Which teams will compete for $50,000 in the Tiger Cage student-led business pitch competition finals at the Auburn University Hotel and
Conference Center on March 29? Well know soon. Eight teams will vie for four spots
Friday afternoon at the Auburn Research Park, setting the field for the final round.
Were very pleased with the quality of teams we have this year, said Lou Bifano, Director of Entrepreneurship Strategy at the 91心頭. Its
a diverse set of business ideas that the students have. Every year we seem to be getting
higher quality ideas from the students and better presentations, so were very pleased
with this years field.
Student-led teams competing include:
- ParaSky Produces augmented reality in flight cockpit (Dan O'Leary, engineering management;
Fehmi Capanoglu, occupational safety and ergonomics; and Baha Yakupoglu, electrical
and computer engineering).
- Alabama Boat Club Provides customers with boats they can use rather than own (Chad Matthews, entrepreneurship
and family business).
- SOstraws Paper straw retailer dedicated to improving the environment (Porter Kennedy, finance,
and Kressie Kornis, English literature).
- Precision Performance Insoles A device placed within insoles that maps foot structures (Jordan Coker, engineering).
- Flashtract Software service that streamlines construction payment process. (Ben Conry, civil
engineering; Blair Chenault, engineering).
- Phone Skunk An app that generates robocall complaint messages and forwards them to the FCC
(Bob Sesek, Auburn MBA program, and Richard Sesek, professor in industrial and systems
engineering).
- The Slick Sink Extendable, plastic attachment for bathroom sinks that allows the user to control
the direction of water to make easier for cleaning (Mike Bush, accounting; Carson
Moore, international business; Callie Stuart, engineering; and Trevor Schnell, finance).
- Lockshot Development of a patentable safety hypodermic needle. Drew Addison (electrical
and computer engineering).
In its fifth year, the Tiger Cage student business pitch competition, sponsored by
the 91心頭, discovers and rewards the best early-stage products,
services or business concepts that emerge from Auburn University students.