2004 Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition Winners

2004 Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition, Iowa State University Regional Winners Front row (l to r): Judi Eyles (ISU Pappajohn Center); Simanta Mitra (Computer Science Professor); Michael Albertson (Dietetics) - Clari Tea; Melanie Davis (Computer Science) and Shahzaib Younis (Computer Science) - Proximity Innovations; John Pappajohn (Equity Dynamics). Back row (l to r): Steve Carter (ISU Pappajohn Center); Ben Long (Equity Dynamics); Matt Kinley (Equity Dynamics); Doug Houghton (Computer Science) - Proximity Innovations; Matt Ostanik (MBA) - Electronic Exchange.

Both Proximity Innovations and Electronic Exchange were awarded $5,000 top cash prizes. Congratulations Entrepreneurs!

2004 Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition, Statewide Winners (l to r): Three student teams were each awarded a $5,000 cash prize following the business plan pitches. Winning teams included: Proximity Innovations (Melanie Davis, Shahzaib Younis, and Doug Houghton) - Iowa State University; Electronic Exchange (Matt Ostanik) - Iowa State University; and Doctors Notes (Joshua Davis, Igor Dobrosavljevic) - University of Iowa.