Congratulations to our
2019 HCC Business Plan Competition Winners!
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Congratulations to our Winners!
Camellia Alise - 1st Place - $12,000
Empower Youth Sports - 2nd Place - $8,000
Lokimox - 3rd Place -$4,000
Hollander Home Healthcare - Honorable Mention - $1,000
Darbe Rocks! - Honorable Mention - $1,000
The top five finalist teams presented to Judges on May 23 at the Center for Entrepreneurship.
Then all 25 graduating teams, including the finalists, judges, advisors, sponsors and community supporters gathered on May 29 at the West Houston Institute for winners to be announced at the 2019 HCC Business Plan Competition Awards Ceremony.
Dr. Zachary Hodges, President, HCC Northwest and founder of the competition, opened the awards ceremony.
Next Dr. Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Chair, HCC Board of Trustees spoke, followed by Dr. Maya Durnovo, Chief Entrepreneurial Officer, and then Jack Barry, III, Competition Trainer and Leader Emeritus.
The 2019 HCC Business Plan Competition Advisor Cohort and Competition Trainers were recognized by David Regenbaum, Entrepreneur in Residence and President, HCC Foundation. In all, sixty advisors from the Houston entrepreneurial ecosystem devoted their time and experience from February through May attending five group training sessions with the teams and delivering one-on-one advising to assist contestant teams in refining and polishing their business assumptions and plans to launch and grow their businesses. (Training Session Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5).
 
Advisors came from entities such as Silver Fox Advisors, SCORE, Amegy Bank, Wallis Bank, LiftFund, Houston Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (HAGGL), Newspring, Houston Area Urban League (HAUL), HCC Business Plan Competition (BPC) Alumni and HCC Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses.
Our past business plan competition alumni were recognized and some spoke a few words of encouragement to the crowd and our 2019 HCC BPC graduates.
All graduating teams from the 2019 HCC Competition were recognized and awarded in-kind prizes. In all, $37,600 in free memberships, services and products were awarded. Another $33,750 was awarded in discounted memberships and services, if all graduates take advantage of these benefits.
Next, finalists were brought up to the stage to introduce themselves and
their business concepts.
Then
winners were announced and prize money checks were awarded!
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amellia Alise, LLC
1st Place - $12,000
Lyndsey Brantley and Davin Brantley
Advisors: Tiffany Williams, Jessica Tecson, Nicole Baldwin
Camellia Alise is a woman-owned, specialized, skincare, training and wellness company, focused on providing comprehensive beauty educational services and effective natural personal care products which eliminate pseudo-folliculitis (a razor bump inflammation condition).
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mpower Youth Sports
2nd Place - $8,000
Raquel Freeman & Micah Ine
Advisors: Ned Mueller, Brenda Rios & Yusef Muhammad
Empower Youth Sports is a youth sports app that connects players looking for teams and coaches looking for players.
Lokimox
3rd Place - $4,000
Derek Gilboe & Peter Bell
Advisors: Jorge Mora, Monica Sturgil & Matt Hesterberg
Lokimox provides fractional engineering services to the energy sector, enabling organizations of any size and budget to access licensed professional engineers.
Hollander Home Healthcare, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Rhena Anderson & Reva Anderson.
Advisors: Zwadi Bryant & Gary Henderson
Hollander Home Healthcare provides health services in the home environment.
Darbe Rocks, Honorable Mention, $1,000
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ichard-Sebastian Alexander & Aaron Hines
Advisors: Rhian Davies, Austin Tenette & Nick Carnrite
Darbe Rocks is a social networking platform for philanthropy that connects volunteers and donors with charities and nonprofits in their community and helps promote all the good things people do in the world.
The HCC Business Plan Competition (BPC) is designed to make all graduating teams winners.
Through the competition training, one-on-one advising and collaboration with their competition peers, all teams graduate from the BPC meeting rigorous competition milestones that are designed to have them come out with stronger business assumptions and written plans; and with improved skills to verbally articulate their business concepts, strategies and plans.
Congratulations to all 25 graduating teams from the 2019 HCC Business Plan Competition!
Congratulations again to our Winners!
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Thank You to our 2019 HCC Business Plan Competition Sponsors!
We so appreciate our 2019 HCC Business Plan Competition and Center for Entrepreneurship Cash Sponsors: Amegy Bank, Wallis Bank, Houston Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (HAGGL), ProVideo Systems, Origin Bank, and HCC Business Plan Competition Alumni Circle Sponsors: CRES Real Estate, PermitUsNow, HD2Menus and Texas Security Shredding.
We also thank our In-Kind Prize Sponsors: Houston West Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Today, True Color Graphics, The Cannon and LetsLaunch.
Thanks to our In-Kind Reception Sponsors: True Color Graphics, Three Brothers Bakery and Tea in Texas.
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Small Business Summit & EXPO
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Thursday, June 13, 8:30 am - 2:00 pm
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Reduced Cost to Houston Area thanks to our event Sponsors!
$25.00 paid online, $30 at door
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FREE REGISTRATION FOR
HCC Students, Faculty, Staff, HCC Alumni,
HCC Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Alumni &
HCC Business Plan Competition Alumni
Thanks to our Event Sponsors!
Use Code HCCS and click Apply
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Would you Like to Be An Exhibitor?
For those who would like to join us as an EXHIBITOR
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Event Partners and Sponsors
This event is supported by the following HCC Center for Entrepreneurship partners: SCORE, HCC Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses and HCC Office of Entrepreneurial Initiatives.
We also thank the following Center for Entrepreneurship Sponsors: Amegy Bank, Wallis Bank, HAGGL, ProVideo Systems, Origin Bank, and HCC Business Plan Competition Alumni Circle Sponsors: CRES Real Estate, PermitUsNow, HD2Menus and Texas Security Shredding.
For those who would like to join us as an Event Sponsor
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Special Thanks to SCORE for collaborating with HCC on this outstanding outreach to gather aspiring & existing entrepreneurs across generations! SCORE is the nation's largest network of volunteer business mentors, offering workshops and free one-on-one mentoring to aspiring and existing entrepreneurs.
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Don't miss this exciting learning opportunity!
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Sincerely,
Sandra Louvier
Director
Center for Entrepreneurship
Houston Community College - Northwest
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About the
Center for Entrepreneurship
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The mission of Houston Community College's Center for Entrepreneurship is to provide education and training for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Our mission fosters economic growth through business and community development.
More about us.....
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To Contact our Center for Entrepreneurship:
Sandra Louvier, Director,
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