Now, I can’t take full credit for this entire assignment. This was a group effort, and I can’t thank my teachers and teammates enough for helping me get through this long, gruesome project. The information we learned was very interesting, but the amount of work and stress really got a hold on me. The purpose of this project was to create a product that is either environmentally friendly, or helps with life-style improvement. We also had to create a whole business that promoted our product, which included a business plan and commercial.

Our company name was Spine Tech, and our product was the Power Spine. It is a spinal cord re-activator that restores movement for paraplegics and quadriplegics. I was the Chief Executive Officer of our company, Gustavo Gomez was the Chief Financial Officer, and John Criley was the Chief Technical Officer. The credit for our business plan design goes to our Multimedia teacher, Mr. Randall Depew. My teammates created the print advertisements and 2D model of our product. I was in charge of taking all of our research and putting it into our business plan in an orderly fashion, and incorporating relevant graphics in different sections. I also had to make sure I knew all of the content in our business plan inside and out, so that when the judges of our presentations asked questions, my team and I were able to answer all of them.

Our team did not make it to the finals. However, GreenBizz was an experience that I will never forget. We learned countless transferrable skills that will only benefit us in the real world. We learned how business works, and how to sell ourselves to a wide variety of people. Along the way, we also learned how to manage our time, do research, and work as a team.

The Innovation Fair was a blast, and I was so proud of my team and how involved they were. They looked and sounded like real businessmen. According to several people, our booth was awesome. I was actually quite surprised at the amount of funding we received. However, I must say that the biggest surprise was finding out that one of our presentation judges was going to offer me a summer internship, and she wasn’t even our business mentor! I was thrilled that I was given the opportunity, but I was also sad that I couldn’t take it since I’m starting college in the Philippines shortly after graduation.

Complete Business Plan:

http://www.box.net/shared/orfon4zp6j

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