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UVic centre boosts startups Continued from Page A1 People with bright ideas need to prove to the centre’s advisors that their business concept is sound and well researched. Once past those hurdles, they’ll be assigned – for free – a three-person advisory board that will help shepherd the business plan to a point where it can be presented to investors. “The idea is to help take a business plan from an idea to investor-ready in a 40-week period,” said Bill Anderson, a founding advisor for the centre. “We want them to be able to walk into a room with bankers, angel investors or even the Dragons’ Den.” “We also look to see if they are passionate and committed to take their idea forward, or if it’s just the next bright idea of the week,” said Dale Wershler, the other founding advisor. “If they are accepted as a
client, it’s a big commitment of resources by the ICE team.” Anderson and Wershler acknowledge there are more big ideas on campus than advisor capacity. As it is, they expect the centre to manage about 15 clients in various stages of development, with about 30 to 40 volunteer advisors. In the past two years, ICE has helped mould a dozen startup companies, which have raised $300,000 in investment capital. Among them, an economics major is creating a service to help students find off-campus housing. Two graduate students in biology are developing a product to eliminate invasive plant species. And LimeSpot Solutions, a social media platform for retailers to gauge customer interests, emerged from the ICE program. Carolyn Brandly is launching a pilot test of a dementia patient care centre at Goward House in October, as part of
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