PLYMOUTH –
Fresh Co. Home Inc. of Bloomfield has been named one of the six grand prize
winners in the Comcast Business Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs program and will
receive an additional $20,000 cash award as well as an all-expenses-paid trip
to Comcast headquarters in Philadelphia where they will receive one-on-one
consulting with national business innovation experts.
Fresh Co.
Home earlier won a $10,000 cash award as one of 32 regional winners. The
company provides home improvement services such as painting, roofing, siding
and gutters.
Other grand
prize winners include:
Act II
Consignment – Littleton, Colo. A consignment boutique for fashion clothing and
accessories.
Camp
Curiosity, Curiosity Shoppe & Toddler Center – Doylestown, Pa. Provides
educational programs and summer camps for children, ranging from infants to
teenagers.
The Training
Room Physical Therapy – Garnet Valley, Pa. Offers sports and orthopaedic
physical therapy and rehabilitation services for athletes and active
individuals
Noggin
Builders – Northbrook, Ill. Provides educational classes, events and summer
camps for children ages 2 to 12.
Big Minds –
Pinole, Calif. An interest-based school for 2e (twice exceptional) elementary
children.
National
business innovation experts who will advise the winners are:
Sam
Schwartz, Chief Business Development Officer at Comcast Cable
Louis Toth, Managing Director for Comcast
Ventures
Robert Irvine, restauranteur, TV celebrity and
entrepreneur
Patrick
Fitzgerald, MBA & Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Lecturer at the Wharton
School of The University of Pennsylvania and DreamIt Ventures Managing Director
“Now in our
second year of the i4E program, we have again seen compelling stories and business
plans from top entrepreneurs and startups around the country,” said Denice
Hasty, senior vice president, Marketing and Product Management, Comcast
Business. “At Comcast Business, we believe that the smart, strategic use of
technology can elevate small businesses to a whole new level and position them
for success both today and in the future.”
The Comcast
Business essay question was: “Tell us how you would use $30,000 to invest
in technology to take your business to the next level.”
Fresh Co
Home’s answer:
“My clients
always want to be kept up to date with the progress of their renovation progress.
Some want every detail and others just want to know how it’s going. I want to
provide a user friendly app, for clients and employees, to track the progress
of each project. Employees start their day by adding a ‘to-do list’ for the job
which they are working on for the day on their app. As they finish their tasks
they either upload a picture or write a summary of the progress and for smaller
tasks just ‘check’ off that task. Our clients would have access to their
project only, via a link and password that is accessible through the app and
also a website. They would have the chance then to browse through pictures and
summaries of the progress. They would be able to message the main crew manager
and ask questions, provide insight or just to say a quick thank you.”
