OSU pair earns $10,000 in competition

Thursday, May 12, 2005

OSU students Zack Moore and Matthew Briscoe recently earned $10,000 by placing second in the statewide Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition.

According to coordinators with i2E, a not-for-profit corporation focused on growing Oklahoma’s technology-based and entrepreneurial economy; the competition encourages students to act on their ideas and talents to produce tomorrow's businesses. Moore and Briscoe submitted and presented a business plan that took second place among 26 undergraduate business plans submitted for this first year of competition.

Their concept, called “Fit-2-Eat,” involved a quick-serve restaurant and web-based diet management system that addresses today’s need for healthy fast food. Moore is a Midwest City High School graduate and Briscoe is a Tulsa Union graduate. Faculty advisor Dr. Jan Wagner, professor of chemical engineering, joined the pair during an awards luncheon on May 4 at the Nigh University Center on the University of Central Oklahoma campus. 

First Lady Pam Henry and Greg Main, president and CEO of i2E Inc., presented the awards, which included a $10,000 cash prize. The winning graduate team was from the University of Tulsa and the winning undergraduate team was from Cameron University. A grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation funded the competition. i2E managed the Oklahoma competition with the Oklahoma EPSCoR, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education, the Presbyterian Health Foundation, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, and the State Chamber of Commerce.