Hannah Marr
Company: BridalVision
School: Husson University
Meet the Collegiate Challenge Season 5 finalists!
Katharine Dougherty and Christian Krohg
Company: Easy Eats
School: Colby College
Steven Ferrarese
Company: Easy Unlocker
School: University of Maine
Alexander Karris
Business: Family Time Memory Software
School: University of Maine
Sam Dorval and Max Burtis
Business: Ferda Farms LLC
School: University of Maine Orono
Evan Horenstein
Business: Find my college roommate
School: University of Maine at Orono
Keith Reilly and Raja Muthyam
Business: Gate Project X (GPX)
School: University of New England
Derek Foy
Business: GEIONS Retail
School: Husson University
Rebecca Barulli
Business: Grow Your Own Way
School: Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
Suzie Milkowich, Lori Sitzabee, and Kelsey Allen
Business: LetsGoBagz
School: University of Maine Orono
George DeLana and Rachael Rosow
Business: Nook Storage
School: Bates
Joshua Kim
Business: Sklaza
School: Colby College
Jillian Robillard
Business: Southern Maine Crabs / Green Bait
School: University of New England
Dylan Veilleux
Business: TreeFreeHeat
School: Thomas College
Steven Doman and John Peters
Business: Trusted Rentr
School: University of Maine
Torsten Brinkema
Business: Weart, LLC
School: Colby College
Greenlight Maine will produce 13 television shows in Season 5 highlighting the best full or part-time college students, who have a business idea in any stage of development; from a simple idea to a well-constructed business plan. Those 13 shows, each pitting 2 college business ideas against one another, will be videotaped around the second week of January 2020 at NESCOM on the Husson University campus. The 13 semi-finalists established from that round will then square off in a non-televised pitch-off to determine the 3 best collegiate entrepreneurs. Those 3 finalists will then pitch off against one another in the Greenlight Maine Collegiate Finale to compete for the grand prize of $25,000 in cash.
List of Maine Colleges Invited to Participate
Bates
Bowdoin
Colby
College of the Atlantic
Husson Univ.
Maine College of Art
Maine Maritime
St. Joseph’s College
Maine Community Colleges
Thomas College
Unity
University of Maine
University of New England
University of Southern Maine
Establishing the 26 entrepreneurs who will pitch on the 13 shows
Each school will identify the best student submissions based on the criteria proposed below. Those 30 or more entrepreneurs will then need to be available to pitch off against a panel of independent judges on Saturday, November 16 on the Thomas College campus on the last day of the ‘Converge and Create Weekend’ that is hosted on campus by the Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation. The student pitches will go from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM and for this year, they will be open to the public! TThe judges for this competition will have no affiliation with any Maine college, neither alum nor employment. For this round, each student will only be identified by a number (no names-no college affiliations). Each presenter will make a 3-minute pitch followed by 10 minutes of Q & A from the panel of judges. Contestants must be enrolled in a Maine college for some part of the 2019/20 calendar year. Props and powerpoint will be allowed in this round. The judges will be using the following criteria on which to determine the 26 final contestants for Season 5’s Collegiate Challenge.
Scalability – 20%
Feasibility – 20%
Overall Quality of Business Idea – 20%
Innovation – 20%
Ability to keep Business in Maine – 20%
Collegiate Challenge
Season 4
Season 4 Judges
Skip Bates
Senior Vice President and Director of Main Street Banking
Bangor Savings Bank
Torey Penrod-Cambra
Founder
Penrod Marketing
William Sullivan
XR Product Evangelist
Happy Giant
Episode One
KinoTek vs. Zephyrus
Company: KinoTek
Contestants: Justin Hafner (CEO & Co-Founder)
School: UMaine
Sponsor: Maine & Co
Company: Zephyrus
Contestants: Patrick Breeding(CEO & Co-Founder) / David Holomakoff (COO)
School: UMaine
Sponsor: Maine & Co
Episode Two
Ruggette vs. Outdoorly
Company: Ruggette
Contestants: Isabel Adler/Lily Hogan (Co-Founders)
School: Colby
Sponsor: W.S. Emerson
Company: Outdoorly
Contestants: Walker Griggs/Theo Satloff(Co-Founder)
School: Colby
Episode Three
Rost vs. Floor
Company: Rost
Contestants: Samuel Pratico (Founder)
School: Colby
Sponsor: FAME
Company: Floor
Contestants: Benjamin Nussbaum(Founder)
School: Bates
Sponsor: FAME
Episode Four
Ferda Farms vs. Martin Stream
Company: Ferda Farms
Contestants: Max Burtis
School: UMaine
Sponsor: Vacationland Inn, Leanne Hewey, Managing Partner
Company: Martin Stream Campground
Contestants: Zachary Vanier(Founder/CEO) / Kathleen Edwards (Filling in)
School: CMCC
Episode Five
RentScore vs. Unforseen Globe-Trotting
Company: RentScore
Contestants: Steve Doman & John Peters(Co-Founders)
School: UMaine
Sponsor: Bangor Savings Bank
Company: Unforseen Globetrotting
Contestants: Brianna Keliehor(Founder)
School: SMCC
Season 4 Collegiate Challenge Finale
Ferda Farms vs. KinoTek vs. RentScore
In the inuagural Greenlight Maine Collegiate Challenge finale, three Maine companies created by University of Maine college students, Ferda Farms, KinoTek, and Rentscore, go head to head to win the grand prize package worth $60,000 in front of a panel of judges.
The Presenters
The Panel
Carolyn Brodsky
CEO/Founder
Sterling Rope Co., Inc.
John Sterling
Director
Systems Engineering
Kate Rush
Director of Community Relations
Bangor Savings Bank
Season 4 Winner
Congratulations KinoTek!
Pictured from left to right are Greenlight Maine Host Julene Gervais, KinoTek CEO and Co-Founder Justin Hafner, and Maine Technology Initiative President Brian Whitney.
