UW-Green Bay students earn spots in Wisconsin Business Idea Tournament
UW-Green Bay student startups have earned 3 of the 8 spots in the 2020 Wisconsin Business Idea Tournament (WBIT), held by WiSys. This is the first year UWGB students have earned three entries into the WBIT. This year’s WBIT will be held virtually on YouTube and Facebook at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10. Cash prizes of $2500 and $1500 will go to the first and second place competitors, respectively.
G-Pods
UWGB’s automatic spot in the WBIT was earned by G-Pods for winning the Innovation in Aging hackathon at UWGB. G-Pods was developed by UWGB students in the Engineering Club and will be presented at the WBIT by Katelyn Desrochers (Mechanical Engineering) and Logan Holbrook (Mechanical Engineering). G-Pods are hearing-aids with life-alert like functionality and sensors to monitor the user’s health data.
Two UWGB student teams earned at-large spots into the WBIT this year.
3C
3C is the startup of UWGB entrepreneurship students Joe Doro ’20, Sydney Gille ’20 and Brett Nimz ‘20, who are also all Business Administration majors. 3C better connects volunteers to collaborate and contribute with charities via an online avenue for completing specific social responsibility, community-building and relationship-creating projects. The team recently placed second in the Spring 2020 UWGB Student Virtual Business Idea Contest and started the business in the spring New Venture Acceleration entrepreneurship class.
Local2You
Local2You is the startup of UWGB entrepreneurship students Noah Redfearn, Emily Walczyk ’20, Brody Wiest ‘20, and Maddie Yoss ‘20, who are all Business Administration majors. Local2You is an online service providing quality assessment, marketing tools and online sales to entrepreneurs and inventors looking to reach virtual markets. The team recently placed third in the Spring 2020 UWGB Student Virtual Business Idea Contest and also started the business in the spring New Venture Acceleration entrepreneurship class.
The last time UWGB earned an at-large entry into the WBIT was the year Sam Hunt won the tournament with The Local Food Experiment, earning a spot in the Ideadvance accelerator and an automatic spot in the International Business Model Competition, where he placed as a semifinalist in the Top 15 out of over 1,000 entries.
Four of the eight WBIT entries are from Northeast Wisconsin.
