LllIdeas in Action! R. Wilburn Clouse, Phd vanderbilt University Ideas for Developing the Entrepreneurial Spirit

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The Y Shaped Dog Leash is a product aimed at people who want to walk more than one dog at the same time. This leash prevents the dogs from becoming entangled, and would make dog owners' lives much easier. -- Hiram Lewis

The mission of this company is to create a premiere coaching venue for Nashville area junior and senior high school athletes. Coach Me, Inc. wants to help these student athletes attain their true athletic potential. -- Kori Langford, Jaime Lyon, Jaime Miner, Lydia Otero

Ryan Patrick’s is a bar for those who are 21 and up. There will be a ten-dollar cover charge for all you can drink. Customers serve themselves from kegs provided in the center of each table. The customer self-service is what will set this bar apart from its competitors. -- Ryan Aulds, Charlie Colyer, Cooper Cox, Gabriel Jay, Lori Thomas

The Beatbox is a durable, cushioned casing pre-fitted to accommodate a Sony CD player, which then attaches underneath the front panel of exercise machines. -- Kelley Capps, Laura Griffin, Brook Reed

This clinic for horses will offer top quality surgery and will ensure safe rehabilitation for injured horses. -- Alexa Stent

Artlinks proposes the development of a virtual museum to enhance the educational experiences of not only students, but also educators and the general public. -- Susan Brandt, Sylvia Carey, Steve Gossett, Christine Stenson

This software company specializes in the development of computer programs to scan employment applications for public schools and higher education and reject applicants not meeting the minimum criteria and rank orders the remaining eligible applicants. -- Lehora Boehlert, Gloria Gammell

This restaurant is divided into four quadrants, each of which will represent a different region of the world. Each area will have its own decor, wait staff, and menu. -- Jacob Drewry, Andrew Jay Page, Angela McShepard, Nora Levine, Heather Slack

This company provides security service through a watch that will warn caregivers when the person moves past a programmed parameter. The caregiver will be able to hear, see, and speak with the person through the watch.

Power Punch is a low-calorie nutritional drink composed of orange juice, a granulated Gatorade-like mix, and club soda. This drink is aimed at the fitness crowd, and those who live in hot areas. -- Nick Scully, Jason Kalajainen, Candice McQueen

This company aims at creating a pre-paid gas card. This uses the same ideas as the pre-paid phone card, and wants to increase the convenience for gas customers.

A Nashville based Internet start-up, this company will provide home owners and contractors a way to come together and set up contract labor to fix, repair, and maintain common household problems in Nashville area homes and apartments. -- Misha Wilson, Thomas Rose, Marisa Adams

This company would research beauty products, educational/entertainment sales, Internet providers, news media, job search engines, free email, and event databases online. -- Katie King, Brad Minor

This idea is to develop an inexpensive device for capturing and carrying small amounts of used oil to a disposal point and to do so without coming into contact with the oil. -- David Fender

Easy Access is a dry cleaning and laundry service that picks up and delivers clothing to the Vanderbilt campus. By using in-house dry cleaning machines, and excellent washers/dryers, they are able to provide next day service. -- Katherine Mathes, Sallie Small, Spencer Moss

Here is an online party planning company. This company will assist clients in planning a party by being the "middle-man" in production. Entertainment, transportation, location, decorations, invitations, party favors, photographers, caterers, and supplies will be provided by the company. -- Ashley Burleson, Kim Miske, Meredith Moore

This company's goal is the elimination of stress and tribulations associated with planning weddings and honeymoons. It will provide a one-step location to get every detail planned to the full satisfaction of the customer and will provide professional wedding consulting service on the Internet. -- Molly Hornsby, Jill Salomon, Scott Toland, Brigid Rauch, Sara Oswalt, John Pitt, Ethan Gardner

This company will manufacture software that combines two existing technologies-- a scanner and computer database. This technology allows an individual to scan whole documents or individual passages, tables, etc. directly into a database. -- David Fender, Randall Brown, Lisa Yates, Jerome Carr, R. Powe

