Beat the Wheat Bakery named this year's E-pitch winners
Sara Larrabee
Issue date: 11/6/09 Section: Campus News
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"YES!"
"Do you struggle to find gluten-free desserts that aren't just a box mix?"
"ABSOLUTELY!"
"Well no need to worry, because The Beat the Wheat Bakery is here!"
Jacqueline Belknap, Jenifer DiLapi, Andre Aboulhala, Matthew Hunt, Kyle Dapkas, and Alexia Drapan, are the newest team members of the Bryant E-pitch Business Competition winner's circle. The Elevator Pitch Competition, also abbreviated as the E-pitch Competition, is held every semester for all Business 101 groups.
Thevent was run by the Global Entrepreneurship Program and Bryant CEO. It was sponsored by Hanover Insurance.
This year there were over 40 teams competing for the grand prize of $500 cash along with bragging rights and the respect of many major CEOs from around the local area. The purpose of the competition is to have students pitch their new business ideas in only 90 seconds, which is the time it takes to get from the bottom floor of an office building to the top floor in an elevator. (Hence, the name of the program)
In the first round of presentations, each group is assigned a time slot in front of a panel of 4 judges plus one member of Bryant's student run CEO organization. One or two students out of the group are allowed to present in the first round, and again, students have only 90 seconds to pitch their business plan to this panel.
Then, based upon their scores, the top 12 are admitted to the finals. In the final round, all the teams and the team members are called up on stage, and in front of over 200 people and 14 notable judges, they must again pitch their idea in 90 seconds and take 2 minutes of questioning from the judges after they are finished . Finally, after a long day of judging, the winners are announced. In second place, and in the category of "most likely to succeed", was the "Greenan'sGreen Team" under the direction of student team leader Jeff Roscoe. In third place, under the heading "crowd favorite" was "Rollin Dough" led by student team leader Kevin Mullarkey.
The Beat the Wheat Bakery, who took home the gold is the newest bakery in town. Located in Cumberland, Rhode Island, this bakery is specifically tailored to home-made gluten-free dessert products. Inspired by her sister's allergy to gluten, which is a protein found in wheat, rye, oats, flour, etc., team leader Jacquie Belknap came up with the original idea to make a bakery specifically for people with this type of allergy called Celiac.
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