Bet on Weight Loss and ARI are featured in the West Virginia University Entrepreneurship Center’s EC Update newsletter. The article highlights both companies’ victories in the most recent business plan competition.
John Failing and Jessica Oswald, lifestyle winners of the 2008 West Virginia Collegiate Statewide Business Plan competition, developed a weight-loss program that allows participants to reclaim their security deposit if they reach their dieting goals. Their company, Bet on Weight Loss, includes a member-supported social-networking community and a wealth of dieting information and resources. Failing states their next steps are to hire a technology manager, continue building a website, and start taking clients. Check out their website at www.BetOnWeightLoss.com.
Nicholas Anthony and Andrew Higgins won the innovation category with their plan for a company that will develop low-cost laboratory equipment. Higgins states that the competition helped Advanced Research Instrumentation (ARI), their company, meet the area’s best business people. Anthony was excited to say that he was in touch with an investor who is looking to help fund their new business. He is hoping the company will show significant growth in the next six months.
The full article can be found in the WVU Entrepreneurship Center Update newsletter.
More information on the WVU Entrepreneurship Center website.
Posted by Samantha Haun on October 30, 2008 at 9:44 am in the following categories: Advanced Research Instrumentation, Bet On Weight Loss
