{"id":10786,"date":"2010-03-01T16:28:20","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T20:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=10786"},"modified":"2010-03-01T16:28:20","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T20:28:20","slug":"daniel-parish-wins-king-of-the-court-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/daniel-parish-wins-king-of-the-court-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Parish Wins King of the Court Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_10787\" style=\"max-width: 450px;\" class=\"figure\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">From left to right: Dr. Cameron Ford, director of the UCF Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, with 2010 King of the Court winner Daniel Parish.<\/figcaption><\/figure><strong><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Parish<\/strong> won first place in the 5th Annual King of  the Court, a quick-pitch business competition recently hosted by the  Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) at the UCF College of Business Administration. With an audience of  nearly 60 people looking on, he impressed a panel of judges with his  presentation for the Oasis Portable Water Purification System.<\/p>\n<p>Other finalists included <strong>Ace Glenn<\/strong>, Miingl; <strong>Khalil  Majied<\/strong>, NearJenius LLC, and <strong>Amanda Crum<\/strong>, Vak  Pack Shack.<\/p>\n<p>Judges included <strong>Howard Brunet<\/strong>, President and Owner,  Complete Dewatering Pumps &amp; Wellpoints, Inc. of Edgewater, Florida; <strong>Jeff  Lagos<\/strong>, President, Insurance Office of America; <strong>John  Mahony<\/strong>, Managing Partner, SkillStorm; <strong>Tim Myers<\/strong>,  Central Florida Region President, Seaside National Bank &amp; Trust;  and <strong>Charlotte Williams<\/strong>, ERA Williams Real Estate Group.<\/p>\n<p>The King of the Court competition is comprised of two rounds of  competition. In both rounds, participants are given 90 seconds to  present their business concept and another 90 seconds to address  questions raised by the panel of judges. The top four finalists win cash  prizes totaling $3000.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cei.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">CEI  Web site<\/a> to learn more about the center and the competitions they  sponsor throughout the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Parish won first place in the 5th Annual King of the Court, a quick-pitch business competition recently hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) at the UCF College of Business Administration. With an audience of nearly 60 people looking on, he impressed a panel of judges with his presentation for the Oasis Portable Water Purification System. 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