Media report on 2018 UMaine Business Challenge winners
The Portland Press Herald, Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal and Maine Startups Insider reported on the winners of the seventh annual UMaine Business Challenge, the largest business-plan competition for college students in the state. Three teams of student entrepreneurs — all from the University of Maine — walked away with cash prizes, according to the Press Herald. Patrick Breeding of Zephyrus Simulations won the first-place prize of $5,000, with Nicholas Lajoie of IoTato winning the $10,000 innovation prize. Justin Gagnon and the 207 Backpacks team took home the second-place prize of $1,000. Prior to winning the UMaine Business Challenge, Breeding and his team won grants from the Libra Future Fund and the Maine Technology Institute to develop a state-of-the-art medical simulator at a low cost, the Press Herald article states. Potato Grower also reported on the winners, citing the Press Herald article.