- Jeff Kalusk Serenity Day Spa and Salon Serenity Day Spa and Salon markets to the affluent population of Williamson County in Tennessee and is the first combination company in the Cold Springs area. The spa offers services in a “natural environment”, with flowing water, plants, fish, natural rocks, mud baths, and shower all combined in one. -- Mikele Bruce LuxuryLink LuxuryLink provides brokerage services that facilitate increased revenues for the nonprofit market. LuxuryLink aggregates national nonprofit events to make them more attractive to luxury goods advertisers, opening up a market for the advertisers and filling a need of the nonprofits for professional, streamlined advertising services. The company connects national advertisers to event catalogues and programs that are traditionally limited to local advertising for revenue. -- Betsy Wills, Kevin Cavallaro, Jan Wilson, Kathleen Armour-spitze 27 Kids’N’Things LLC Kids’N’Things serves the growing market for developmental products for children between the ages of 2 and 8. The company identifies, contracts, and ultimately works with the best of thousands of small existing companies built by parent-innovators. These parents sell innovative products that children use and love. Kids’N’Things offers parententrepreneurs. -- Mark M. Reynolds KKMD KKMD develops the Metratery, a wireless connected, touch-screen monitor, placed on city street corners, subways, and other areas with high level of pedestrian traffic, to provide helpful information to newcomers and regulars alike to navigate through an organization’s setting. -- Kristi Kelly and Michael Doyne McPherson Real Estate Development This company is a real estate development company based in Central Florida to take advantage of the projected fastest growing metropolitan area in the county. -- Trey McPherson EZ Scan, LLC Production of a credit card scanner to be used in moderately priced restaurants. This product is intended to make the check paying process with a credit card more convenient, and enabling restaurants to make more money by turning tables faster. -- Jacqueline Hawk En Ville Plans for an event planning company based in St. Louis, MO. -- Elizabeth Courtney Capps Expresso Expresso is a specialty drive thru coffee shop based in Nashville, TN. The company plans on offering various coffee, specialty drink, and food products. -- Ali Tullis Waffle Manison A restaurant that offers cheaply priced food and beverages with the speed of a fast food restaurant, but in a sit down atmosphere. -- Michael Lawrence Token Jeans Token Jeans is a retail apparel outlet that specializes in selling fashionable men and women’s casual clothing. -- Aaron Booth Sassy Wear A women’s undergarment store that markets to confident women who want to determine their own look. -- Kendra Crawford 28 Kreative Kitchen Company Kreative Kitchen is a company that focuses on creating products for the kitchenware industry. -- Leticia Lanham NY Minute A fast food restaurant that offers healthy offerings marketed towards college aged people. -- Lauren Kern H2Noptics This company focuses on providing vision care customers with a water repellant lense attachment that allows people to wear eyeglasses wherever. -- Nicholas Geller LTE Plans for a firm dedicated to producing user-friendly consumer electronics focusing on satisfying an emerging market for 5.8 GHz cordless phones. -- Courtney Edwards Aaron’s Sensors and Electronics A company that focuses on the manufacturing and selling of custom made pressure sensors to be used in large-scale movie theaters. -- Ryan Jareck 3B Marketing Corporation A brokerage house that buys, markets, and sells export grade oranges targeting consumers and high end grocery stores. -- Jake Sill Loki Electronics An electronics company that focuses on capturing part of the remote control market. -Ted Willis Rest Away Creates a product called the “E-Z Sheet” which connects the top and bottom sheets together along the bottom seam as well as sewing in permanent hospital corners. -- Erin Schnieders The Travel Corps The Travel Corps is an adventurous tour company that provides rugged trips around the world, and it offers an alternative-style vacation for people who want to discover the natural resources of distant lands. The Travel Corps ensures a safe and fun experience based on trust between the instructors and students. -- Marston Maddox Accepted Accepted is a revolutionary online database that will contain all the private colleges and universities in the country so users will be able to search various topics regarding the schools. Accepted includes a calculation system where students are able to enter their standardized tests scores, GPA, and high school in order to find out which schools they should apply to. -- Lauer Shea 29 Waldo Waldo provides travelers with security in knowing that their baggage is still in their control. Waldo is able to locate lost or stolen luggage anywhere in the world by use of Global Positioning Satellite Systems. -- Lucy Currie Sole’: Organic Yogurt and More Sole’ is a duel concept restaurant that specializes in both organic frozen yogurt and coffee products. Sole’ will provide a unique environment and product centered around the ideas of healthy living and pleasure. The organic