2020 Competition Winners

First Place: Coven, $20,000 prize

Students: Emily Egan '20 and Maya Ling '21.
Peer mentors: Jen Monderer '20 and  Jay Gamboa '20. 
Alumni mentor: Elizabeth Kigin '10.

Second Place:  Z’s, $10,000 prize

Student: Izaak Cohen ’20. 
Peer mentors: Jen Monderer '20, Jay Gamboa '20, Kyra Foley '20 and Ted Roach '20.
Alumni mentor: Nancy Wekselbaum '73.

Third Place: Natural Glow, $5,000 prize

Students: Novilhelha Moleni '22 and Ha Linh Nguyen '22.
Peer mentors: Kyra Foley '20 and  Ted Roach '20.
Alumni mentor: Ashley Richardson-George '08.

Ken Freirich '90 has made a donation of $5K to the "Jayne Chisesa Foundation", which Novie created in honor of her mother to prevent domestic violence.

Social Entrepreneurship award: Uman 4 Uman Salone, $5,000 award

Student: Haja Bah ' 21.
Peer mentors: Jen Monderer '20 and  Jay Gamboa '20.
Alumni mentor: Tal Chitayat '03.

Fourth Place: Voyce.me, $2,500 prize

Student: Dylan Telano '23.
Peer mentors: Kyra Foley '20 and Ted Roach '20.
Alumni mentor: Gregg Smith '92. 

The following businesses each received $1,000:

Ingles para todos (Cyntia Ismael '22).

Peer mentors:  Jen Monderer '20 and Jay Gamboa '20
Alumni mentor: Christine Juneau '82

Turf Ads (Colin Mahoney '21).

Peer mentors: Jen Monderer '20 and Jay Gamboa '20
Alumni mentor: Matt Kavet '94

Edutrer (Naira Abdula '20).

Peer mentors: Kyra Foley '20 and Ted Roach '20
Alumni mentor: Ginny Calderon '12

TROT (Abigail Kaplan '20).

Peer mentors: Kyra Foley '20 and Ted Roach '20
Alumni mentor: Gregory Rutchik '87

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Media News

• April 20, 2020
  Skidmore College news: Maya Ling '20 and Emily Egan '20 win 10th annual Freirich competition.
• April 7, 2020
  Skidmore College news: Freirich Business Plan Competition finals competition to take place online.
• February 17, 2020
  Skidmore College news: Guiding creative entrepreneurs to success for 10 years.