THE SABIN ENTREPRENEURIAL PRIZE ESTABLISHED 2011
BUSINESS PLAN PRESENTATIONS AND AWARDS EVENT April 21, 2022
THE SABIN ENTREPRENEURIAL PRIZE PRESENTATIONS
AGENDA 6:30 pm
Welcome and Introductions
6:35 pm
CarbonCred with Q&A
6:55 pm
MySpot with Q&A
7:15 pm
Break
7:25 pm
Co‐Cups with Q&A
7:45 pm
Glidely with Q&A
8:05 pm
Break / Judges Deliberation
8:25 pm
Awarding of The Sabin Entrepreneurial Prize and Closing Remarks
THE SABIN ENTREPRENEURIAL PRIZE PRESENTATIONS
Co‐Cups
Ben Cabot ’22 Alice Fisher ’22 Davis Kinne ’23 Olivia Mirabito ’22
What is it? The Sabin Entrepreneurial Prize is an initiative created with the generous support of the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation to educate and expose Berkshire students enrolled in Advanced Economics to entrepreneurship and sustainability. The Sabin Entrepreneurial Prize is awarded to the best business plan for a product, service, project or program that not only could be financially feasible, but could contribute to living in more sustainable communities. Additionally, the prize competition provides quality feedback from professionals, collaboration with the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, and opportunities for participants to meet with guest speakers from the business and environmental worlds.
Single-cup coffee brewing systems are increasingly popular, with over 42% of American households owning a Keurig coffee system. The ease and efficiency create an understandable appeal, but compatible coffee pods have resulted in over 13 billion plastic coffee pods ending up in landfills each year, exacerbating an already devastating pollution issue. Our CoCups are compostable coffee pods made out of hemp plastic and hemp paper. Hemp products are entirely compostable and produce no CO2 as they break down, so consumers don’t have to sacrifice ease for sustainability. In addition to being heat proof and waterproof, hemp is a much more sustainable alternative to wood, as hemp uses less water, has a reduced growing time, and produces four times as many usable fibers per acre than trees. Our product will attract sustainable-minded coffee consumers and distributors alike, and we hope to change the way instant coffee is made while considering our impact on the environment.
The Sabin Entrepreneurial Prize seeks to:
Introduce students to the essentials of writing a business plan; Provide a real-world platform to practice public speaking and presenting; Promote the entrepreneurial spirit; Stimulate creativity and critical thinking as it applies to the area of sustainable living; Reward effective collaboration in the construction and promotion of a coherent and sustainable business plan.
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Glidely Natasha Fertig ’22 Jamie McDonnell ’22 Charlotte Turner ’22
Glidely is the first company to bring textiles to downhill snow sports. By attacking an industry that has been previously run by unsustainable, time-consuming, and labor-intensive wax products, Glidely is completely revolutionary to the community. Glides are a reusable adhesive barrier placed between skis and the snow. Made of sustainable and effective materials, Glides are strong waterproof textiles that act as a wax replacement. Say goodbye to short winters and countless hours standing over your ski bases, Glidely optimizes time on snow to grip and rip!
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What are the business plans? Carbon Cred
Who is the sponsor?
Greenhouse gasses (GHGs) have many detrimental effects on the environment. CarbonCred is an incentive-based app that encourages users to reduce their GHG emissions by taking public transportation, carpooling, and/or by limiting driving of personal cars in general. The app will verify users' reduction of their emissions in order to harvest carbon credits. One carbon credit is equivalent to the prevention of one metric ton of GHG emissions from being released into the atmosphere. Users can accumulate “Carbits” (our form of currency in app) which are a small fraction of the carbon credits they are generating. Users can spend Carbits in our app on a variety of products, offers, and discounts. Some key features include the marketplace (as previously mentioned), social aspect (friendly wagers), and a membership system with special perks. Our goal is to encourage and draw appeal to sustainable modes of transportation in order to repair and improve the overall health of our environment. CarbonCred will not only be helping the environment gradually, but we will also be educating the younger generations that join our movement in the process. Our hope is that our app inspires a change.
