The Idea Village

2011 Class

IVEC 2011

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Axon Calc: Shuchi “SK” Khurana
axoncalc.com

Providing calculators that help engineers work smarter!Axon Calc creates web and mobile calculator applications for all branches of science and engineering. We make complex computing easy and error free.

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Bideo: Pike Barkerding
www.bideo.com

Bideo.com (bid + video) is an online auction house where users can protect and sell the exclusive rights of newsworthy images to publications in a bidding system. The platform leverages free market dynamics, DRM, transparency and immediacy to provide creators of rare, high-demand video and photos with the market framework and tools...

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The Durationator Company: Elizabeth Townsend Gard
www.durationator.com

The Durationator(r) organizes copyright information in a cost-effective, efficient and accurate form to help the world determine the copyright status of all of its cultural works—from great literature to indigenous songs to your grandmother’s diary—all around the world.

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EMOPP: Brandon Iglesias and Joseph Kahoe
www.emopp.com

EMOPP is proposed to be the world’s first rapidly deployable electromagnet pipe plugger. The device will be the driller’s newest tool leveraging in-situ electromagnetic packed bed technology to plug oil well pipes, pipelines, and gaps in metal bodies on a rapidly deployable basis. The EMOPP devices will be integrated into a rapid...

Gtco

Green Transportation Company: Oliver Delery
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GTC NOLA provides safe, professional, affordable, convenient and environmentally-responsible transportation solutions that make New Orleans a more appealing place to live, visit and do business.

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Life City: Elizabeth Shepard
mylifecity.com

LifeCity is a membership-based organization that supports the development of green businesses, while educating consumers about green products and services.

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Liveset: Ross Hinkle
www.liveset.com

Liveset is the world’s premiere platform for live concerts on the web. Big, beautiful HD video + high quality digital audio. Exclusive live events + behind the scenes. Web + Mobile + Living room. We bring the concerts to you.

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SensPack: Beau Babst
www.senspack.com

SensPack, is an innovative mobile diagnostic system for preventative care. The system contains five key medical diagnostics in a backpack. A trailblazer in the mHealh sector, SensPacks are designed to monitor health care in difficult to reach locations, emergency situations and are ideally suited for patients with chronic conditions...

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NOLA Brewing Company: Kirk Coco
www.nolabrewing.com

NOLA Brewing Company is the only production brewery in the city of New Orleans, making craft brewed beers by hand with four year-round beers: NOLA Blonde Ale, NOLA Brown Ale, Hopitoulas IPA and 7th Street Wheat. NOLA also produces a seasonal line of beers including Hurricane Saison, Irish Channel Stout and the newly released Smoky...

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The Occasional Wife: Kay Morrison
www.theoccasionalwife.com

The Occasional Wife was developed as a consulting firm for the modern person, family and/or business. We are the modern solution to everyone’s busy life. We provide the following services but are not limited to: Organizing one’s home, office, projects, events and ever day life.

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PollBob: Ben Jacobson and Zach Kupperman
www.pollbob.com

PollBob is a social polling network and go-to resource for opinion polls online. Our iPhone app and website provide a platform to create, take, and share short opinion polls, generating a new way to quickly discover how people feel about any given topic. We provide a targeted and affordable way for small businesses to conduct market...

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Rare Cuts: Henry Albert
www.rarecuts.com

Rare Cuts provides the same superior quality cuts of meat you enjoy in a 5-star restaurant for patrons to prepare at home. We strive for superior customer relationships and work to educate consumers about cuts and cooking techniques, so not only are the premiere products available, but the intimidation factor is eliminated and a...

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Rebirth Financial: Chonchol Gupta and Xavier Cabo
www.rebirthfinancial.com

Rebirth Financial, Inc. is the first peer-to-business (P2B) online lending platform and marketplace in the United States. Rebirth Financial promotes small business growth and development in Louisiana, with anticipated scalability to all 50 states. Individual and institutional investors are connected directly with the businesses that...

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Refresh Environmental: Brandon Iglesias
refreshenvironmental.com

Refresh Environmental is a vertically integrated biofuels company that collects, processes, and markets commodities derived from liquid waste. Our mission is to refresh the waste-cooking oil and grease recycling ecosystem in Louisiana. Refresh picks up waste-cooking oil and grease with our internally manufactured patent pending...

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Spa Workshop: Taylor Galyean
www.spaworkshop.com/Home.html

Spa Workshop promotes health and well-being by bringing the latest technologies to spa treatments from around the world. Products are inspired by traditional hydrotherapy with the integrated technology elevating the effectiveness, providing wider access, and bringing consistency to the experience.

Water Challenge 2011

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NanoFex, LLC: David Culpepper
nanofexllc.com

NanoFex manufactures patented carbon microspheres with nanoscale iron. These microspheres are an affordable, effective product for remediating a common but extremely dangerous waste product.

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CC-Clean Tech
www.cc-cleantech.com

CC-CleanTech is pleased to present CREPS: the Coastal Restoration and Energy Production System. Coastal communities around the world, including those in Southeast Louisiana, face the daunting task of wetlands restoration. Equally formidable are the realities of a future based on fossil fuel energy. CREPS is an innovative, practical...

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Future Proof Studio

FutureProof STUDIO designs and produces a variety of exemplary performance/habitat-integrated stormwater solutions for water-enriched environments.  Specializing in water interception technologies, we produce products intended for dense urban environments, such as water retention and filtration, as well as solutions addressing...

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