Congratulations Tyler!

We had some good news a couple weeks ago :)

Zell Lurie Institute Announces the Winter 2011 Dare to Dream Grant Recipients

The Dare to Dream Grant program encourages students to move through the business creation process by offering business development seminars and $500 - $10,000 in funding. Within the program, students meet deadlines to produce deliverables that guide them through the business development path from a nascent idea to formulating and assessing potential businesses to planning and launching these businesses. The program awards up to $100,000 per academic year in the Fall and Winter terms.

The following teams were awarded grants for the Winter 2011 phase:

Winter 2011 Integration Grants (up to $10,000 each team)

AYAH, LLC $5,000 - Tyler Paxton (MBA ’11), Reid Tatoris (MBA ’11), Biswaroop Palit (MBA ’11), Benjamin Blackmer (MBA ’12), David Levitch (MBA ’11)
Develops and markets a game-based CAPTCHA that is simple, intuitive and secure

ReGenerate $ 10,000 - Paul Davis (MBA/MS ’11), Nolan Orfield (PhD/MSE ’13), Bobby Levine (PhD ’13), Hunt Briggs (MBA/MS ’11)
Provides food service operators with on-site biodigester systems

STIgma Free $5,000 - Rameshwar Rao (PhD ’14), Sasha Cai Lesher-Perez (PhD ’14), Jeremy Holzwarth (PhD ’14), Patrick Ingram (PhD ’14), Joshua White (PhD ’14), Bethany Tong (MBA ’12)
Develops and sells point-of-care diagnostic devices for small clinical and home use to test for sexually transmitted diseases

StrideSports $10,000 - Brian Beard (MBA ’12), Grant Weber (MBA ’11), Patrick Fay
Designs and produces standing bicycles