That is the tag of the 2007 Georgia Tech Business Plan Competition. Tonight they held the elevator pitch and show stopper portions of the contest at Flor, which is a pretty happenin’ place for a carpet store. It was really, really refreshing to engage with a bunch of twenty somethings that want to be entrepreneurs. The place was just full of energy.

I got to meet Terry Blum and Kathleen Kurre who are doing fantastic things to foster entrepreneurship in students. You can tell that they really want these folks to succeed.

And succeed they will. Five companies were chosen as finalists.

Yaplet, which I have already discussed.

Pharmaceutical Intelligence which has an algorithm to shorten the drug discovery process.

TIGON which is a color nanoparticle play. Can you believe that I knew the purpose of a colored nanoparticle?

I walked up to the guys at Intelligent Drug Delivery Technique and told that that’s what I needed in college. Without skipping a beat the guy replied “what intelligence?” I had to explain I was referring to the first three words. But basically this guy has figured out how to target meds, such as chemo. Interesting stuff.

But what got me really going was Sustainable Refrigeration. They were so, so passionate about creating environmentally friendly friges that did not use electricity for third world countries. Kinda like the $100 PC for medicine and food.

I left inspired.