restaurant brings “soul” to food with a distinctive style and a distinguishable taste. -- Blaire McMeans Eclipse: The Perfection of Strength and Innovation Eclipse Inc. is an S-corporation that will design and market sports watches that incorporate the new technology of the Motorola Instant GPS chip to serve as a safety device for those wearing the watch. Eclipse watches will be targeted towards sports enthusiasts that include an emergency alert system. -- Elizabeth Baird The Rack Enterprises The Rack is made specifically for college dorm rooms in order to save space within a small living area. The Rack is a wooden structure, whose contents include a refrigerator/freezer, a microwave, and a television/VCR. -- Jamie Korey Homecatalog.com Homecatalog.com is an Internet site that will allow individuals to investigate rental and leasing opportunities in the Nashville area, focusing on the college student looking to rent a home for a short period of time. Homecatalog.com provides potential renters with a virtual tour and offers property owners exposure to the student market. -- Victoria Gaccione Les Jolies Filles Les Jolies Filles will bring a needed women’s fashionable apparel store to the university town of Hanover, NH. The concentration is in fitting stylish and trendy college women in jeans and casual apparel followed by jewelry, swimwear, and other accessories. -Courtney Pakis E-Z Sox E-Z Sox wishes to enhance the enjoyment of bowling by providing a convenient source of foot protection through automated vendors at an affordable price. E-Z Sox introduces the concept of socks vending to the recreational bowler’s market whose intention is to protect people’s feet from diseases infested in public rental bowling shoes. -- Karlson Wong 30 Projection TV The premise is that it is a lens that one could place on a smaller TV and it will project the image onto a wall or screen. This would be an economical substitute for the expensive big screen TVs now sold. -- Michael Chiulli L'Etoile L’Etoile is an upscale, designer clothing boutique which targets the female student population in small college towns. L’Etoile provides fashion-conscious females with designer clothes not normally found in small towns. -- Patricia Koch Mestup The mission of Mestup is to offer a product that is both fun and tasty, and will enhance the convenience of any mealtime, hopefully allowing for more family dinners. Mestup is a simple product, in theory. It brings together the two beloved condiments, ketchup and mustard, into one tasty sauce. -- Kelly Young Forever-Together-Fastener A length of fabric: cotton, twill, leather, etc. that wraps around double-strapped handbags so as to keep the two straps from separating. It will be connected with a button, snap or hook and loop attachment. -- Allison Veasey Savage Studios It is a home, demo recording studio based in Nashville, TN. It specializes in recording rock and alternative music. -- Anna Savage W. Edge It is a sporting goods store geared at women only. IT will carry all kinds of stuff, and is intended to b e all inclusive of the needs of this market. -- Kailey Lucky Services I will be offering HR management consulting services, using the basis of Christian values as the underlying reasons for offering the services. -- Laura Minteer Grant Proposal Services (or GPS) This nonprofit company aimed to help Christian, nonprofit organizations apply for federal grant money. My organization will be similar to a financial consultant for Christian, nonprofit groups. -- Megan Linger EXO-DESIGNS Exo-Designs provides goods and services in the form of the design and manufacture of custom built racing motorcycle parts. Focusing on the racing industry as well as the domestic consumer, the company provides essential expertise while fostering a culture of efficiency and creativity. 31 Beers and Cheers This is a chain of sports bars combining technology and entertainment. Each sports bar will provide entertainment in the form of leisure activities along with internet access and a satellite television link to other bars within the chain. The internet access allows the customers of each bar to interact with each other and comment on plays and calls throughout the game. -- Kris Henderson The Windshield Wizard This product is an automated sun blocker for an automobile windshield. -- Ashleigh Eglinton The Alleviator 4040 The Alleviator 4040 is a hydraulic pedal system that raises and lowers any toilet seat through foot operation. The Alleviator 4040 also allows for foot-operated flushing of the toilet. This technology is simple, inexpensive, and extremely reliable. -- Chris Mackey JavaWorks This idea is for coffee kiosks seeks to serve coffee retailers and enthusiasts with the design and implementation of kiosks in coffee shops worldwide. Electronic self-service will innovate coffee shops with total custom design, faster service, and satisfied customers. -- Alison Rose The Travel Corps A rugged world travel guide organization that takes clients backpacking, whitewater paddling, and rock climbing around the globe. The Corps will also serve to educate people on environmental issues that should be addressed. -- Marston Maddox European Airlines Freed from constraints on the operation of domestic routes beyond their