2009 Business Plan Competition: 2008 Winner mCaddie

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mCaddie is a credible social network wrapped around an intuitive GPS-based scorecard, which feeds statistics into a robust database for use by a mobile golf caddie application. mCaddie will provide club suggestions, distance to hole information, and will integrate with satellite maps and course information. Accessible through the mobile Internet, mCaddie is also being developed for Apple's iPhone and Google's Android platforms.


Anchored by an entrepreneur and senior software developers, mCaddie will employ a seasoned Board of Advisors, including current and former entrepreneurs and tech executives, PGA certified golfers, professors of technology and business, and state and local government officials. mCaddie's development team includes leading experts in semantic, standards-based web and user interface, Objective-C/Cocoa Mac OS X, and social network design, as well as Apple and Java developer
certifications and nearly a half-century of collective experience.

 

mCaddie principals are Kurtis Petersons and James Daniels.



The competition is made possible by local financial and service sponsorships. Sponsors in 2008 included Finance Authority of Maine, Maine Small Business Development Centers, Maine Technology Institute, Pierce Atwood, Richard Bilodeau, MacDonald Page, Maine Angels, PretiFlahtery, Maine Center for Enterprise Development, USM School of Business, Valarie Lamont and USM Corporate Partners.