Maine Startups Insider reports on UMaine Business Challenge winners
Maine Startups Insider, an online news startup, reported on the winners of the UMaine Business Challenge, the state’s largest student entrepreneurship competition. Two Colby College students, Dan Vogel and Scott Lehman, won the first-place prize of $5,000 for NorthEats LLC, a food-ordering mobile app for local restaurants, according to the article. Zechariah Palmeter, a UMaine student, won the $5,000 technology prize, for his plan to develop virtual reality exposure therapy software through his company Laeta, the article states. The UMaine Business Challenge was founded in 2011 by a group of 2010 UMaine graduates who wanted to give back to their alma mater while creating more opportunities for student entrepreneurs. The competition, which encourages innovation and entrepreneurship, was opened to all Maine college students in 2014.