Award Recipients 2005
Winners Announced in Second Annual Competition
 Brett Dines, president of Brogan Pharmaceuticals (center) accepts award
from James Dworkin, Chancellor Purdue North Central (left) and Nabil Ibrahim,
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Purdue University Calumet (right).
Brogan Pharmaceuticals, a start up company developing drugs to improve the
detection and staging of cancer in children, took first place in Purdue
University’s second Opportunity for Indiana business plan competition Thursday,
Dec. 1 at Purdue University North Central.
Brogan, which operates out of the Purdue Technology Center in Merrillville,
will receive $25,000 from the competition, which attracted over 100 entries when
it began in August. Second place and $15,000 went to Little Locks, Hair Cuts and
Toys for Kids of Dyer; third place and $10,000 went to IT3 of Crown Point.
Fourth place and $3,000 went to Farm Direct Meat of St. John. Fifth Place,
and $2,000, was awarded to higHDef.tv of Highland. Prize money for fourth and
fifth place was donated by the law firm of Hoeppner, Wagner and Evans LLC of
Merrillville and Valparaiso,
http://www.hwelaw.com.
First Place - $25,000
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Brogan Pharmaceuticals is an Indiana Limited
Liability Corporation seeking to develop, commercialize and distribute
pharmaceuticals for the treatment and diagnosis of human disease. Brogan
Pharmaceuticals began product development January, 2005 and has recently
obtained two FDA orphan drug designations for its first product. The first
product has been illustrated to improve the detection and staging of cancer in
children. Brogan Pharmaceuticals is working with the FDA to expedite the
regulatory review process for the drug’s marketing authorization.
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 www.broganpharma.com
Team Captain: Brett Dines, President & CEO (above)
Team Member: Mark Smith, CFO
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Second Place - $15,000
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Little Locks is the first kid’s salon/toy shop in
Northwest Indiana. Kid’s get haircuts while watching cartoons and sitting in
themed cars. Clients receive a toy, a balloon and lollipop with every visit.
Even waiting is fun in our playroom. With a child’s 1st haircut the client
receives a photo certificate and a lock of hair. The dreaded haircut is now an
anticipated event. Birthday parties and manicures are among our array of
services. Our unique toys round out a unique retail experience.
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 www.littlelockskids.com
Team Captain: Julie Dwyer (above right)
Team Members: Lisa Bapst (above left), Jeff Bapst, Mark Dwyer
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Third Place - $10,000
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IT3 provides and protects technology for the 3rd
Sector. Our non-profit customers receive new computers and network systems,
three years of tech support, and assistance in obtaining nonprofit pricing for
software. Non-profits can “have their cake and eat it too.” They will increase
their technology while paying less than a third of what it would normally cost
to do so. Our customers get the benefit of “All New” and the experience of
“Worry-Free.” IT3: We help those who help others.
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 www.it3.us
Co-captains: Mike McKillip, Founder, President (above right) and
Erik Doyle, Co-founder, Vice President (above left)
Team Members: Heather Joy Doyle, Treasurer and
Mark Dvorscak, Technology Advisor
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Fourth Place - $3,000
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Farm Direct Meat enables consumers who want
premium quality, ethically raised beef, pork and lamb to purchase directly from
family farmers who raise their animals humanely and naturally, without
antibiotics or growth hormones. We are the single point of contact, including
custom butchering, packaging and delivery of meat to your family's freezer.
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 www.farmdirectmeat.com
Captain Name: Phyllis Bergiel (above right)
Team Members presenting: Robert Stalmah (above left), Jake Hamm (above middle)
Additional Members: Pam Anderson, Lisa Lefner
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Fifth Place - $2,000
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higHDef.tv is a start-up, full-service production/post-production, company in Highland, Indiana. The services include: – but are
not limited to - independent features, corporate/industrial films and regional
commercials. higHDef.tv will be the first full-service high-definition
production company in Northwest Indiana. higHDef.tv will also provide the unique
product: indoor electronic billboards. These digital electronic displays can be
installed in high-traffic viewing areas, such as airports, retail stores and
restaurants.
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 www.highdef.tv
Captain: Ben Varnau (above)
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2005 Business Plan Competition Semi-Finalists
Of the 62 original entrants, 31 submitted 3-page business summaries on
September 26, 2005. The summaries were used as tool to narrow the field of
competitors. The following 16 semi-finalists were asked to submit full business
plans for the final phase of competition
- Amanda Gayle, Inc.
- Blue Skies Hospice Inc. (returning entry from 2004)
- Brogan Pharmaceuticals
- CMG Resources
- Farm Direct Meat
- higHDef.tv
- IT3
- Just Paws Doggie Day Care
- KnightOwl Technologies
- Little Locks, Inc.
- P & H Printing, Etc.
- Pure Air Group
- R & S 24hr. Casino Day Care
- Roberts-Jonker Health Solutions
- Stoplight Tracking
- Voice to Print Captioning (Returning entry from 2004)
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