As mentioned in my last post, James and myself reached the finals of the LaunchPad $50k Venture Creation Competition, and presented our plan for HealthSpoke on Wednesday. We spent all our time yesterday at the Communitech Tech Leadership Conference anxiously awaiting the announcement at 3:30pm. Finally, we got through all the speakers and breakout sessions, and it was time for the news. We figured we had a good chance, but really weren’t sure how the judges would have scored us. It was awesome when we heard the announcement: “The first runner up… HealthSpoke Inc!” We were extremely happy, and the prizes will give the business a nice little kick-start.
First place went to The Nesting Space, a parent-centric networking, education and wellness centre, which focuses on the early years of parenthood in a relaxing and welcoming environment. Check out the full announcement here: http://www.launchpad50k.ca/launchpad/news.asp?ID=252
So what do we get for our efforts? Well, $15,000 in prizes – $7500 cash and $7500 in services. We are also pre-qualified for a loan from the Canadian Youth Business Foundation. As icing on the cake, the top two teams get to go on to compete in the Golden Horseshoe Business Challenge on May 31st in Rochester. Should be exciting!!
4 responses so far ↓
1 Benjamin Bach // May 11, 2007 at 2:26 pm
What an achievement! I’m excited to watch Healthspoke continue to grow at a blistering pace
2 Kurt Gooden // May 12, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Congratulations guys, good luck in Rochester!
3 Paul // May 13, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Well done Dan! That’s amazing. That should help ease some stress of trying to get the business of the ground next year. Best of luck in Buffalo. Talk to you soon.
4 Paul // May 13, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Well done Dan! That’s amazing. That should help ease some stress of trying to get the business off the ground next year. Best of luck in Buffalo. Talk to you soon.