Student teams presented their business ideas and competed for cash and in-kind prizes totaling $86,000 at the Business Plan Competition 2024, hosted by the WSU Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE).

Two hundred thirty-six students from nine WSU colleges, six universities, and six high schools across Washington and Idaho formed 118 venture teams that competed in three different leagues. The unique venture teams represented a wide variety of academic majors and programs of study including arts and sciences, natural resource sciences, veterinary medicine, neuroscience, global challenges, communications, business, and more.

The winning College League teams were:

• Cordoba, $15,000
  Cordoba is an AI plug-in that facilitates communication between architects and clients.
• PicsGenie, $10,000
  PicsGenie uses AI to allow anyone to customize shirts in under 15 seconds.
• Snap Chains, $7,000
  Snap Chains is an alternative snow chain designed for instant installation and removal.
• Serenity Spaces, $4,000
  Serenity Spaces is a furnishing company that allows individuals to rent customized furnishing packages.
• Main Street Trader Bar and Grill, $2,000
  Main Street Trader Bar and Grill is a restaurant in Vancouver, Washington, offering diverse food, drink, and live entertainment.

The following teams in alphabetical order are advancing to the Final Round Presentations:

• Cordoba – An AI plug-in for architects that generates editable 3D building models in their native software.
• Main Street Trader Bar and Grill – Restaurant
• PicsGenie – AI-generated images on products that can be shipped right to your doorstep.
• Serenity Spaces – A furnishing company that lets individuals customize furnishing packages to their preferences, with a monthly payment structure allowing you to rent for the length of the lease.
• Snap Chains – Quicker and safer alternative to snow chains, instant application and removal.

Alternate:

• Anlibri – An app that gives users the ability to build and customize their virtual bookshelf, while recommending new books to readers. Works as a book log, recognizes unpublished works and integrates a social platform to allow readers to connect with others.

Full BPC 2024 Schedule (PDF) available HERE

April 15, 2024 is the deadline to RSVP for the Awards Dinner! RSVP HERE

Look for updates here or HERE on the 19th to see who is advancing to the Final Round!

The entire list of Presentation Round Winners are:

TOP COLLEGIATE LEAGUE TEAMS ADVANCING TO THE FINAL PRESENTATION ROUND

• Anlibri – An app that gives users the ability to build and customize their virtual bookshelf, while recommending new books to readers. Works as a book log, recognizes unpublished works and integrates a social platform to allow readers to connect with others.
• Blink Box – Lash supply subscription box.
• Build-A-Drink – Machine that create alcoholic beverages quickly and with perfect pours. In-home and commercial.
• Coleman Leather Goods – Producing high-quality leather goods, such as wallets, belts, bags, notebooks, and patches.
• Cordoba – An AI plug-in for architects that generates editable 3D building models in their native software.
• FindMyFit – An app and browser extension that shows which sizes across brands fits you based on your body type.
• Homestay Worldwide –
• Honest Buds – SaaS company offers dispensaries a software for their budtenders to generate product descriptions that consumers find helpful in identifying a product’s quality.
• Main Street Trader Bar and Grill – Restaurant
• OC Exterior Solutions – California-based company offering year-round exterior solutions for properties with convenient seasonal packages and accurate pricing for pressure washing and property lighting services.
• PicsGenie – AI-generated images on products that can be shipped right to your doorstep.
• Plaitful – AI recipe and meal plan generator app.
• REFRSH – A social platform incentivizing young adults to engage in real-life experiences while reducing screen time, fostering friendly competition through “REFRSH’ing” periods.
• Serenity Spaces – A furnishing company that lets individuals customize furnishing packages to their preferences, with a monthly payment structure allowing you to rent for the length of the lease.
• Snap Chains – Quicker and safer alternative to snow chains, instant application and removal.
• Squeeze – App that provides available street and garage parking, high traffic areas and events in large cities.
• The Kitchen Collab – App that streamlines group living by combining meal planning and grocery shopping, making it easier for housemates to save money, split expenses and avoid duplicate purchases.
• TLK – Music distribution and streaming platform offering a subscription based service that includes access to potential marketing initiatives and apparel design.
• Tripzy – A travel planning app designed for Generation Z who may procrastinate planning activities while on vacation.
• VetCare Assist – Vet assistance financial aid.

