Intelius Presents Awards to Winners of The Second Annual Kairos Society Summit
The winners in each category are companies founded by college students from some of the most prestigious universities in the country. The student unveiled the top 100 companies chosen based on their entrepreneurial spirit and their contribution to the business world of tomorrow. There were 4 overall category award winners: Energy, Marketing, Social and Technology.
BPG Motors (UNO)
Technology Entrepreneurship Winner
“The Uno utilizes gyroscopic control systems to remain balanced while in Uno mode, while maintaining conventional motorcycle steering and handling providing a truly unique riding experience. The Uno works in two stages. At lower speeds, the wheels remain parallel providing the rider with a small compact and highly maneuverable urban commuting vehicle. However, as the vehicle accelerates, the wheels splay apart, realign and transform the Uno into a traditional motorcycle while moving, providing the rider with a safer, more stable and familiar platform for high speed travel. Blending ultra modern technology with traditional motorcycles has resulted in a game-changing vehicle.BPG Motor is focused on developing stylish new means of transport using high reliability commercially available motors, controller and battery technologies to ensure that we deliver vehicles that work as well as they look.”
Website Details:
www.bpg-motors.com
GoodCrush
Marketing Entrepreneurship Winner
GoodCrush is an on-campus dating site that offers a variety of features including the “CrushFinder”/crushing (anonymous matching) as well as missed connections with double-blind messaging.
Website Details:
www.goodcrush.com
Givology
Social Entrepreneurship Winner
Givology (www.givology.org) is an online giving marketplace for education that leverages small dollar donations to support grassroots projects and student scholarships in the developing world. As a P2P community at the forefront of the internet microphilanthropy revolution, Givology partners with NGOs and schools throughout the world and connects internet donors to grassroots causes. Through donor message functions, open blogging, and frequent student updates, Givology democratizes philanthropy by introducing choice, transparency, and information sharing.To date, Givology raised approximately $70,000 in online and off-line funding to support over 1,300 students in 12 different countries. The organization has 4,000+ supporters on Facebook, Linked-in, and Twitter, 1,100+ registered donors, 11 chapters started at universities, high schools, and various cities, 30 core team members and 90 volunteers globally, and 22 grassroots partners. As a 100% volunteer-run organization, Givology has been featured in Knowledge@Wharton, Nicholas Kristof’s blog in the New York Times and his most recent book Half the Sky, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Seattle Times, among other print and media sources.
Website Details:
www.givology.org
PowerFlower Solar
Sustainability Entrepreneurship Winner
PowerFlower Solar will design and manufacture solar devices for deployment on agricultural land. The company’s first product, the PowerFlower, will overcome the shortcomings of traditional solar panels and allow farmers to grow electricity in the same way that they grow fruits and vegetables. By 2014, PowerFlower Solar will be the largest provider of solar devices for the agricultural market, and The PowerFlower will be a household name on farms across the country
Website Details:
www.powerflowersolar.com
In addition to attracting the attention of the nation’s top business leaders and student innovators, the Kairos Summit was seen as a way for sponsors to express their commitment to education and support for entrepreneurship among students. The title sponsor of the event was Intelius, Inc., a leading search, screening, and identity protection provider.