Past Presenters

1st Pitch Night @ LSU - September 2009

 

Chaos Liquor
Presenter: Chris Ballay

 

Presenter: Greg Schultz

Company Overview: AltTV is dedicated to covering the technology and media sector in the gulf coast region. They also cover start-ups in the region as well.

Website: alttv.net

 

Presenter: Michael Angle

Company Overview: Classes on Demand captures the classroom lecture experience in a new and innovative way, bringing you class lectures, seminars, presentations, and web collaboration to your desktop.

Website: classesondemand.org

 

Pitch 2.0 @ Avoyelles - February 2010

 

Presenter: George Farhat

Company Overview: RoommateMe, LLC. aims to revolutionize the roommate living experience by striving to offer the best, most ideal compatibility networking opportunities on the internet. They are dedicated towards improving the college life style, perfecting study environments, and introducing lifelong friends.

Website: roommateme.net

 

Presenter: Hunter Thompson

Company Overview: TigerBookMarket.com is an online textbook marketplace where you can exchange books directly with students on campus and compare prices from large online retailers.

Website: tigerbookmarket.com

 

Presenter: Craig Cordes

Company Overview: Big Easy Blends was formed with the idea to bring great tasting beverages beyond the glass wall by considering the importance to reduce ecological problems found in many beverages sold today. They are the manufacturer of an all-natural beverage in a stand-up pouch marketed under the name Cordina™.

Website: bigeasyblends.com

 

Pitch 3.0 @ BRCC - April 2010

 

Presenter: Ryan Grush

Company Overview: Noteswap.com provides a platform for students to share notes.

Website: noteswap.com

 

Presenter: Charlie Davis 

Company Overview: EventConnect.org is an online social networking platform for conferences, conventions, tradeshows and events of all sizes.

Website: eventconnect.org

 

Presenter: George Lane  

Company Overview: Emergency Response Technologies - A product development company focused on inventions relating to disaster response, specifically chemical disasters.

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Pitch Night Volume 4 @ Lyceum - May 2010

 

Presenter: Gaines Garrett

Company Overview: Kajun Custom Kayaking Company (KC Kayaks) is a designer and manufacturer specializing in custom made fishing kayaks and outdoor apparel. They strive to provide the highest quality products for the southern kayak fisherman.

Website: kckayaks.com

 

Presenter: Brett Lofton

Company Overview: Skyhawk Security is a remote video monitoring and surveillance company that monitors our customers’ site activity in real-time to deter intruders from stealing or destroying property and valuables.

Website: skyhawksecurity.net

 

Presenter: Steve Zeringue

Company Overview: PayAway's mission is to make electronic payments using ACH smarter and more flexible, allowing merchants to maximize the profit potential of the most cost-effective "non-cash" payment channel available.

Website: ezpayaway.com

Pitch Night: Unleashed @ Lyceum - September 2010

 

Presenter: Jason LeBlanc  

Company Overview: Rentology.com is the newest way to find your next rental! They use innovative marketing strategies with local organizations to be the most comprehensive online rental website. Their strategy is to continually explore new and creative ways for tenants and landlords to come together.

Website: rentology.com

 

Presenter: Jared Loftus  

Company Overview: College District strives to offer collegiate merchandise at a price college students can afford with cool, original designs. 

Website: collegedistrict.com

 

Pitch Night #6 @ Lyceum - November 2010

 

Presenter: Jeff Lyons  

Company Overview: myPhoneMD is a Louisiana-based technology company that specializes in smartphone parts, repairs and accessories.

Website: myphonemd.net

 

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Company Overview: Espion International, Inc. is the creator of the Espion Probabilistic Reasoning (EPR)™ engine which incorporates the industry’s leading solution in artificial intelligence (AI) for a highly compact, efficient and effective email gateway security solution - MX Mercury™.

Website: espionintl.com

 

Pitch Night @ Mentorship Academy - January 2011

 

Presenter: Judy Hobdy

Company Overview: Judy is a Jr. High Student that is working on a Brassiere manufacturing company that specializes in creating custom bra's that match a women's skin-tone.

