EngenuitySC Announces Finalists for Ignite! Ideas Contest, Nov. 20, 2013

COLUMBIA, SC – November 13, 2013 – EngenuitySC has announced the three finalists in the $5000 Ignite! Ideas Contest. They will be judged via live audience voting at the Nov. 20, 2013 Ignite! celebration at The Zone at Williams-Brice Stadium, 5:15 to 8:30 p.m. More tickets have been made available for the event: http://www.engenuitysc.com/ignite

Guests will enjoy an evening of engaging speakers; open bar; a networking cocktail hour sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina with heavy hors d’oeuvres by Scott Hall Catering; banquet seating; and a high-energy audience voting session to select the winner of the $5000 Ignite! 2013 Ideas contest, sponsored by Wells Fargo.

Ignite! Ideas Contest Finalists for 2013:

Infinite Reach LLC’s PEGS Shades

Caleb Pinckney

Infinite Reach LLC’s goal is to bring high tech electronic design and manufacturing to Columbia, S.C. with PEGS Shades. The LED party shades they’ve developed are a launching point for future more complex products. They are a low-cost, easy-to-manufacture product that can provide the company with the revenue stream necessary to acquire electronic manufacturing equipment. This will allow them to do all of their circuit board population and final assembly of this product and future products here.

Website: http://infinitereachsc.com/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/InfiniteReachLLC

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pegsshades

My LearningBlock

Brandon Gantt

My LearningBlock is an educational social network featuring best practices and methods from educators that teaches parents how to teach their children. My LearningBlock mobilizes the classroom, empowering parents by equipping them with high quality, active, digital content. Parents can access information through a host of mediums, from teacher-created video logs and resources to classroom-related articles, parent blogs and much more.

My LearningBlock addresses the needs of education and provides an environment where parents have the ability to learn about strategies and advantages that teachers already know. It will allow parents to learn in the areas their children are having difficulties, providing extra attention in an efficient learning environment: the child’s home.

Website: http://mylearningblock.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Learning-Block/133440433523816

Succotash Mobile Farmers Market

Shennice Cleckley

Succotash Mobile Farmers’ Market provides a fresh alternative to the food truck revolution by bringing fresh produce from the farm to the city. Through daily, pre-selected staging locations – some of which target food deserts –  Succotash Mobile Farmers’ Market links local SC Certified farmers with residents of Metro Columbia. The truck will carry fresh produce, pre-mixed or bagged salads and wraps.  

About The Ignite! Ideas Contest

The Ignite! Ideas Contest was launched in partnership with sponsor Wells Fargo Bank to incent local entrepreneurs and innovators to step up with ideas that can move the Midlands forward. Entrants submit a short video and summary online, then a jury selects three finalists to pitch their idea live at the Ignite! celebration. In 2011, the first year of the contest, Jim Stritzinger of EnduringFX took home the $5000 startup money, courtesy of Wells Fargo and EngenuitySC, to help fund his new venture. In 2012, Will Bryan of Public Works of HeART took home the prize. Bryan will speak at the 2013 Ignite! celebration.

EngenuitySC would like to thank the current Ignite! 2013 sponsors:

Anchor Sponsors: Wells Fargo Bank, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

Innovation Sponsor: BB&T

Commercialization Sponsors: Cyberwoven, Flock and Rally, SCE&G, Scott Hall Catering, The State Newspaper

Talent Magnet Sponsors: Adams and Reese LLP, Midlands Technical College, Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation, IT-oLogy, Savannah River National Laboratory, Columbia College

Collaboration Sponsors: Bauknight, Pietras, & Stormer, Big Eyed Bird, Celebrations Event Rentals, Chernoff Newman, Columbia Metropolitan Airport, EDENS, Faber Center for Entrepreneurship, First Community Bank, First Citizens Bank, Flextronics, Garvin Design Group, Liquid Assets, Mariner Group, Mashburn Construction, Nelson Mullins, Ogletree Deakins, Palmetto Health, Pendleton Street Advisors, Sagacious Partners, South Carolina Bank and Trust, TD Bank, University of South Carolina Office of Economic Engagement

Featuring: Jose Cuervo Cinge – Hangar One Chipotle Vodka – Jagermeister – American Harvest Organic Spirit

For tickets ($45) to Ignite! and more info, visit http://www.engenuitysc.com/ignite.

Stay on top of Ignite! 2013 updates by following the #IgniteCAE hashtag and @EngenuitySC on Twitter or via Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/engenuitysc.

Ignite! 2013 Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/198047843704277/

The Ignite! afterparty, which is free and open to the public, will be held at Social Bar and Lounge in the Vista from 9 to 11 p.m.

Ignite! 2013 Afterparty Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/537919422950124/

 About EngenuitySC

Headquartered in Columbia, S.C., EngenuitySC is a public-private partnership focused on enhancing our region’s economic competitiveness and prosperity. Through collaboration with business, government, higher education and community leaders, EngenuitySC builds partnerships and measures success around five indicators of competitive communities: innovative capacity, talent, entrepreneurial/business environment, livability and strong industry clusters. Through our innovative process, unique vision and ability to create a plan and deliver results, EngenuitySC is working to build a more competitive and prosperous Midlands region. For more information, visit http://www.engenuitysc.com.