ALTERNATIVE TEAMS:

• Derivative Zero – To create short term forex forecasting algorithms that can then be subscribed to through API and used by either companies or individual traders looking for a competitive edge.
• Speed Angel Customs LLC – Custom automotive shop that aims to modify as well as repair your car the way you want it – totally customizable

TOP FOSTER GARVEY OPEN LEAGUE TEAMS ADVANCING TO THE FINAL PRESENTATION ROUND

• City Paws (University of Washington) – Sustainable pet products
• Happy Pop (University of Washington – Seattle) – A product that transports the authentic flavors of India through popped sorghum, a snack that has been popular for centuries. This cultural snack is an alternative to popcorn.
• Sustainable Classrooms: Project Laos (University of Idaho) – A pioneering nonprofit organization dedicated to revolutionizing education and environment stewardship in rural communities across Laos. By transforming recycled plastics into durable bricks, we offer a groundbreaking eco-friendly solution to build educational infrastructure.
• WRIST: Wearable Remote Individualized Symptom Tracking (University of Idaho) – Medically oriented remote symptom and biometrics monitoring bracelet.

ALTERNATIVE TEAMS:

• Afford Aid (University of Washington – Seattle) – Reusable, refurbished, authorized medical equipment.
• BioNova (Walla Walla University) – Building a better future through sustainable energy. Scalable Bioreactors for Bio-Methane gas production, fertilizer, and carbon credits in Africa and South America.

TOP HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE TEAMS ADVANCING TO THE FINAL PRESENTATION ROUND

• 7b Surf Co. (Mead Senior High School) – 7b Surf is a local business that gives surf lessons to people who live or vacation in the Sandpoint area. We provide a boat and all the equipment.
• EcoTrail (Mead Senior High School) – EcoTrail is an accessible hiking trail app that allows you to preview your trail before you hike it.
• Protein Palace (Mercer Island High School) – A fast, casual restaurant specializing in high-protein, high-calorie bowls for those wishing to reach their fitness goals.
• Team Kamea (East Valley High School) – A business idea for a bakery named Kamea Cakes.
• Victoria Paints (Pullman High School) – A local painting business that provides the best solution for blank walls.

ALTERNATIVE TEAMS:

• antisquo (Bellevue High School) – Online dashboard using a student’s (user provided) interests and goals, along with their school district catalog to formulate a high school pathway that provides unique recommendations for classes.
• Simpl Protein (Mead Senior High School) – Simpl Protein cookies are an all natural, gluten-free, protein bar alternative made without any artificial sweeteners.

Last chance to RSVP for the Awards Dinner! RSVP HERE

We hope you will join us at the 2024 BPC Awards Dinner following the Final Presentation Round and trade show reception on the WSU Pullman campus in the Senior Ballroom of the Compton Student Union Building.

At the awards dinner you will enjoy a keynote address and find out who will emerge as winners.

Please note that everyone attending the Awards Dinner should RSVP, including students, monitors and coordinators, advisors etc.

RSVP HERE

Interested in learning more about how to present your business at a trade show? It’s an important skill and trade shows might be a bridge to the next level of your business.

With the upcoming BPC Trade Show coming up on April 25, BPC Bites 6 offers presenters the opportunity to understand what goes into a compelling booth.

Register and join other entrepreneurs Thursday, April 11 · 12 – 1pm in the Startup Den – Commons Building 1st Floor at 225 SE Idaho Street.

Come get your insider tips from professionals on successful approaches and ensure you are putting your best foot forward! REGISTER HERE