national borders, European Airlines can service all of Europe. European Airlines’ vision is to make travel affordable and fun, offering low fares and travel to nine major European cities. -- Alison Asher International Health Care International Health Care is an American hospital company that operates in Mexico to take advantage of the lower costs of doing business. The company will provide highquality care at discounted prices. International Health Care markets directly to insurers with the selling point being reduced cost as compared with competitors. -- Andrew Weiss MPOWER Personal Media MPOWER meets the need for a product to transport, manage, and enjoy media. MPOWER is a small, portable device that combines a non-volatile, high-density hard drive with a digital broadcast tuner. It will combine the clarity of digital broadcasts with the tremendous storage capacity now offered by today’s computer chips. -- David Rice 32 HCI L.L.C.: Human Capital Institute HCI will be the forerunning practitioner in the field of Human Capital P&L statements and consultation. HCI is able to put a financial bottom line on human capital using HCI Metrics. Clients will be able to use this knowledge in order to invest their resources in specific target areas that will maximize their human capital Return on Investment. -Michael Adam J.O.P.: Just One Product J.O.P. is an innovative electronics company that introduces an audio product that runs solely off of the movement of the human body. The portable motion activated CD/MP3 player works by way of the perpetual rotor and is of minimal cost. -- Thomas Gunter Inova Car Systems Inova Car Systems is a company dedicated to providing superior technology in car audio systems. The company’s purpose is to provide expertise in car audio systems while promoting new technologies at affordable prices. -- Elizabeth Hartenstein A Domani Winery A Domani Winery is dedicated to growing and harvesting the finest California grapes for use in the production of the red wine ultra-premium wine market. The company grows mainly red grapes and will shift in the direction of a product line of lighter red wines. A Domani Winery is currently the only winery in Napa Valley to offer exclusively red wines. -- Margaret Word One Stop Pics, L.L.C. One Stop Pics is a small business that offers a film processing center where customers can develop their film independently, view the picture, make copies, enlarge, or discard the photo all at one machine. One Stop Pics provides a unique platform for taking advantage of the opportunity created by the growing market of film processing and digital photography. -- Emily Brown Grandtravel Grandtravel is a travel agency designed to meet the needs of grandchildren and grandparents around the world. With selected activities suitable for both generations, Grandtravel will facilitate an educational and bonding experience through foreign and domestic travel. -- Mary McVearry The Cross Topp The Cross Topp is a hunting/utility boat manufactured from the highest quality fiberglass that is designed to fit on the bed of your truck and function as a camper top. It may be put on or removed in under five minutes, and only requires to two people to maneuver. The Cross Top comes equipped with two removable chairs and a mounting bracket for a 33 small outboard motor (25 HP). It is also available in a number of colors and camouflage patterns. -- Bryan Lyster UCMerchant UCMerchant (Sole Proprietorship) will provide a forum for the students of University of California, Merced to conveniently and affordably buy and sell used textbooks online. As the aim of the company is to provide its customers with a way to “buy for less, sell for more,” UCMerchant will emerge as the premiere online provider of used textbooks for the UC Merced community. UCMerchant will derive its revenue from used textbook ecommerce transactions by charging a commission for each individual transaction. The company will also consider selling advertising space on its website. In the future, UCMerchant may expand its scope of sale to include other used books. -- Chiara Riggs Kimberlite Services Kimberlite Services is a Sole Proprietorship Performance Management Services with an emphasis on value creation and spirituality. -- Laura Minteer Dynamics Dynamics—(Partnership) The Vacuum Drill 3000 is a unique powerful tool that is simple enough for everyone to use and has the versatility to conquer many house improvement projects. Our company, Dynamics, is launching our business with this product because of high return on investment and potential growth. Technology has taken us from hammers to power tools to cordless power tools and now we are ready for the Vacuum Drill 3000, which gets the job done right the first time. The Vacuum Drill 3000 is a cordless power drill with versatility in power and the capability to clean shavings while the drill is actually in use. Customers of Home Depot are ready for this product to increase the efficiency of their work and our company is prepared to meet the demand. Dynamics will form an agreement to only sell and market our products with Home Depot in return for start up loans and a share in profits. Home Depot has had enormous success selling other home improvement products and there is