Andrew Sabin Parent of Samuel Sabin ’13 and Matthew Cortes ’17 Grandparent of Michael Sabin ’21, Keira Sabin ’22, Ella Sabin ’24
Reid Capello ’22 Lachie Comonte ’23 Will Esposito ’22 Finn Sposato ’22
MySpot
Sydney Allen ’22 Sam Haskel ’22 Emmanuel Nda ’22
MySpot is a parking app that allows users to rent parking spots, acting as an Airbnb type model. In major cities, people spend up to 107 hours a year looking for parking spots. MySpot provides a cheap and efficient way to park in a city, while also saving the environment from the excess gas used while people drive around the city looking for spaces. MySpot works by allowing people who own or lease a parking spot in a city to sublease their spot when they are away, allowing them to make money on an unused asset. On the other side, MySpot gives people who are looking for a cheap and efficient way to park in the city a great option, which they can book in advance. Our mission is — to save the environment one park at a time. -Page 6-
Mr. Sabin does more than simply provide financial support to hundreds of organizations; he is actively engaged with community and environmental programs around the world. He spearheaded the building of a community recreation center in East Hampton, NY. As an extension of his lifelong fascination with reptiles and amphibians and dedication to environmental education, he founded the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton, and he continues to lead nature walks for the institution. Mr. Sabin also participated in an expedition to Papua, New Guinea, that resulted in the discovery of a new species of frog that is named for him: Aphantophryne sabini. He has served for several years on the environmental law advisory boards at Columbia Law School and UCLA School of Law, relationships that began through his role as treasurer of The Evan Frankel Foundation, which made grants of more than $17 million during its 15-year existence. Mr. Sabin is also proud to be a member of the board of visitors of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas since 2005. In 2007, to provide more professional support for his philanthropy and involve his family in charitable giving, he established the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation. Mr. Sabin’s passions are his family, the environment, bicycling and fishing. He also has a fondness for purple martins.
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Who are the judges? Jonathan Sabin P’21,’22,’24 Raised in New York City, Mr. Sabin graduated in 1995 from the University of Michigan with a B.G.S. specializing in business and languages. He has traveled the world extensively and has lived in Cannes, Nice and Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, as well as Lake Tahoe. He currently resides in Sag Harbor, NY with his wife, Susie, and their four children (including past/current students, Michael ’21, Keira ’22 and Ella ’24). Mr. Sabin is a small airplane enthusiast having obtained his private pilot license at the age of 17. He is also proud to be a member of the board of The South Fork Natural History Museum and the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation, which has given millions of dollars to many charities over the last five years. In his current role as President at Sabin Metal Corporation, he is responsible for a global network dedicated to recycling precious metals from spent petroleum and petrochemical catalysts. Precious metals are one of the most widely recycled commodities having the oldest record of recycling dating back thousands of years. Matthew Cortes ’17 Matt is a recent graduate of Berkshire School (2017). He graduated from Wake Forest University in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in Business and Enterprise Management. During his time at Berkshire, he was the cross-country captain and a prefect of Stanley dormitory, along with being a participant in the Sabin Prize in 2016. Currently in his first job post-graduation, Matt resides in New York is a financial analyst at Bloomberg, specializing in the commodities asset-class and assisting in overseeing the data consumption of clients on the platform. Matt is an avid runner, currently training for the New York Marathon this upcoming fall.
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Renee Dodds Renee grew up in Berkshire County in Lanesborough, Massachusetts. Her professional career began as a chef in the Berkshires, Pioneer Valley, and Stowe, Vermont. While in Vermont, she began working at a dog daycare and realized her true passion. She returned to the Berkshires to start Love Us and Leave Us dog daycare in 2006. In 2012, Mrs. Dodds opened her first location in Pittsfield, and in 2021 opened her second location in Lee, Mass. Mrs. Dodds is the chair of the Pittsfield Animal Control Commission, part of the Pittsfield Dog Park committee, graduate of Stockbridge Agricultural School, and is currently helping to start an animal sanctuary in the county. She resides in Lanesborough with her family. Ramesh Singh P’25 Ramesh graduated from Yale in 1989 with a BS in Economics, Cum Laude, with distinction in his major. He is the managing member of both SGV LLC, his family office established in 2010, and the real estate arm of this office, SGV Florida LLC. SGV Florida primarily invests in, and develops, residential homes for sale and rent, commercial properties, and land. