Media Advisory for Tuesday, April 23, 2019:
CSUN Students to Compete for $70,000 in Cash and Prizes at Bull Ring Finals

Members of NoSpill Systems, which keeps take-out food and beverage trays level and locked in place on the seat of a vehicle, during the semi-finals of the Bull Ring competition. Photo by Patricia Cabrillo.

Members of NoSpill Systems, which keeps take-out food and beverage trays level and locked in place on the seat of a vehicle, demonstrate their product during the semi-finals of the Bull Ring competition earlier this month. Photo by Patricia Cabrillo.

What: Five student teams will pitch their new business ideas and compete for a total of $70,000 in cash and prizes at California State University, Northridge’s annual Bull Ring New Venture Competition.

The competition connects entrepreneurial CSUN students with business professionals and offers cash prizes ranging from $5,000 to $20,000, plus an additional $30,000 in in-kind prizes, to help launch their new business venture ideas. The Bull Ring, modeled after the hit ABC TV show “Shark Tank,” is organized by CSUN’s David Nazarian College of Business and Economics.

When: 3 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Where: Grand Salon
University Student Union
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge

Who: Five student teams:

Maja Slopiecka & Ada Slopiecka — Horizon Covers; tough, reusable luggage covers that include an embedded RFID chip allows real-time luggage tracking;

Jiatong Han, Kevin Canoun & Avery DeWitt — Neuwork: helps students fill the gap between schools and the real world by providing the opportunity to learn mandatory skills;

Jenna Flynn, Bretiel Danipour, Tammy Nguyen & Stephanie Villa — NoSpill Systems: keeps take-out food and beverage trays level and locked in place on the seat of a vehicle;

Brandon Cervantes, Hamdi Ahmed, Kevin Vartanian, et al — Smart Prosthetics: uses smart materials to design a prosthetic arm to assist below-the-elbow amputees, and

Tyler Valentine & Adam Rodriguez — Tasl: a collaborative software for college to connect and engage students both academically and socially.

Speakers:

Chuck Davis, CEO and chairman of Prodege

Jeff Marine, partner with Hybrid/JEM

Judges:

James Andrews, founder and CEO of Authenticated

Karen Caplan, president and CEO of Frieda’s Specialty Produce

Utpal Mangla, vice president and partner with Watson AI & Blockchain IBM

Susan Sarich, founder and CEO, SusieCakes

Media Contacts:      Carmen Ramos Chandler, CSUN Media Relations, (818) 677-2130, and Leyla Sade on site.

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