TYE 2013-2014 Program Conclusion

Hello TYErs,

What a great event last Sunday. Am proud of all of you  ‘graduates’ of the TYE class of 2013-2014. What a remarkable display of ideas, smartness, discipline, organization and presentation.

Congratulations to all of you! As I had said at the event you are all winners irrespective of placements. Though I knew you will all do a great job, I (and everyone gathered including the judges) were truly amazed at the assimilation of knowledge gained through a short period of 10 weeks or so across the various topics we covered – idea generation, sales & marketing, operations, financials etc, the team work / professionalism at display and the presentations.

Here is a short summary of the various teams and the ideas.

• A total of 6 teams presented – 4 high school teams and 2 middle school teams
• Cross section of ideas ranging from Healthcare to Social Networks to Women Empowerment
  • Team 1 – DocAid – An online/mobile medical record keeping system targeted at healthcare professionals and hospitals in Latin America
  • Team 2 – Vizon – A wearable electronic device (‘smart cane’) for the blind with an ultrasonic sensor to help them avoid obstacles
  • Team 3 – Zorinc – A flexible table that can be attached to a bed to keep objects (books, laptops) etc  in a comfortable position for correct posture
  • Team 4 – Fantopus – A focused, moderated, safe social network with special interest groups specifically targeted at teens/tweens
  • Team 5 – TrustLocker – An online subscription based network of close knit individuals who can vouch for a limited number (10) of others who they trust and could help in referral based hiring/recruitment
  • Team 6 – Adhane – A combination of microfinancing for women who own small businesses around the world and an ecommerce channel to create a market for their products in the US
• The order of placements  – first place Team 6, followed by Team 5, Team 2, Team 4, Team 1 and Team 3 in that order
• The first place gets $600, the second $300, third $200 and the 4th, 5th and 6th place teams get $100 each
• The winning team will represent Dallas at the Global finals in Vancouver in June 2014

Next Steps

> We will likely arrange a team social sometime soon and will distribute the prize checks at that time. Alternatively these could be mailed to your addresses. Stay tuned

> The global will be held in Vancouver in June (21-23). We will communicate additional details,  logistics and planning for this soon.

Several of you and your parents took pictures. If you would like, please send them to me so that I can add these to the gallery and we will keep it updated.

Thanks again for the opportunity to have been able to work with you all..

Ram

By Ram in Uncategorized on April 15, 2014