This whistling golf ball provides a warning to others on the green, but it also helps you to find your lost ball. This product is designed for beginning golfers. -- Heather Slack

This is a unique service for airport users, providing them with kiosks which allow communication via the Internet. -- Harris Cohn, Russ Johnson, Elizabeth Coupland, Adam Robinowitz

Internet candidate analysis through the Internet offers a good opportunity for voters to easily learn about political issues. Voters can type in questions to the candidates. -- Rita Weighil

This is an upscale lingerie shop geared towards women between ages of 28-40 years old. It will focus on European lingerie using materials and cuts from abroad. -- Mercedes Simon, Bethany, Flint, Kristy Dickens, Ashley Berchelman

Here is a food delivery service in which you order the food through your cable system. The product is the actual software to make the takeout service run. The people ordering food will have the bill for the food added onto their monthly cable bill. -- Liz Curry, Andy Kropf, Andre Woods

This is an exclusive fast food eatery, located in the Boston area, that only sells french fries in multiple variations. -- Josh Martino, Mike McClurg, Eric Freeland, Geordy Strong, Bill Maggert

This device helps keep track of young children (or any other person) via a GPS system attached to that person. A bracelet is given to the child and a pager to the adult so they can locate the child at anytime. -- Tyrone Yarbrough

This web site offers kids (high school age) information about what is going on with people in their generation - generation Y. It gives realistic and age appropriate information. -- Katy Citron, Jennifer Gersten, Jess Pantages, Tara Rice

This photo developing business located in airports serves tourists by developing their film in thirty minutes. This is targeted to people coming back from vacation that will be waiting in the airport for their next flight. -- Loretta Bickel, Landon Hill, Meg Schrader, Chris Wagner

This company provides flash cards to students that coincide with their textbooks. Packages will be sent with cards for the entire textbook. -- Brook Castellaw, Allison Chuplis, James Paugh, Brande Singleton

This is a company that will provide cleaning services to college campuses. Their focus is on quality and saving students time. They plan to have drop bins and the ability to clean the laundry in two days. -- Ward Davis, Claire Dillavon, Richard Douglas

This company plans to design a store that is complete with all the essentials for planning a trip. With this store, families will no longer have to fret with plans. -- Rachel Deutsch, Turner Inscoe, Sarah Holbrook, Hunter Rice, Sara Stubblefield, Kathryn Styne

This company is a consulting firm for soon-to-be brides. They will assist any bride with all the wedding plans via the Internet. -- Mary Kate Campbell, Fabiola Cruz, Sarah Powell

This company plans to cater to the college musician. They will have an in-house studio that is cheap and easy to use for new musicians. -- Boyd Christian, Marcy Butler, Casey Stribling, J.R. Bamber, Eliza Sedgwick

SuperThaw, L.L.C. develops, markets, and maintains the anti-icing coating system that permanently protects electric transmission and distribution systems from ice and cold weather related damage. It will also provide long-term maintenance services to utility companies. -- Cydney McCurdy

Mealfinder.com is an online grocery shopping and meal planning service. The customers have the ability to create meals by simply typing in the ingredients they already have at hand and can pay online. The groceries are bagged and waiting for the customer at the store. -- Peter Casey, Melissa Mailand, Tom McBride, Lauren Whitt

SEC Car Rental will be a service which offers car rentals at a reasonable price to adults eighteen years of age and older. The three rental locations will be located in small, college towns with locations near by the college campuses. -- Allison E. Brown, Tom Burns, Carrie Geller, Caroline Neely

YouDaChef.com is an interactive recipe web site powered with "Napster-like" technology that features shopping lists, written recipes and corresponding photographs, as well as searchable databases, daily and weekly menu highlights, editorial features, a glossary, special tips, and extensive recipe sharing. This service will allow customers to download audio versions of the recipes onto CDs for a nominal fee. -- Allison Brown, Jennifer Hackett, Stephanie Oster, Jonathan Rollo

