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!
The other semi-finalists were:
Kym Wong, Ph.D., 3DeLux Images
Victoria Pickering,
Fitness
Reinvented
Kalle Diarra,
Precious Organics
Mariessa Terrell,
Simone's
Butterfly, Inc.
Denise Sharpe and Julia Glekas, The Phoenixx Salon
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
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