LI Business Competition Yields Two Winners

April 10, 2017

Five FSC students were winners in last week’s LI Business Plan Competition, and now they are headed to Albany for the state championship.

William Turano makes his pitch

They are among seven winning teams who will be joined in the finals by groups from
Stony Brook and Hofstra. An FSC team was one of only two to win a $10,000 grand prize. It is the first time for FSC to win the grand prize at the regional level.

Top winner was Stack House, in the Product category. The idea is to develop and market an educational coding toy. The product, in the form of doll houses or castles, is intended to spark young girls’ interest in STEM. The team – all Computer Engineering Technology majors – are Montana Musillo, Tahamina Akter, Constance Cooper and Nikola Georgiev.

Third prize, which means a trip to Albany, went to William Turano, a Business Management major. His service would provide a unique hydroponic agricultural system that is versatile, mobile, and sustainable, to meet the consumer demand for farm-to-table. The system grows food responsibly and sustainably to reduce the environmental impact of food production.