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Pure Intimates wins UO Venture Quest business plan competition
EUGENE, Ore. -- (Dec. 3, 2007) -- Pure Intimates, an apparel company that celebrates femininity, natural beauty and a healthy lifestyle won the $1,500 first place award at the Venture Quest MBA business plan competition held Friday, Nov. 30, at the University of Oregon.
This year’s Venture Quest competition featured six teams of MBA and JD/MBA students from the UO Charles H. Lundquist College of Business. Each of the six teams earned the opportunity to move forward into the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship’s Venture Launch program, which could lead to participation in business plan competitions at the national and international levels.
Earning their way into the finals by virtue of winning the Lillis Elevator Pitch shootout, Pure Intimates was selected as champion by the three Venture Quest finalist judges. Pure Intimates capitalizes on a growing trend of sustainable apparel products in the marketplace and focuses on the intimate apparel market utilizing fabrications such as bamboo, organic cotton and SeaCell ™. Team members were Meredith McCurdy, Monica Thilges, Kim Saunders and Bradley Russell.
The second place team was Momentum, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the effectiveness of non-profit organizations through selection and placement of qualified executive management candidates. The team members were Emily McGrath, Natasha MacDonald, Kevin Snyder and Itzel Orozco.
Rounding out the top three finishers was TakeShape, which seeks to revolutionize how athletes and athletic programs set goals and track performance progress through its patented body scanning device. TakeShape also won the Best Written Executive Summary award voted upon by entrepreneurship students at the Lundquist College of Business. Team members were Cody Stavig, Andrew Earle, Bill Sedlak and Peter Vomocil.
The Venture Quest competition is one of the flagship events of the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship. The competition for undergraduate majors and undergraduate minors will take place during spring term.
About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon's flagship public university. The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of 62 of the leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. Membership in the AAU is by invitation only. The University of Oregon is one of only two AAU members in the Pacific Northwest.
Contact: Julie Brown, 541-346-3185, julbrown@uoregon.edu
Source: Randy Swangard, 541-346-3312, swangard@uoregon.edu
Link: Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship, www.lcb.uoregon.edu/lce
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