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Swinburne Venture Cup News

Winners of the 2006 Chancellor’s Prizes - $10,000 each

TAFE - Lily Loves Pearl Pty Ltd - Samantha Molineux Adv Dip Marketing, Troy Molineux, Tania Wisel Adv Dip Marketing. Boutique range of skincare products with a focus on marketing an Australian, ’botanic 100% Natural’ product.

Undergraduate - Hard Wear - Erik Krake B Business, Yvette Brown B Business, Karl Krake. Gentlemen’s Underwear Fitters. Business specialising in men’s underwear and offering individual customer service, fitting and advice.

Postgraduate - Sharp Shot Golf - Josh Blandy MEI, Simon Glendenning MEI, Nicholas Probert MEI. Fun and interactive golf game played at driving ranges.

2006 Finalists

Jemm Electrics	TAFE	An electrical safety product - a ’simple’ shroud/barrier that protects L.V. down lights from blow in insulation thus preventing housefires.
X-Sports	TAFE	Event Management Company specialising in extreme sports. Target market - Asia.
Lily Loves Pearl Pty Ltd	TAFE	Boutique range of skincare products with a focus on marketing an Australian, ’botanic 100% Natural’ product.
Cafe ’a’ te	TAFE	Scooter operated mobile cafe, located at commuter hotspots during early morning in the CBD.
10 x 10 (Ten by Ten)	Undergraduate	Enabling rural indigenous Australians to produce films for a special Film Festival. Providing new skills, opportunities and ideas to indigenous communities - and sharing indigenous ideas and stories to the film going public.
The Delivery Room	Undergraduate	Weekly newspaper targeting 12-18 year olds. Offering alternative to popular culture/celebrity focussed magazines.
Hard Wear	Undergraduate	Gentlemen’s Underwear Fitters. Business specialising in men’s underwear and offering individual customer service, fitting and advice.
Design Scout	Undergraduate	Resource/Agent for clients seeking designers - designers seeking work
EcoRegen	Postgraduate	Eco-friendly organic waste treatment system, focussed on palm oil plantations in Malaysia.
Salon Media	Postgraduate	Narrowcase media supplier to the salon market.
My Personal Help Desk	Postgraduate	Corporate software support for home PC users.
Sharp Shot Golf	Postgraduate	Fun and interactive golf game played at driving ranges.

Previous Winners

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Past Winners

News of past winners

"Swinburne student launches doggy day care centre"

Former Swinburne student and professional dog trainer Ms Sally Chan launched, DogZone in Richmond, Melbourne on 24 October 2002.

DogZone is believed be Australia’s first day care centre for dogs and offers state-of-the-art facilities for canines, including specially themed play areas, a lounge with couches and bright coloured cushions and a bedroom complete with doggy beds. It also has full grooming and washing facilities.

Up to forty dogs can be cared for by Ms Chan and her staff, with owners able to check on their dog during the day via web
cameras set up on the premises.

Ms Chan first came up with her doggy day care idea about three years ago after talking to dog owners who wanted somewhere to leave their dog either while they worked long hours, undertook house renovations or had tradespeople in their
homes. "I decided it was a business opportunity worth exploring and quickly discovered there was nothing like it in Australia," she
said.

While Ms Chan had seven years experience in training dogs, she realised she needed some business expertise to put her plan
into action so she enrolled in an Advanced Diploma in Business Marketing at Swinburne. During her course, Ms Chan and
two fellow students teamed up to enter the DogZone business idea in Swinburne’s Venture Cup, an annual business plan
competition for students. They won a major category of the competition and Ms Chan put her share of the $10,000 winnings
towards setting up DogZone.

Ms Chan is confident that DogZone will be successful and is considering expanding her the business into other states in Australia.

Other past winners

Retire Bizzi http://www.retirebizzi.com.au/index.html

Island Berries, Tasmania http://www.biztas.com/entrypoint/biztas/390.html?query=%2Ftext%28query%3DI%29