Positus plans to provide security and peace of mind through the integration of Internet Software and global positioning service (GPS) technology. By inserting the smallest possible GPS chip into valuable assets, this device aids in the recovery of missing or stolen objects. -- Nathan Basseen, Allison Blanton, Lauren Bloom, Brooks Finnegan

The mission statement for this company is to provide instant access to lifesaving medical records in a secure environment. MEDRECNOW is an automated medical record provider that enables customers to have their authorized medical records stored in databases that can be accessed via the WWW for both personal usage and in emergency situations. -- Caroline Brumbaugh, Anne Howard, Charles King, Dan Sherwood

The Rest Assure car seat is designed to fit your newborn’s size and weight, as well as to meet the correct measurements for installation, safety, and comfort. The mission is to provide a service and product to hospitals that ensures the safety of all newborn babies. -- Laurie Black, Camille Freeman, Paul Hoffman, Elizabeth Landers, Ashley Smith

At Cosmic, the mission is "to provide quality service to earthlings in a distinctively Cosmic atmosphere." It will be an outer space theme bar that caters to a young, sophisticated Nashville clientele. The bar will be open five nights weekly, ensuring a fun, friendly atmosphere for all Cosmic patrons. -- Nancy Hatcher, Lyndsay Steuber, Natalie Wheeler, Christina Yeones

This service will offer travelers the opportunity to conduct business and personal matters from the airport just as they would from their own home or office. Optimum will serve as a chain of full-service business centers aimed at providing convenience, top quality service and affordable rates, without the membership requirements and expensive annual fees of airline-owned clubs. -- Melinda Creasman, Edward Gilbert, William Hadler, Alison Tuckman

The pen has a laser beam attached to the ballpoint that reads and detects the improper spelling of handwritten words and then provides the writer with the proper spelling on a screen located on the side of the pen. -- Rebecca Babcock, Robert Howard, Lindsay Shea, Matthew Smith

FamCare

FamCare will create affordable housing (Southland Apartments) with a daycare facility including high-quality childcare and after-school programs for median income families. -- Jeb Bowen, Jeff Luenrostro, Chandler Clark, Harvin Lawhon, Amanda Lea

Showtime! would be an all-purpose entertainment and dining facility in downtown Nashville designed to host parties, family programs, concerts, and theatre. -- Jamie Cooper, Brian Egan, Lauren Howard, Megan Krause

ECASH Card

ECASH cards, a pre-paid card linked to a major credit card company, could be used for secure online purchasing as well as other retail purchases. -- Melissa Iacono, Kristina Marzec, Julie Peoples, Jennifer Poston, Aprill Smith

La Carcel Vieja

Translated from Spanish as "this old jail", La Carcel Vieja would be a restaurant and bar in the Vanderbilt area where customers would actually get to eat in a jail cell while they enjoy live entertainment. -- Rob Bedwell, Ulises Cabrera, Ashley Freeman

Club Paradise

Club Paradise would be a unique dance club in downtown Nashville emphasizing customer service, technology, and low costs. -- Jerrol Jackson, Lew Thomas

iProject

iProject is an art therapy program using the ideas of love, imagination, and hope to help children explore their creative identities. -- Christina Barnes, Meghan DeAngelis, Sarah Edens

Smart-Trips

Smart-Trips is a company that would plan field trips and excursions for independent schools in the Nashville area coordinating all aspects of each trip. -- Catherine Beckman, Vanessa Callo, Margery Maxwell, Everol Richards, Elana Spiegel

IntelliPads, Inc.