no question that the Vacuum Drill 3000 will exceed previous drills’ sales. -- Ashwin Ramprasad Vitality! Vitality! (LLC) is a restaurant that will specialize in healthy, yummy fast-food. Currently, there are no nation-wide fast food chains that specialize in healthy fast food. Vitality! will fill this need as well as exceed customer Expectations. It will be known for its fun attitude and community involvement in addition to the delicious food that it serves! People should know that eating well tastes even better! -- Susan Howard Tosa Tavern Tosa Tavern (LLC) is a Midwestern-style restaurant chain serving authentic, high quality food at low prices. In an effort to create a family environment, the level of service will be beyond that at normal restaurant chains and servers will quickly become part of the 34 family. The tavern concept will seek real estate that other chains look past, including smaller lots/buildings that penetrate deep into residential areas. These cheaper locations will result in cost savings that can be passed through directly to the patrons. -- Joe Doran Perfect Fit Movie Perfect Fit Movie Database Perfect Fit (sole proprietorship) is a free, online database for all Internet users interested in movies. The database holds thousands of movie titles cross-listed for mood key words, ratings and genres. Users can search the archives by selecting the mood they are in and can get suggestions for appropriate movies. This database eliminates time wasted browsing the aisles of video rental stores and helps make the decision-making process easier. -- Devorah Saturen Rock City Lofts Rock City Lofts LLC will construct the premier loft apartments and retail space located in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. These lofts will include 100 individual units including studio, one, two and three bedroom plans. Rock City will also include 20,000 square feet of retail space which we will market to chic, modern restaurants and retailers that cater to a younger, urban crowd. This project is to be located 307 3rd Avenue South, where the Rock City Machine Company currently operates. Currently downtown Nashville is in an important revitalization period. There is much development both in commercial and residential market planned for the long and short-term future. With the right kind of product and a favorable location Rock City Lofts will be a successful real estate investment. -- Chris Weekley GigLink.com GigLink.com will be formed as a service provider to artists and concert promoters. Its founder has experience in concert booking from a college promoter's perspective, club promoter's perspective, festival promoter's perspective, and booking agent's perspective. He is founding GigLink.com because there is a potential opportunity in a much needed service. The service that would be provided is a digital neighborhood that would house press kits for bands. When a band was interested in playing a venue, they would send the promoter a unique username and password to the site. When the promoter entered in the information, they would have a certain time period from the time they first logged on to browse the band’s information and listen to their record in its entirety. After that time period was over, the username would become invalid and the promoter would no longer have access. -- Brenden Mulligan Ricochet Ricochet (Sole Proprietorship) will evoke innovation and change within the restaurant industry. This particular restaurant will combine elements of physics and sound travel to make dining out more enjoyable. Ricochet will provide a pleasurable dining environment that will allow people to actually have meaningful conversations if they so desire. Each table, no matter the size, will have a specially designed copper dome-like structure hanging from the ceiling over the table. These practical, yet trendy, domes will enhance the ability of customers to hear one another despite the typical and expected noise of a crowded restaurant. The idea is that, like in famous domes around the world, sound will 35 reflect off the surface of the interior dome so that people across the table can easily hear. -- Lindsay Oliver Child Trax “Child Trax” (Sole Proprietorship) is a unique, highly accurate transponder-based tracking system that relies on existing technology. This product/service was designed to provide detailed information regarding the whereabouts of young children who have been reported missing in crowded, busy settings. “Child Trax” alleviates the anxiety felt by a parent/guardian whose child has wandered off alone and is lost in a swarm of strangers. The “Child Trax” program will be implemented on a trial basis in limited number of shopping malls in the Southeastern U.S. If the program proves to be successful (attracts a broader customer base by providing reassurance and a sense of security) in these “test centers”, the “Child Trax” service will be extended to amusement/recreational parks and other populous venues nationwide and/or worldwide. The concept of “Child Trax” is simple. Upon entering a “Child Trax” zone (such as the shopping mall mentioned above), a guardian takes his/her child to an information or security desk and provides the attendant with the child’s name, his/her own name and