Entrepreneurial Concept Competition (ECC)

2010 Competition


The 1st Annual Fall 2010 Entrepreneurial Concept Competition (ECC) was a CUNY wide competition and new initiative of the Black Male Leadership and Mentoring Program at The City College of New York and the New York City Louis Stokes Alliance.

The initiative serves to benefit the CUNY student body considering the global shift towards entrepreneurial thinking. Marketing efforts for the competition began in the Summer of 2010 and ended in mid September 2010. In order to compete in ECC, students in good academic standing had to register their team via ProjectSTEM.net and then submit an abstract of their proposed idea/concept. After review, students were officially accepted and eligible to compete. Student teams which consist of between 1 and 4 current CUNY students participated in four two hour on campus workshops and learned how to prepare their business plans for a judging panel that play the role of potential business investors.

The ECC workshops were led by Mr. Garreth Williams, a graduate of Baruch College, with an MBA in Entrepreneurial Studies. Workshop topics included 1) constructing succinct and bold executive summaries, 2) business structure (chain of command), 3) marketing strategies, 4) S.W.O.T analysis and 5) how to input and structure financial data. Business plans had a required length of six to nine pages including three financial statements.

A panel of five judges, consisting of both City College faculty and entrepreneurs evaluated the submitted business plans according to how closely the student teams met the criteria in each category. Following the business plan submission, Mr. Maurice Ashley (Chess Grandmaster and City College graduate) and Mr. Leland Hardy led a workshop/lunch on presenting or pitching their idea/concept.

ECC 2010 PRESENTERS
  • Christopher Powell-CUNY City College
    CTP II

  • Elizabeth Vilchis, Joseph Cleto and Luis Garcia-CUNY City College
    Consultancy For Green Building Education

  • Jasmine Hugee and Jessica Hookumchand-CUNY- Brooklyn College
    Healthy & Beautiful Homes

  • Janneisy Vidals and Hugo Bravo-CUNY City College
    New Earth Origin (N.E.O) Enterprise

  • John Parson, Tammy Parks and Deepak Verma-CUNY- Kingsborough CC
    Genius Empire Inc

  • Massawa Lawson-CUNY- Bronx Community College
    Icycle

  • Max Savin-CUNY- Brooklyn College
    Savin Nutrition

  • Noah Lawson-CUNY City College
    Reformation Of Methane

  • Portia Adney-CUNY- Hunter College
    Family Traveling: TV Pilot

  • Travis Cadette-CUNY City College
    Valley Of Jehoshaphat

  • Dunstan Wallace-CUNY- City College
    Film & Production Company

  • Johnnie Walker, Ryan Lui, and Leonela Martinez-CUNY Baruch College
    Mycollegebookshop LLC

  • Kimberly Tyre-CUNY- Lehman College
    Tyler Foundation

  • Kshitija Sawant-CUNY- City College
    Horizont Health Center

  • Lutful Khan and Jennifer Hernandez-CUNY - John Jay College
    Camelia Institute

  • Morris Sued and Samuel Landau-CUNY - Baruch College
    Dothedos.com

  • Reggie Richardson and Daniel Bahago-CUNY City College
    www.virtualtutor.com

  • Samara Pelt-College: CUNY - City College
    Not-For-Profit

  • Sharon Puello-CUNY - Lehman College
    Fresh: Finding Real Edible Solutions To Health

  • Helen Arones-CUNY - City College
    Organic Fruits

  • Kaizhong Huang-CUNY - City College
    The City Agriculture Network (CAN)

  • Jorge Franco-CUNY - City College
    The Commututors LLC



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