The Inaugural Pelican Cup
The Entrepreneurship Pelican Cup is the premier academic business plan competition established by ULM and is one of the largest cash prizes in the nation. Fifteen teams entered business plans and plans were judged by area top tier business professionals. Six finalists were chosen and they presented their plans orally in front of a different panel of judges and winners were selected. Each team also selected one member to conduct a 90-second “Elevator Pitch” and the audience voted via text for the winner. First place team Gaea Environmental took home the $25,000 grand prize, second place team Virtual Hut was awarded $15,000; and third place team SpotiT was awarded $10,000. Tama Washington from Rapid Receipts was chosen by the audience for the Elevator Pitch competition and won $2,000. The primary faculty advisors also received $3,000 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winning teams.
On the BayouScene
1 Marie Bruno and Cathi Hemed 2 Dr. Jun Yu, Samir Gurung, Dharmendra Sharma, Hieu Mai, and Dr. William Barnett 3 Dr. Ron Berry, Dr.Michelle McEacharn, Tama Washington and Dhu Thompson 4 Gannon Malone, Joydeep Bhattacharjee, Paurava Thakore, and Prabin Basnet 5 Leslie Lane, III, Rush Deacon, and Sam Walls, III 6 Dr. Ron Berry, Dr. Michelle McEacharn, Dhu Thompson, Valerya Trubskaya, Stanislova Prosvietova, Adesola Raphael Akinpelu, Joyce Zhou and Brenda Myers
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