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2001 Nicol Entrepreneurial Awards Winners

1^st Prize - PrizeEffectiveSite

Geoff Waddington and Eric Chan took home first prize for their innovative business plan for EffectiveSite Inc. The company is in the process of developing a low cost Web site performance system for e-commerce clients that will leverage the use of an Internet access performance client to be given away for free (www.effectivesite.com).

President Geoff Waddington is a recent graduate. Vice President Eric Chan is a current computer science student. Many of the company's programmers are high school students who plan to attend Carleton in the future.

2^nd Prize - Hip Emprise

Second prize went to the Hip Emprise team. Their presentation and marketing plan for an innovative approach to art sales received high marks from the judges. Team members were Chris Gauvin, Alison Laturnus, Casey McKinnon, Jennifer McMullan, Saen Claessen, and Trevor Grant. 

3^rd Prize - PlaceME

The third place team had the opportunity with probably the most dramatic commercial potential. The PlaceME team of Prabhath Avadhanula, Nikhil Mahid-hara, Ameen Syed and Paavan Avadhanula presented a plan to commercialize lightweight middleware for the rapid creation of location based wireless services.