Several days ago, Veggielution received a Provost’s Award for a Collaborative Project. I would like to thank Michael Fallon for suggesting that we enter the contest. Also, I would like to thank Monica Lisa Benavides for working on the submission with me.

Recently, Michael Fallon suggested Veggielution join another contest. There were 60 applicants entering a ten-thousand dollar Silicon Valley Business Plan Contest of which only 16 passed into the semi-finals. 14 showed up that day and presented their business plan. I would like to thank Monica Lisa Benavides for presenting as well as working on the presentation with me. 8 moved onto the final presentation and Veggielution came second! I was not able to go, but I know that Dennis worked on the presentation and Lisa kicked ass presenting. Michael Fallon was in a meeting and was not able to attend, however he is very delighted to hear about all of our success. Some comments made in an e-mail: “…We are all delighted.” “The award could not be more needed and more timely.”

I look forward to seeing bigger and greater things from Veggielution.

Here is the breakdown of the results [below]:

SVBPC Finals

The Silicon Valley Business Plan Competition went off very well today. All the eight teams showed up on time, as did all the judges! The judges – Larry Boucher, Dan Doles, John Hall, and Chester Wang – were impressed by all the presentations and presenters, and gave them incredibly helpful feedback. You might be interested to know the results:

Winner of the First Prize, Wanda Ginner Award ($10,000): Rate the test.com – Ryan Guerrettaz

Winner of the Second Prize, Larry Boucher Award ($5,000): Veggielution – Monica Lisa Benavides & others

Winner of the Third Prize, Dan Doles Award ($2,500): CRO Connect – Aditya Raghwa, Chandini Kalsy, Vidya Ramesh

Winner of the Best Business Plan Award ($500): DoCause – Ahmed Mahmoud, Yasir Ali

-Mike Duong