Women's Business Plan Competition Results, 2008

Lisa Chan of ZaraCom Technologies won the$10,000 first prize, as well as a 9 month virtual office solution from Intelligent Office.  Prize Sponsors:
              
 

Pictured:  Lisa Chan, Ken Scales (EagleBank), Sally Sternbach

Sharon Flank, Ph.D. of InfraTrac won the $5,000 second prize.   as well as a 6 month virtual office solution from Intelligent Office.  Prize Sponsors:

 Pictured:  Sharon Flank, Don Rogers (Shulman, Rogers) and Celicia Quinn-Jones (Intelligent Office) 
 

Colleen Nye and Dr. Loleta Robinson of Syan Biosciences and Jessica Feltz of The Turning Point: A Community Acupuncture Clinic tied for third place, a $2,500 prize.  At the awards ceremony, Paul Love of Foster, Soltoff & Love announced that he would award the full $2,500 amount to both companies.  Intelligent Office will also award both companies a 3 month virtual office solution.  Prize Sponsors:

Pictured:  Paul Love (Foster, Soltoff & Love, Ltd.), Colleen Nye, Loleta Robinson, Jessica Feltz, Celicia Quinn-Jones (Intelligent Office) and Alicea Ardito (Intelligent Office)

An Honorable Mention for the Most Improved Business Plan was awarded to Nicole Jefferson of UniverSoul T.O.U.C.H. Massage Therapy.

Awards were presented at the 9th Annual Women in Business Conference on April 1.  The deadline for the 2008 StartRight! Competition is January, 2009:  plan to enter now!

Rockville Innovation Center Opens

The Rockville Innovation Center formally opened on June 12, 2007.  The RIC provides space and support programs for domestic technology startups, as well as for international technology companies interested in opening their first U.S. office. 

Initial incubator tenants included AID Networks LLC; Applied Wireless Local Area Network, Inc.: Clean Currents, LLC; Fuzbien Technology Institute; Griffin Enterprises, LLC; The Hamilton Group;  Keygene, Inc.; LiveHealthier; Penn Diagnostics; QRxPharma; RemeGenix, Inc.; Synaptic Science, LLC; Triton eReady Solutions; and ViroDefense, Inc.

Since the opening, the following tenants have joined the RIC:  BC Synergies; Brand Informatics, Inc.; BuildTopia; CAI; Data Guardian, Inc.; FedSalesConnect, LLC; Human Science, Inc.; ITTECOM; and Technology Digest

Pictured: Ribbon Cutters included Montgomery County Incubator Manager John Korpela,
Rockville Mayor Larry Giammo, Montgomery County Department of Economic
Development Head Pradeep Ganguly, Maryland District 17 Delegate Brian
Feldman, REDI Executive Director Sally Sternbach, Rockville City Council Member
Susan Hoffmann, Shulman Rogers Principal Don Rogers, LiveHealthier CEO Mary
Moslander, Maryland Dept. of Economic Development Technology Advisor Ben
Wu, and Rockville Assistant City Manager Catherine Tuck-Parrish.

NEWSFLASH:  Griffen Enterprises releases its first product!  See the news release here.

RIC Platinum Sponsors:

      

RIC Gold Sponsors:
 

RIC Silver Sponsors

Rockville Economic Development, Inc. Executive Director Sally Sternbach visits China

Sternbach returned from a 17 day trip to Beijing, Shanghai, and Penglai on December 3, 2006.  She met with officials of the Shanghai Technology Innovation Center, the Maryland China Center Shanghai Office, the Baoding National High and New Technology Industrial Development Zone, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Science Tech Council of Beijing.  She and Mr. Wang Zengrong of the China Association for International Science and Technology Cooperation (CAISTC) signed a Memo of Understanding between REDI and CAISTC, to encourage mutual cooperation supporting the growth of both economies.  View the MOU.  Read Mr. Wang Zengrong's comments on the signing of the MOU.  Read Sally Sternbach's remarks regarding the signing of the MOU. 

Learn more about CAISTC.  Learn more about the Baoding High Tech Industry Development Zone (Chinese).

Press Coverage of Sternbach's China Trip

December 28, 2006, A&C Business News (in Chinese) - REDI Trip to China

December 20, 2006, Rockville Gazette - REDI Director's Trip to China Ends on a High Note

November 15, 2006, Rockville Gazette - Rockville Gets REDI for China

November 7, 2006, Washington Examiner - Rockville Looks to Lure Chinese Startups

Front Row:  Sally Sternbach and Wang Zengrong sign the REDI-CAISTC
                      Memorandum of Understanding

Contact REDI at Info@RockvilleREDI.org for further information on the exciting developments taking place in Rockville.