Every year, The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship (CNVE) at University of Texas A&M Mays Business School hosts the Raymond Ideas Challenge. This year’s event, hosted in May, brought together 40 “big ideas” from more than 100 applicants.
Students from anywhere in the university can apply to the contest. This year, students were asked to explain “what is your big idea?” Students could compete as individuals or in teams to complete a video pitch and a written proposal. The video pitches went online where they could be voted on by the general public.
During the live pitch, Participants were allowed five minutes to explain their ideas to the judges. This was followed by a Q&A session in which the judges raises any concerns or questions that weren’t covered in the presentation.
Below are the results of the live pitches as well as the video content. More information about the content and its winners can be found on Mays’ website.
The top awards went to:
– First place ($3,000): Customizable Prostheses via 3D Printing – Charles Sweeney and Blake Teipel
– Second place ($2,000): Wireless Mouse Tracking System – Richard Horner, Lindsey Jenschke, Cody Lewis & Nick Reinoso
– Third place ($1,000): EyeNav System – Lyndon Kageler, Omar Lira, Stephen Sun and Tiffany Turner
Honorable mentions ($500):
– Lost & Found – Amy Brodeur, Joshua Dunegan, Daniela Garcia, Aaron John and Samuel Kancewick
– Hack.Connect – Jeffrey Zhao
– FireCAT – Ratika Gandhi, Vasiliy Khmelenko, Benita Mordi, Timothy Paulsen, Cameron Shaw and Kyle Yates
– Aggieland Exchange – Daniel Pattison
The video pitches that received the most votes were:
– First place ($1,000): Ea$yList – Tarang Lal & Paola Perez
– Second place ($500): Dutch – Pratheek Lakur & Krishna Murthy
– Third place ($250): Bridgin – Sangeeta Isaac