basic contact information. The attendant enters this information into a database and issues the child a personal I.D. bracelet (transponder) that can be used to link him/her back to the information provided by the guardian. The child’s lightweight bracelet, similar in shape to a medical I.D. band, contains a transponder device that transmits a unique signal. Sensors that have been fitted throughout “Child Trax” zones receive the inimitable signal emitted by each child’s personal wristband. Information about the child’s location is continuously monitored by these sensors and relayed back to a central unit (computer) at the information/security desk of the complex. The child wears his/her personal I.D. bracelet for the duration of his/her stay in the “Child Trax” zone. If the child should get lost, his/her guardian can go back to the information/security desk and ask the attendant to locate the child by consulting the “Child Trax” database, which provides a comprehensive description of the child’s exact location (“Michael Jones is in the Pet Land store on the second floor.”) The world is changing at an alarming pace. More and more activities clutter the schedules and minds of its inhabitants. Life is more hectic and chaotic than ever. Unfortunately, the hustle and bustle of everyday life has increased the likelihood that parents/guardians will be distracted and lose track of a child in a crowded area. This is precisely the type of common scenario that the “Child Trax” service targets and eliminates. While in “Child Trax” zones, rents/guardians are given the opportunity to request a tracking bracelet for each child under their control. In the event of that a child is lost, the attendant at the information/security desk of a complex can instantly and effortlessly locate the child via the signal emitted by the transponder in his/her bracelet. Hence, parent and child are reunited and potential disaster is averted. “Child Trax” provides peace of mind to the parent, as they have an additional resource to rely on when the unthinkable occurs -Jennifer A. Potel Character Education Consulting Character Education Consulting (Sole Proprietorship) The purpose of this educational consulting company would be to go to elementary, secondary, and high schools, creating and implementing character development programs in these schools. The curriculum 36 would be catered to the socioeconomic standing of each school, and the transformation method at each school would be twofold. First, it would involve implementing separate courses, describing the six pillars of character, positive psychology, and/or ethics (curriculum would vary based on school needs and interests). These courses would be delivered independently and would fit into a time slot during the day (one solution might be extending homeroom and turning it into its own course). Second, this organization would provide a teacher-training program, in which teachers would be trained by professionals (members of the educational consulting staff) on how to implement this character curriculum as a cross-disciplinary level (i.e.: English professors learning how to discuss character in relation to classic books). -- Morgan McCarthy Textbooks on Tape Textbooks on Tape (Sole Proprietorship) Textbooks on Tape is a company that will make learning easier and more efficient for college students. The company will be a sole proprietorship with myself as the CEO. Tapes and CDs will packaged with existing textbooks and will be sold together for a price about $5 more than they currently are. Textbooks sold on the web will also come with these tapes because I am dealing directly with the publishing companies, not just the bookstore. -- Jason Schmidt Suds & Studs Suds & Studs (LLC) is an innovative pro-fitness gym that centers around the concept of combining all of the most state-of-the-art physical fitness equipment and programs along with practical, service-oriented facilities. Suds & Studs includes access to its extensive laundry facilities with membership. Perpetuating its own business, it’s the place where customers dirty their clothes and get them clean. The member has the option between self-service or, for an additional fee, full-service laundry that is ready when the workout is over. The average workout lasts an hour, which is about the same time that it takes to do one’s laundry. Initially Suds & Studs would offer extensive laundry facilities alongside a multitude of top-of-the-line fitness equipment and programs. In the future, however, we hope to expand our center to include a vast array of practical-minded services including: banking, email, hair dressing, postal services, automatic car washes, tanning beds, and food services. The goal is to actually help our members save time by creating a “one-stop-shop.” -- Nicholas Gaxiola Sweet & Sassy Sweet & Sassy (Sole Proprietorship) is a full-service birthday planning service for young girls between the ages of 4 and 12. It includes all aspects of the party-planning experience: invitations, decorations, food, goodie bags, activities for the party and setup/clean-up. The parties fall into three distinct themes from which the young girl and her family can choose from: Glamour Girl Party, Princess Party and Tea Party. The young "birthday