News Release

April 5, 2007

Boise State Graduate Student Team Wins Business Plan Competition at Canadian University

A team of Boise State University graduate students took first place at a national business plan competition in Canada last week and will advance to the “Superbowl” of competitions in May.

The team, ROCAS International, took first place in the Elevator Pitch round in the Stuart Clark Venture Challenge, hosted by the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. The team will next compete at the New Venture Challenge in Portland April 12-14 and Moot Corp, the “Superbowl” of business plan competitions, at the University of Texas in Austin, May 3-5.

The team members are John Harvey, CEO of ROCAS International, Tara Sims and Ron Haxton.
Their business idea is an obstacle avoidance system that will make takeoffs and landings safer for emergency helicopters. The team has been working with a Boise inventor to commercialize the technology.

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Contact: Kent Neupert, College of Business and Economics, (208) 426-2397, kneupert@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Sherry Squires, University Communications, (208) 426-1563, ssquires@boisestate.edu

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