Finalists for Business Plan Competition: May 28th @ Princeton

I am excited to announce the finalists for the main track of the business plan competition. Be sure to register - http://princetonen2010.eventbrite.com/ - today for the conference to watch these companies compete to win the grand prize of $25,000 of services and a trip to pitch to Sequoia Capital.

1. Lautriv Information Systems,  Inc. has developed - in collaboration with a top 5 insurer over the last two years - a proprietary software-as-a-service (SaaS) system called SettleAssist™ that solves a multi-billion dollar pain point for homeowner insurance companies. Unlike software that exists today that provides adjusters the cost of installed shingles, for example, only SettleAssist automates business rules and scope decisions that determine If the shingles warrant replacement; that is the billion dollar problem Lautriv solves. http://www.lautriv.com

2. FashionStake -  , the winner of the Boston PrincetonEN pitch competition, is a revolutionary new online marketplace for contemporary and luxury fashion. By allowing customers to support collections, shape the creative process, and share in the rewards, we're changing the way fashion is conceived and commercialized. Register today at http://www.fashionstake.com

3. Open Blue Sea Farms - Our mission is to reliably feed the growing premium fish market with all natural, healthy, delicious branded seafood, through environmentally safe and sustainable free-range open ocean farming methods.

4. CoAx Systems, winner of Princeton TigerLaunch, plans to bring to market its unique, patentable approach to designing wellfields for ground-source, "geothermal," heat pumps, reducing the installed cost of geothermal heating and cooling systems by 30-40%.

Three teams will pitch for 3 minutes in hopes of winning the audience choice award and advancing into the finals with the 4 companies above.

1. Virebo helps companies slash the cost and environmental impact of office printing. Virebo is faster to deploy, less expensive to run, and analyzes printing more thoroughly than any comparable product.

2. Pondigo - : When I am tired of fishing in the vast online dating ocean, it's to the Pond I Go...that is, to www.pondigo.com, a niche online dating site for verified alumni of top colleges, universities and graduate programs. Utilizing new, patent-pending search prioritization methodologies and integrating the personalities principles of the Myers Briggs Type indicator through an exclusive license, Pondigo aims to create the optimal online dating experience for its niche of well educated singles.

3. Lychee Software -  is revolutionizing the photo post-processing workflow for professional photographers.
www.lycheesoftware.com

The companies mentioned above join the 4 companies in the social enterprise track of the competition. The social enterprise
finalists from recent regional pitch events will compete for a $10K prize. The event will be followed by a launch party networking reception.Please join us - http://princetonen2010.eventbrite.com/ !

Any questions? Email me: sabrina@princetonen.org . Ready to sign up for this exciting day? For $30.00 you get lunch, cocktails and the whole conference program.

Sign up here - http://princetonen2010.eventbrite.com/ .

We want to thank the sponsors for this years' conference:

Sequoia Capital will be giving a one hour meeting and 2 plane tickets to get to San Francisco to the winning business plan team. The meeting will be 30

minutes of pitching and 30 minutes of feedback.

http://www.resoundmarketing.com "> Resound Marketing will be giving $15,000 of pr and marketing services, to help put together a PR strategy and launch plan for the winning team

http://www.gunder.com ">Gunderson Dettmer will be giving $5000 of legal services to the winning team

Palo Alto Software  will be giving $5000 of business planning help to the winning team