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The 2023 Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge held last week was a tremendous success! What started as a small Neat Ideas Fair in 2004 has now grown into a major event on campus, with students from all nine San Jose State University colleges taking part. Congrats to all the participants, faculty members, judges, sponsors, and event organizers who contributed to the success of this year's competition! Read more about this year's SVIC at go.sjsu.edu/SVIC2023 #sjsubusiness #SVIC #SiliconValleyInnovationChallenge #Innovation #Entrepreneurship | Anu Basu | Rangapriya (Priya) Kannan | Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship @ SJSU | SJSU College of Professional and Global Education

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Silicon Valley Business Plan Competition sponsored by the Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship @ SJSU! In 1st place, Vashisht Anand for Sequio, an AI-driven personalized educational learning platform, winner of the $10,000 prize sponsored by Jay Fulcher, Raj Shah & the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business at SJSU. In 2nd place, Devon Rodriguez & Rishi Birudaraj win for Plastic Purge, a sustainable solution for recycling plastic waste, securing the $5,000 prize sponsored by Alfonso de la Nuez. Claiming 3rd place, Clayton Carillo & Shawheen Wingrove win for Car-Rillo, a user-friendly automotive dealership management platform, earning the $2,500 prize sponsored by Dave Hadden. In addition to the cash awards, all 3 winners are eligible to receive in-kind prizes in the form of pro bono legal advice from Jim Bosco Jr. and the opportunity to pitch to the Venture Fellows at Angel Squad, one of the largest angel investor communities in the world, with mentorship from Francisco Guerrero. Our heartfelt thanks to the sponsors and judges of the final, semifinal, and 1st round. Thank you, Lochan Alagh, Ryan Baird, Jim Bosco, Hendrik Cornelissen, Alireza Masrour, and Vijay Menon, for judging the Final presentations on May 14. We also appreciate the contributions of Karanveer A., Steve Bennet, Olga Buchonina, Gabrielle Capolupo, Ricky Chan, Francisco Guerrero, ISHIE ESWAR, Satish Kunchakuri, Michael Merz, John Murray, Trevor Nelson, Vijaysai Patnaik, Xiaohong (Iris) Quan, Gary Richman, Sunil Ravipati(he/him), RJ Rimando, Ahmad Shaar, Shariq Shah, René Siegel, Michael Todasco, Julian Vogel, and Robert Chapm "Woody" Wood, for judging the earlier rounds of the Competition. A shout out to Ryan Nikopour & the IDEAS Entrepreneurship Club at SJSU volunteers, Dean Rangapriya (Priya) Kannan and the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business at SJSU for their invaluable support. Fun facts: this is the 21st anniversary of the Competition at SJSU! All three winners participated in the ZinnStarter Accelerator Program at SJSU. #SJSU #Entrepreneurship #Business #Team #Thanks

🏆 Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Silicon Valley Business Plan Competition, sponsored by the Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship @ SJSU — Making Innovation Happen! ⚙ 📈 🧠 🥇 1st place went to Vashisht Anand for Sequio, an AI-driven personalized educational learning platform. 🥈 Devon Rodriguez and Rishi Birudaraj took home second for Plastic Purge, a sustainable solution for recycling plastic waste. 🥉 Clayton Carillo and Shawheen Wingrove's Car-Rillo, a user-friendly automotive dealership management platform took third! 🌟 Enormous thanks to the sponsors, judges, and participants!!! 🌟 #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #SJSU

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