Published: April 2011
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A Boston College Minute: Final round of the Boston College Venture Capital Competition, Fulton Hall, April 13.
Contestants: Five teams of student entrepreneurs with business plans, whittled down from 42.
Judges: Faculty and alumni from the business world.
Pitches: 15 minutes of presentation, 10 minutes of Q&A.
Prizes: First, $10,000; second, $3,000; third, $2,000.
The winners: Additup, an online advertising service, and My Savvy Shoes, a snap-on accessory system, which tied for first and received $6,500 each. Moglo, an iPhone app that utilizes GPS to make a game of real-world locations, placed third.