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Venture Plan Competition

CENSEO CORPORATION
Michael Kazazis

Censeo Corporation, a human resources consulting firm specializing in the design and delivery of assessments via state-of-the-art technology, was founded by Michael Kazazis 5+ years ago along with four partners. Kazazis currently serves as the company's VP of Operations and Finance. A rapidly growing company, Censeo's annual sales exceed $2.5 million and it currently serves over 140 clients, including GlaxoSmithKline, UPS, AAA as well as Franklin Templeton Investments. Mr. Kazazis is looking forward to the future growth of Censeo as it continues to release new assessment technologies for helping top organizations select, develop and retain talent.


ACME STEEL
Jacob Theisen

The company, Acme Steel, was conceptualized two years ago by Mark W. Theisen, Sr., currently serving as the President of Tilt-Con, a specialty contractor that constructs concrete framework for buildings. Because steel is used to secure and reinforce the structure, Mr. Theisen conceptualized the idea to being a steel company. Thus, Acme Steel was born. The primary purpose of the organization is to act as a steel broker (subcontracting the fabrication and erection of steel) to facilitate Tilt-Con's jobs. Currently, Jacob has the responsibility of establishing accounts, working with banks/lawyers, contacting suppliers and working with them for project estimates; the first of which is two warehouse buildings in South Florida (each of which is about 25,000 sq. ft.). The company is a broker, therefore operating capital flows in and out fairly quickly with relatively little up-front investment costs.


CHINESE RESTAURANTS ONLINE

Jon Birdsong

Founded in February 2005, ChineseRestaurantsOnline.com is a national directory for Chinese restaurants located throughout the United States. According to the company's website, ChineseRestaurantsOnline.com was "...designed with the purpose to let you decide which restaurant you would like to go to based on the information that the Chinese Restaurant gives you." The directory differs from others in that it offers traditional information about the Chinese restaurants (i.e., phone number, name, address) as well as pictures and descriptions of each establishment. Each restaurant owner has the option to customize their listing by choosing from different templates offered by the company. Restaurants also have the option to choose from five different templates in an attempt to customize their directory listing.