Website:

Presenter: David Plaisance

Company Overview: Petro TV is a full service, digital out-of-home advertising network. Through their local and national partners, they show news, weather, entertainment, advertisements and community info to a captive, on-the-go consumer via daylight readable LCD screens mounted on top of gas pumps.

Website: petrotv.com 

Presenter: Chuck Cox

Company Overview: Cellcontrol is the world’s leading technology to stop distracted driving. Instead of using GPS to determine vehicle movement, a technology approach with several weaknesses, CellControl directly integrates the vehicle’s onboard diagnostics computer with the mobile phone/device to stop texting, e-mailing, web browsing and phone usage while operating a vehicle.

Website: cellcontrol.com

 

March Pitch Night @ Lyceum - March 2011

 

Presenter: Steven Toups

Company Overview: MeetForTheGame.com unites wayward and displaced sports fans with their fellow fans at quality sports bars in any city. 

Website: meetforthegame.com

 

Presenter: Ricky Hope

Company Overview: Wildlife Optics is the inventor and developer of the TrophyShot, an LCD screen attached to a rifle scope that aids in eye relief.

Website: wildlifeoptics.com

 

Presenter: Michael Angle

Company Overview: GiftMeo is a Micro-gifting platform that easily allows users to send and receive gifts through social networking.

Website: giftmeo.com

 

Pitch Night: Social Entrepreneurship @ Lyceum - May 2011

 

Presenter: Manu Kamat

Company Overview: Business Development & Marketing Solutions and a Philanthropic Consultancy.

Website: pubcrawlbr.com

 

Presenter: Katherine Martin

Company Overview: Plant It Forward is an O'Brien House initiative where clients are given the opportunity to work, which promotes stability and responsibility.

Website: obrienhouse.org/plantitforward.cfm

Pitch Night #10 @ Lyceum - August 2011

Presenter: Calvin Fabre

Company Overview: AppMelt is a no-code native mobile app creation and hosting platform for Graphic Designers, Ad Agencies, PR-firms and any firm that wants to provide mobile apps for their clients. Apps are native iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android applications. 

Website: appmelt.com

Presenter: Royal O'Brien

Company Overview: BitRaider MMO, LLC. is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana company that licenses a disruptive game streaming technology to publishers who want to provide a superior player experience faster, more easily and without the pain of current download and patching methods. BitRaider’s mission is to make it as easy to download games as it is to get music or books online.

Website: bitraider.com

Presenter: Speed Bancroft

Company Overview: This is the first televised shopping show to expose and demonstrate outdoor products for all of the outdoor industries. Half of our show will be inside our studios and the other part of the show in the products intended application(outdoors).

Website: theoutdoorshopper.com

BREW Pitch Night @ Manship Theatre - November 2011

Presenter: Jared Loftus

Company Overview: College District strives to offer collegiate merchandise at a price college students can afford with cool, original designs. 

Website: collegedistrict.com

Presenter: Hank Mills

Company Overview: Tens of billions of dollars are spent yearly in the US to treat urinary incontinence yet current treatment options are generally ineffective. UBS’s expert team is leading the way in reducing these costs and improving the lives of thousands of women by producing a novel approach for treating urinary incontinence.

Website: urinarybiosolutions.com

Presenter: Stacey Simmons, Ph.D.

Company Overview: Omnicademy allows students to take courses from their favorite institutions and get credit at their home institution. Omnicademy is perfect for busy students, or those trying to get credit during summer school, or in difficult to find subject areas.

Website: omnicademy.com

Presenter: Royal O'Brien

Company Overview: BitRaider MMO, LLC. is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana company that licenses a disruptive game streaming technology to publishers who want to provide a superior player experience faster, more easily and without the pain of current download and patching methods. BitRaider’s mission is to make it as easy to download games as it is to get music or books online.

Website: bitraider.com