A proposal for a subscription-based campus lunch delivery service claimed the top prize at this year’s Paul and Tom Kinnear Business Plan Competition.

Maggie Shi’s (Com’18) business plan stood out among the submissions at the annual contest, established in 2008 by Tom Kinnear (Com’66, LLD’02). The final phase of the competition saw four teams vie for a $5,000 prize to support the establishment or ongoing operation of their business venture.

Ms. Shi will be using the funds to develop her business throughout the summer months and expects to officially launch the venture, named bnto, this fall.

The other finalists were:

• Iris Technologies - Colin Harding (Com’17); Conor Ross (Artsci’16); and David Cashin (Artsci’16).
• Lumos Energy Strips - Heather Wilcocks-Gynn (Com’17); Chris Angelatos (Sc’16); Lexi Kaplin (Sc’16); and Peter Lyons (Sc’16).
• Spreza Technologies - Heather Evans (Com’16); and Daniel Lloyd (Sc’16).

The judging for the competition was conducted by Samit Sharma (MBA’02), Founder/Director of Gaia Power Inc.; Ramzi Asfour (MBA’09), Manager of Commercial Development at PARTEQ Innovations; and Matthew Reesor, Director of Strategic Planning & New Initiatives at Smith School of Business.

The Kinnear Business Plan Competition is open to all undergraduate students at the Smith School of Business who either have an ongoing venture or are in the process of establishing a venture. Teams that have members who are not commerce students are eligible provided that the commerce student is an integral part of the founding team.