Applying an idea already successful in laptops, IntelliPads would bring the touchpad technology to desktop computers creating a more accurate mouse. -- James Cheston, Amanda Kazmer, Court Rosen

CampusNews.com

This Internet start-up would be a content portal that links users to a variety of college and university newspapers. -- Ashley Breed

Medi-Store.com

Medi-Store.com is an online database that would store a patient’s medical records for a fee. -- Jill Carter, Justin Douglas, Greg Kuzjac, Brad Lawler, Bryce Worth

A to Z Organizing

The staff of A to Z Organizing will go to homes and businesses to organize whatever room or area needs physical organization. -- Kara Catlett and Bonnie McDowell

Twenty Four-7

Twenty Four-7 would be a 24 hour, 7 day a week restaurant in the Vanderbilt area that would serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner all the time. -- Miguel Coles

The Fitness Factory

The Fitness Factory would be a full-service fitness facility and spa charging members for only the activities that they use. -- Rushen Jones, Ryan Nungesser, Will Oates, Araceli Vidal

Revitalize Real Estate Investment Trust

Revitalize Real Estate Investment Trust would buy and renovate existing apartment complexes in the New York City metropolitan area. -- D’Wayne Prieto, Michelle Phillips

knowWait

knowWait would be a software package designed for restaurants so that they could determine accurate wait times for customers. -- Kyle Helmstetter, Matt Schiefer, Becky Yang, Chris Koenemann

FamouSpeeches.com

FamouSpeeches.com would be a database of video footage of famous speeches available to educational institutions by subscription. -- Melissa Berg, Bobby Bailie, Scott Vix, Ashley Whittacker

A year round delivery service that runs errands (grocery shopping, dry cleaning, video rentals, etc) for people who do not have the time to run them for themselves. Relies on the Internet to gain a list of errands and then they are delivered to the home. -- Liz Bordowsky, Jessica Cleland, Steve Miller, Tara Williams

CD Mix Masters offers services within Blockbuster Music Stores to allow customers to create personalized compact discs. -- Amanda Lepof, Lauren Martin, Dave Minoff, Jessamine Steinworth

Designs, manufactures, and markets collectible, theme-related computer mice to end-users directly through computer accessory distributors. -- Justin Chipman, John Giordani, Camilla Santistevan

A business to help other businesses manage their real estate and use it more effectively through the use of software and other database sources.

Creativity Connection makes crafts and artistic projects for people who do not want to or are unable to complete such projects. It includes scrapbooks, wood products, paper products, painted ceilings, murals, and floral products. -- Kim Caraway

This company would assist pageant winners to make career connections and business networks, and work to counter unfounded stereotypes about pageant contestants. -- Jeni Stephens, Nicole Kindall, James Lindsey

Consultation firm designed to provide comprehensive assessments of school systems in a non-threatening manner. Also provides program evaluations aimed at achieving school’s goals. -- Dennis Bunch, Harmon Seawel, Carl Vaupel

A 24-hour a day learning community with a focus on holistic education: body, mind, and spirit. -- Michael Alston, Tina Collins, Molly Duesterhaus, Kasey Gatlin, Gayle Gilmer, Claudia Joplin, Derrick May, Cassandra Ward, Laura Watts, Susan West, Lori White

Produces waterproof laptop computers. -- Harold Lercius

The Hair Lair is a business to make haircuts for kids fun and entertaining. -- Jan Johnson, Lee Rabideau, Jeff Surles, Christine McCord

A hair salon offering a variety of entertainment while your hair is cut, washed, etc. Specifically, a hair dryer that plays music and has an intercom would be offered. -- Vince Ford

J.A.M. is an Internet-based grocery shopping business. It combines everyday task with cutting-edge technology, and is a year-round business, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. -- John Kelly, Alex Fine, Meghan Doyle

Keep Us Kleaners is a business that provides convenient cleaning/laundry services to students, faculty, and other university-related individuals. -- Ward Davis, Claire Dillavou, Richard Douglas

The Agape Village is a partnership among Teaching for Tomorrow, The Southern Black Medical Alliance, and Promise for the Future, and is a not-for-profit center that works to revitalize neighborhoods. -- Kimberly Nash

