Congratulations to the 2009 Winners

1st Place: CustomEyes - Melissa Chow, Ying Geng, Rodrigo Mancilla, Abbie Tippie

2nd Place: MCH Management - Christopher Czarnecki, Jeffrey Haniff, Brian Mirochnik

3rd Place: Polynet Technology - Cheryl Blechman, Woojin Han, Alvin Lomibao, Charity Wallace

Finalist: Brightwave Solar, Inc. - Eric Christensen, Xinye Lou, Jonathan Sherwood, Raisa Velthuis

Finalist: Target Waveform, Inc. - Prashant Baveja, Shih-Shuan (Sean) Hsu, Matt Piede, Christy Sheehy


2010 Mark Ain Business Model Workshops and Competition


Wednesday, January 20: Time TBA - Room TBA
Ain Workshop 1: “Topic TBA”


Wednesday, February 24: Time TBA - Room TBA
Ain Workshop 2: “Topic TBA”


Wednesday, March 31: Time TBA - Room TBA
Ain Workshop 3: “Topic TBA”


Monday, April 26: 4:00pm
Submissions for Competition Due
Center for Entrepreneurship, 1-211 Carol Simon Hall
Or submit electronically to andrea.galati@simon.rochester.edu


Wednesday, May 12: 4:00-5:30pm
Mark Ain Business Model Competition Final Presentations and Judging
Eisenberg Rotunda


Need an idea? Try contacting Jack Fraser (jfraser@ott.rochester.edu) at the Office of Technology Transfer. The OTT has several interesting and viable patents that can be used as the basis of a business idea.


Important Information

Competition Guidelines

Business Feasibility Outline Resource Guide - PDF

2009 Competitor's Guide - PDF


2009 Mark Ain Business Model Competition: Full Video


2009 Workshop 3: Video

Workshop 3: Financials, Cash Flow, Balance Sheets

Instructor: Gina Mangiamele, Assistant Director of Education and Counseling, Simon Graduate School of Business


2009 Workshop 2: Video and PowerPoint Presentation

Workshop 2: Competitive Analysis, Customer Identification, the 4 P's

Instructor: Kara Painting, Managing Partner/Creative Director, Dixon Schwabl Advertising

Workshop 2 Powerpoint Presentation by Kara Painting - PDF



2009 Workshop 1: Video

Workshop 1: Market Need, Opportunity, Idea Formation

Instructor: Dennis Kessler, Edward and Agnes Ackley Professor of Entrepreneurship at the

Simon Graduate School of Business and co-owner of Friendly’s and Burger Kings across upstate New York


2008 Mark Ain Business Model Competition: Full Video


2007 Workshop: Video

Workshop 1: Articulating your business idea



Watch Workshop 1 video separately