New Venture Competition
Each year, the BDO New Venture Competition introduces over 700 first-year BBA students to entrepreneurship. In the fall term, during BU111, students work in teams to generate ideas for a new venture. Then, in the winter term, as part of BU121, they develop a business plan and present it to their peers during lab classes throughout March. The top team in each lab goes on to present their business plan to a panel of external business community members that selects the winning team. Scholarships and the BDO New Venture Competition Cup are presented at the awards reception at the end of March.
The competition is designed to strengthen students’ communication and presentation skills, while analyzing opportunities for business creation and development. Created by Professors Jim McCutcheon and Laura Allan, it serves as a foundation for students looking to continue in the entrepreneurial stream during their business education.
Below is a list of the previous winning teams.
2012 - ReVamp
Laura Douglas
Brady Goodall
Kaiwen Huang
Gagandeep Sandhu
Frank Schotman
2011 - Simply Life
Trevor Goorts
Michael Lagerquist
Michael Reinhardt
Gennaro Santoro
Wesley Shih
2010 - PLATINUM Health & Wellness Club
Michael Charney
Addesse Haile
Joanne Lau
Amisha Mehta
Lawrence Young
2009 - FreshLife
Cory Bettel
Caroline Chu
Yusuf Kachchi
Laura Beth Wilson
Shaun Young
2008 - Palaemon Corporation
Russell Braive
Jacqueline Dobson
Elizabeth Phillips
Brad Smith
Rebecca Vollmer
2007 - BioCan
Erin Jaczenko
Jeff Martino
Maria Vach'yants
Sara Yousefi
2006 - Anti-Piracy Solutions
Nadisha Devathasan
Dominique Gagnon
Aleksandar Pasic
Stacy Toffan
Nordia New Venture Competition Winning Teams
2005 - Sure-Lock
Tom Kapsimalis
Jackie Piron
Courtney Poworoznyk
Christine Thomson
2004 - Glow 'N' Mo
Nabeel Aziz
Christopher Coholan
Christopher Reinhardt
Terrence Teixeira
2003 - J-Team
Michael Bodkin
Erin Imbeau
Tihomir Ludic
Jeff Simonetti
Ashley Wilson