princess" gets to make all the decisions on theme and decorations, food choices and invitations and goodie bag contents. She can select from the options that we show her and she gets to feel like the center of attention the whole way through. -- Andrea Czerepak 37 U.S. Campus Magazine (LLP) U.S. Campus Magazine is a weekly publication that covers international, national, and regional news, arts, and culture from a college perspective. The articles will be written by contracted college Students from across the country. The publication will be edited and compiled by a staff of professional editors, etc. -- Lena Basha Kool Kegs (General partnership) Kool Kegs is a neoprene sleeve which fits around any size keg to keep it cool and protected from the sun. The inner "core" layer is made of a reusable freezer gel, which can be kept in any home/commercial refrigerator. We also offer the option of adding designs and logos to the outside of the sleeve. This product will primarily be marketed to beverage wholesalers who sell/rent kegs, event vendors, but the general public can also purchase our product through a website. -- Hunter Burke Yellow Mountain Outfitters Yellow Mountain Outfitters (Sole Proprietorship) is an outdoor equipment company that focuses on innovative and cost effective products. As a small company, its products include a heated water bottle for cold weather camping, and a line of dehydrated food products that actually taste good. -- Andrew Gilmer Hey Church (General partnership) Hey Church is a technology consulting company for churches. It will seek to provide innovative technology solutions for churches at a low cost. The organization will offer the employees both a fun and structured environment. The fun will encourage innovation and the structure will encourage a high quality of work. -- Billy Harvey Spacetainment (LLC) We will have a space theme. Upon entering the center, visitors will be informed of their mission, which is to save the earth from alien invasion. After being informed, they will be escorted to a "secret location" where they will suite up for their trip to outer space. When the agents are dressed, they will get into a space shuttle, blast off, and enter space. Finally, they will exit the shuttle to destroy aliens in an anti-gravity simulated atmosphere. -- Tearra Vaughn Programmable Alarm Clock. (S-corporation) After an alarm sounds, there will be a time delay and then your programmed schedule will be recited to you for that particular day. A set daily schedule can be programmed and then if there are additional notes that need to be reminded, there will be a secondary option that enables someone to add a note at the end. Another unique feature of this machine is that there are different alarm options. There is a choice of 2 different buzzers, a radio, CD, or a personal voice could be recorded to wake up any person that wants a gentle wake up. The actual device that would make this all work would be a small microchip. -- Lorielle Alter 38 Time Release Compound This is a compound that is combined with medications to prolong the release of the medication into the body. This allows the user to lessen the frequency of consumption as well as frequency of refilling prescriptions. Further progress will be made with the formula for the Time Release Compound in the future to make the release time even greater, thus keeping the product highly competitive, if not taking a monopoly completely with the use of patents. -- Melissa Kopacz Batchelor and Co. (C Corporation) The E-Wallet- Batchelor and Co. has developed a "wallet" that will revolutionize the way that we pay for goods and services. It is called the E-Wallet, and it can be used by just about anyone who can use electronics similar to calculators. The E-Wallet is a multifunction organizer and money manager. Consumers will be able to pay for goods and services at the touch of a button, making shopping and managing money easier and more relaxing. Credit card and checking information will be stored in the E-Wallet, and when a product is purchased all it takes is one click of a button. No messy paperwork, keeping up with finances has never been easier. -- Brian Batchelor Electronic Pets Electronic Pets (S Corporation) are going to provide companionship for those individuals who are unable to have live pets of their own. They will be a low-maintenance alternative to real pets. They are the latest in robotic technology. Just turn them off when there is not time for them. -- Cory Gerken Mobile Satellite TV (Sole Proprietorship) The mission of Mobile Satellite TV is to bring satellite TV to all mobile technology with an emphasis on automobiles, boats, and trains. First Mobile Satellite TV will put satellite television in cars and boats then later branch out to other forms of transportation. It is like satellite radio in the fact that there will be a small antenna you attach to your car, allowing you to watch TV in your car all the time. Most of the technology is already in existence; all that is left is to apply it using the right formula. The idea is to market mobile satellite TV to large Corporations and industries that have the necessary capital like Sony, Panasonic, Sirius, Ford, GM, BMW, Honda, and Alpine. -- Nicholas George 39