More than 120 students from six North Carolina universities took part this month in a third annual contest sponsored by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and by S.E.E.D., a student group at Elon dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship. The Elon Innovation Challenge concluded Nov. 22 with an afternoon awards ceremony honoring three teams that were lauded by a panel of local entrepreneurs for their work.
Students from Elon University, Barton College, UNC Charlotte, UNC Chapel Hill, Pfeiffer University and Davidson College took part in the contest.
The creativity competition for college students in North Carolina asked teams to solve a common problem in four days while creating as much value as possible. Teams conveyed their results in a short video posted to YouTube.
For this 2010 contest, participants were tasked with adding value to newspapers. The top three finishers as judged by the panel of local entrepreneurs won money to be donated to a charity of their choice.
1st Place
The Paper Boy
Team Leader : David Kelly
University/College : Elon University
Name of Team : Razor Wolf Epidemic
Name of Charity : EGB Angel Foundation
Team Member Names : Jesse Scarborough, David Kelly, Johannah Acito, Thomas Robbins
2nd Place
Hot Stuff
Team Leader : Meghan Green
University/College : Elon University
Name of Team : Team Mozel Tov
Name of Charity : Autism Speaks-Elon University
Team Member Names : Meghan Green, Allyson Costa, Hunter McKissock, Katy Burns
3rd Place
Privacy
Team Leader : Josh Olsen
University/College : Elon University
Name of Team : Team What Would JDM Do?
Name of Charity : ASPCA
Team Member Names : Josh Olsen, Mike Bergin, Dave Hirsch