Evolve Foods Wins Babson College Graduate School Business Plan Competition

BABSON PARK, Mass., May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Babson College MBA business Evolve Foods has won Babson's Douglass Foundation Graduate Business Plan Competition.

Evolve Foods is a nutrition-based, gluten-free food brand that uses ancient grains to make delicious, convenient products. The premier item is a ready-to-eat quinoa cereal. It's made from quinoa (a South American grain), coconut milk, honey and fruit.

Runner-up finalists - HappeningMap.com and Recipe Key - tied for second place.

HappeningMap.com is an early-stage community-based venture that promotes the growth of local economies by helping connect community members and local businesses in innovative and mutually advantageous ways. www.HappeningMap.com

Recipe Key is an innovative recipe search Web site that allows users to search for recipes based on ingredients they already have in their kitchens. www.RecipeKey.com

Babson founded the very first college business plan competition in 1984. Today awards for all its competitions total almost $100,000 in cash and services in kind.

The Douglass Foundation Graduate Business Plan Competition for Babson MBA students was established in 1987. The prizes are awarded to the graduate--individual or team--who submits the most feasible business plan in any of the following areas: startups, acquisitions, company growth, real estate development, or corporate entrepreneurship. A panel of judges, consisting of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, local business people, and alumni, evaluates the submissions and the finalists' presentations.

The graduate business plan competition was held during Babson's Celebrating Student Venturing events this year. For info, visit http://www3.babson.edu/ESHIP/outreach-events/graduate-bplan-competition.cfm

Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit www.babson.edu.

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SOURCE Babson College