Center for Entrepreneurship
2008 Deloitte Business Plan Competition
Winners of the 2008 Competition - Congratulations!
1st Place Team - NanoMed
Offers the proprietary Zip-Disk Gene Delivery System used to genetically modify cells, enabling rapid prototyping of new gene therapies in the biopharmaceutical industry for the development of cures for cancer, autoimmune diseases, and other debilitating disorders.
2nd Place Team - XMRI
A medical device development company that plans to manufacture, achieve FDA approval, and market Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) compatible treadmills for use in Exercise Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR).
3rd Place Team - ThermoBuffer
Provides an innovative new technology that addresses the basic problem of temperature control in containers for foods and liquids, maintaining the temperature in the optimum flavor range.
Camp named one of the nation’s top entrepreneurship professors
S. Michael Camp, academic director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Fisher College of Business, was named one of the nation’s top entrepreneurship professors by FORTUNE Small Business magazine in September 2007.
Camp and 17 other professors were recognized as the nation’s best through a survey of colleagues, students and entrepreneurs in the magazine’s first compilation of America’s Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs.
“In the relatively short time that Michael has led the Center for Entrepreneurship, he has fostered and nurtured the entrepreneurial spirit of many students not only in Fisher College but throughout Ohio State,” said Stephen L. Mangum, acting dean of Fisher College. “This recent recognition is a remarkable honor and is reflective of Michael’s passion for preparing innovative start up companies to succeed.”
The magazine commended Camp’s efforts that led to the creation of the Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Academy, an interdisciplinary program that teaches graduate students to assess the commercial potential of new technologies. Camp told the magazine that interest from physics, engineering, medical, agriculture and law students have been overwhelming.
“The program is at the forefront of developing viable commercialization strategies for new ventures,” Camp told the magazine.
The Center for Entrepreneurship also has been instrumental in providing mentorship to several start up corporations, including two that were named finalists in the FORTUNE Small Business magazine’s annual national business plan competition. Vertebration Inc., developers of a spinal implant designed to relieve chronic back pain, won the national competition in 2004, while Minimally Invasive Devices Inc. (MID) earned third place in the 2006 Fortune Small Business competition.
Both teams qualified for the competition after winning the annual Deloitte Business Plan Competition, which is open to all Ohio State students and is hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurship. The quality of the business plans and the amount of prize money awarded to the winners have both increased due to changes in the curriculum since Camp’s arrival at Fisher three years ago.
Camp has also made it a priority to make his courses available to all Ohio State students. He helped launch the interdisciplinary entrepreneurship minor in conjunction with five colleges across the university. The program is open to all undergraduate students.
About the Center for Entrepreneurship: The Center for Entrepreneurship at the Fisher College of Business is an official academic center of The Ohio State University. Launched in November 2001, the center supports academic research and education in entrepreneurship. In addition, the center facilitates entrepreneurial learning and experiences that will impact a global economy and stimulates economic growth by assisting new company formation and graduating students who possess strong entrepreneurial skills and experiences.
About Fisher College of Business: Ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top 25 business schools in the country, The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business offers full-time, part-time and executive MBA, Master of Accounting, Master of Labor and Human Resources and Master of Business Logistics and Engineering programs. The college of business was started in 1916, and was named the Fisher College of Business in 1993, in honor of Max M. Fisher, a noted philanthropist, industrialist and alumnus of the college.