An online tutoring business that provides a listing of all tutors nationwide, and eventually worldwide. It will target academic institutions, such as high schools and universities. -- Richard Cheong, Gray Stream, Brian Taylor

A charter school aimed to meet the needs of students with behavior problems, learning disabled students, emotionally handicapped students, and the teachers who work with these students inside and outside of the public school system. -- Ann Brewer

MovieNet uses the Internet to allow customers to conveniently select movies through a search engine. -- Jennifer Koch, Missy Tullis, Stephen Hinson, Chris Kinkade

The Nashville Sports Stop, Inc. is a general athletic apparel store specializing in Nashville’s local teams, and will operate year-round. -- Benjamin Boyer, James Muhlfeld, Bob Lynch, John DiOrio, Jason Dunnavant

Offering Options is an alternate method of financial support for Christ United Methodist Church in Lexington, KY. Donors use a software program to have donations withdrawn from their bank accounts each month. -- Kara Covert

The Overtime Brewery and Raw Bar is a unique restaurant and bar combination under one roof. It offers an upscale version of the typical sports bar. -- Jeb Quaid, Aislinn Madden, Laura Hatfield, Erik Waldin, Ashley Fogg, Carlos Carela

A technology-based resource for more efficient communication between parents and teachers, concerning homework, assignments, attendance, academic progress, upcoming school events, notices of parent-teacher conferences, and school calendars changes throughout the year. -- Mathew Smith

The Playground is an indoor facility that combines a recreation area with a sports bar in order to create a fun and interesting atmosphere for the whole family. It will offer free-style roller skating, a climbing wall, indoor soccer arena, and a snack bar combined with a restaurant offering a bar & grill, pool tables, and electronic sports trivia. -- Sara Collier, Kelli Wilson

RemoteWorks is a voice-activated channel finder with parental lock, paging capabilities, and memory lock. -- Shannon Cromarty, Jane Harrison

SRP Medical Supplies, Inc. produces a technologically advanced device for monitoring patients from any computer network (Ultra Track monitoring system). It would provide a listing of all possible diagnoses. -- Sloan Wyatt, Carey Martin Hinds, Jennie Garth Lovvorn, Scott Tannen, Nancy Woodworth

Smart TV is a company for developing circuits to simplify the way people interact with their electronics, specifically their televisions. It uses voice-recognition (VR) circuits. -- David Bach, April Lloyd, Elissa Scadron, Jane Veeder

A program dedicated to helping today’s youth. It offers after-school programs, such as mentoring, tutoring, and homework help sessions, and sports, recreation, performing and creative arts, and community service opportunities. -- Jeni Stephens, David Perez II

A company designed to assist coaches, recruiters, agents, talent scouts, anyone else looking for the next superstar with the latest up-to-date information via the web. It gives every athlete an equal chance at being recognized and applying to schools of their choice. -- Marcus Williams, Rene Perez

Tax Lien Source Network provides information to investigators regarding the outstanding investment opportunities available through the buying and selling of government tax lien certificates. The business provides insight on how Internet marketing can be effectively used in modern business. -- Phil Ayers

Produces customized stationary products that are self-adhesive messages, and aims to strengthen friendships while promoting harmony specifically among roommates. -- Lailai Peng, Cynthia Chilton

Thunder Networking Technologies is a business computing service that provides Microsoft business software and workspaces over the Internet in the form of a Virtual Desktop. The objective of this company is to supply businesses with all the critical operating applications over the Internet. -- Bruce R. Nicol, Jr.

