Mahalo!

To our volunteers, who dedicated their time and expertise to serve as instructors, coaches and judges,

To our sponsors for their generous support, and

To all the competitors for participating in the 2008 Competition

Congratulations to our 2008 Winners!

Overall Prizes provided by the Shidler College of Business

• $20,000 First Prize
  Team NanoGreen, Inc.
• $10,000 Second Prize
  Team Sim Training Hawaii
• $5,000 Third Prize
  Team ProActive Carbon
• $20,000 UH Technology Prize
  Provided by the UH (OTTED) Office of Technology Transfer & Economic Development
  Team NanoGreen, Inc.
• $5,000 Sustainable Business Prize
  Provided by HECO (Hawaiian Electric Company)
  Team ProActive Carbon
• $2,000 Top All-Student Team Prize
  Provided by HiBEAM (Hawaii Business and Entrepreneur Acceleration Mentors)
  Team KokuEco
• $2,000 Top Undergraduate Team Prize
  Provided by HSDC (Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation)
  Team Banana Man's Tasty Treats Company

Read the press release for more details [pdf - 170kb]

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What's new in 2008?

We are providing a prize for the highest scoring plan for a Sustainable Business. Sustainable Business ensures long term viability and integrity of the business by optimizing resource needs, reducing environmental, energy or social impacts, and managing resources while not compromising profitability.

The winner of this prize will be determined by the semi-final judges. Eligible teams must have indicated their desire to vie for this in their online registration.

Judging criteria for sustainable business plan prize [pdf - 11kb]