{"84671":{"#nid":"84671","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Venture Team Wins $250,000 in the 2003 Carrot Capital Business Plan Challenge","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech venture team, Torex International, won $250,000 in funding for placing third at the 2003 Carrot Capital Business Plan Challenge. Torex, one of 20 finalists, was selected out of 740 submitted business plans. The Challenge was held April 26 in New York City and awarded a total of $3 million in funding.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETorex International offers steel fiber designed for the international construction industry. The product enables customers to create safer structures at a lower cost with revolutionary, patented Steel Fiber Reinforced Cement (SFRC) composite technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Torex International team includes DuPree College of Management MBA students Alicia Benyard, Mike Bliss, David Devine, Luke Pinkerton, and Andy Warner and Chemical Engineering graduate student Chris Power.  Dr. Pat Dickson, assistant professor, DuPree College of Management serves as faculty adviser to DuPree\u0027s venture teams.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn March, Torex International won third place and received $2,500 in funding at the 2003 Georgia Tech Business Plan Competition. They also received a $45,000 service package for being the most fundable venture team.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Torex International Competes Against 740 Venture Teams"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech venture team, Torex International, won $250,000 in funding at the 2003 Carrot Capital Business Plan Challenge held in New York on April 26. Torex, one of 20 finalists, was selected from more than 700 submitted business plans. The Challenge awarded a total of $3 million in funding.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2003-05-02 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:06","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"84681":{"id":"84681","type":"image","title":"The Torex International team enjoys New York.","body":null,"created":"1449178102","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:22","changed":"1475894704","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:04"}},"media_ids":["84681"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.dupree.gatech.edu\/newsinfo\/current_news_events\/bplan\/2003\/carrotcapital_torex.shtml","title":"DuPree College of Management News"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.challenge2003.com\/","title":"Carrot Capital Business Plan Competition"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}