A company designed to make driving safer and less stressful. It relies on traffic engineers to design safer and more efficient roads, parking garages, etc. PARKPLACE is the main product and it uses a light system to indicate the availability of a space. -- Sara Anderson

Water-Com specializes in production of waterproof cell phones. -- Rodney Williams

WRP is a residential rental company specializing in renting to low and middle income families. -- Marcus Williams

Offers "fashion groupies" immediate advice about what the latest fashions, styles, and trends are. The site would focus on different designers each week and offer information about where to find certain items. -- Lindsey Hickman, Stacy Small 

The Clear View Glass Company revolutionized the window industry by developing a self-cleaning solution that only has to be applied once. -- Chris Maultsby

Strickland Digital is an all in one full service and publishing company for the music industry. New musical artists will be guided through the entire music business through SDC. -- Wesley Camp

SureLuck Homes is an online real estate company for homebuyers and corporations and has an unprecedented commission rate, which is less than half of that of the competition. -- Megan Mollmann

AutoFD designs and manufactures smoke detectors that utilize wireless technology to reduce the response time of emergency personnel. -- Abby Holahan

Oasis is a retail store that provides customers the best quality relaxations products and services from around the world. Their mission is to raise awareness of alternative medicine and stress management. -- Haruko Koyama

CVEC is a pre-installed car vacuum, which will provide an efficient and simple alternative for a clean car. -- John Steel

This company’s mission is to provide a safe, unique, and enjoyable experience at their dance club that embraces eastern traditions. -- Heather Kinney

This company aims at providing hovercraft racing in a semi-controlled environment, which will promote safety and racing enjoyment. -- David Meadows

Sport Specific is dedicated to helping high school and college athletes succeed in athletics as well as life by providing the best training equipment and guidance possible. -- Tyson Radtke

The mission of this company is to provide an alternative to monthly cell phone bills by creating a disposable cell phone that can be used for a set period of time and then can be disposed, thus eliminating any bills because there is only one upfront fee. -- Jordan Hill

This company specializes in prepackaged writing instruments for distribution in vending machines. -- Amy Moghanaki

This local company specializes in the installation of innovative parking equipment that utilizes the Smart Card, which works as a debit card for parking meters. -- Richard Warren Deriso, Charles Holman Deriso

This is a magazine for a new generation of professional woman. -- Stephanie Cline

Playbooks is an interdisciplinary teaching tool that combines the sports and entertainment industries with the education systems in America. -- Beth Baker

This website is an online city guide geared towards Nashville college students. -- Anya Wailandt

Once and Again is a bridal boutique for women that caters to women who are currently ignored by typical wedding dress stores. -- Shelby Berchelmann

No-Rinse Products creates personal hygiene products that are not water dependent. This will allow customers to brush their teeth without using any water and still feel refreshed. -- Mary Kay Howard

This company provides solutions for the insulin-dependent diabetic patient so they can take control of their bodies and feel confident about their future. -- Michelle Malone

This event planning company provides create ideas for customers who intend on having an event at either their home or business. -- Brooke McGuyer

This company provides a computerized system for restaurants to put the customer in control of their dinning experience by allowing them to order and pay directly from a touch-screen at the table. -- Kirsten Adeeb

This website allows high school girls to become a fashion designer and customize a prom dress for their big night. -- Katherine Wehmeyer

This technology corporation resells leading technology products and provides technology service and support to residents of the Nashville area. -- Dalton Franklin

Direct is a software company that provides consumers with a more economical, efficient, and environmentally way to record purchases. -- Meredith Miller

The Good Land will be a restaurant/bar located in Wisconsin and will provide good food, drinks, and unique atmosphere. -- Joe Doyle

AutoAppointments creates business software that enables businesses to take appointments automatically via their web page. -- Sara Silva

The Chameleon is a new athletic shoe that allows the user to release the sole of the shoe and replace it with another sole. -- Joel Richard Franklin

This corporation specializes in electronic showers that allow individuals to regulate temperature and water pressure by using an EPS controller. -- Nicholas Dowd

The Fit is a clothesline that aims at the meeting the needs of small figured woman. -- Denise Irizarry

Vehicall is an after market cellular device for cars which allows the user to unlock doors, start the car, roll down windows, and turn off lights by simply calling the car. -- Adam Blue