UNH Entrepreneurship Center Annual Impact Report 2019-2020

SOCIAL VENTURE INNOVATION CHALLENGE
This past fall, Executive Director Ian Grant
coached a fantastic group of UNH undergraduate
and graduate students on their ideas and
presentations for the 2019 Social Venture
Innovation Challenge, hosted by the Center for
Social Innovation and Enterprise. Read on to learn
more about the students and their ideas.
Helping students succeed with their ideas is one of
the ECenter's favorite pursuits!
1st Place - Student Track
Kendra Bostick ’23, Education (Ph.D.)
Kendra's idea, Transform Classrooms with
Kikori, is an easy-to-use digital platform that
helps educators improve their students' social,
emotional, and academic outcomes with
experiential education activities aligned with
curriculum, training, and impact measurement
tools. "The ECenter has been an incredible
support in my journey as an entrepreneur. As
someone lacking business experience, Ian Grant
has readily supported and encouraged me in a
number of areas. This has allowed us to refine our
message and apply for and win the Social Venture
Application. He is also an incredible resource
for other grants and opportunities including
the NSF I-Corps Program and potential summer
programming," said Kendra.
2nd Place - Student Track
Chris Hollis '22, Undeclared
Chris is working on Ambrosia Fabrics, developing
nontoxic and sustainable performance fabrics for
furniture that are made from hemp and bamboo.
3rd Place - Student Track
Marisa Rafal '19, '20G, Master of Public Policy
Marisa started the NH Toy Library Network, a NH
college-student-run initiative to support children's
equitable access to toys, decrease waste, and
reduce college-to-community siloing. Pictured
above with Marisa is invaluable teammate Megan
Estes. "Working with the ECenter was vital. They
gave multiple 1:1 practice sessions, all with expert
insights that really made me feel so much better
equipped for competition day. I am very grateful
for all the support the ECenter has given the
NHTLN, and I'm honored to have had the chance
to participate in SVIC," said Marisa.
1st Place - Community Track
Haley Burns ’20, Business Entrepreneurship
Haley's idea, V'ice Haiti, is a Social Venture in Haiti
that delivers affordable vitamin supplementation to
the people who need it most by employing Haitian
youth and mothers as micro-franchisees.
HOLLOWAY PRIZE COMPETITION
The Championship Round of the Holloway Prize
Competition at UNH's Paul College took place
virtually on May 6th. For the first time ever, all six
final teams were coached by the ECenter!
We would like to applaud the efforts of the
Holloway Prize team, particularly Andrew Earle
(chair) and Aidan Kittredge '21, for executing a
flawless Zoom-based finals. We also thank Paul
and Anna Grace Holloway for their continued
sponsorship of this inspiring event.
First place team, Kikori, was founded by Kendra
Bostick '22 (Grad School). Kikori is a Software as a
Service (SaaS) platform that supports educators
in transforming their classrooms through
experiential education activities so their students
can transform the world. Said Kendra, "I cannot
say enough about the invaluable experience I
received by participating in the Paul J. Holloway
Prize and being coached by Ian Grant. Through
this competition, I grew immeasurably in all
areas of entrepreneurship including developing
my business strategy, constructing my financial
model, learning presentation skills and creating the
documents, videos, and pitch needed for a scalable
company. Ian Grant has been supportive since day
one (literally!) and advised me weekly throughout
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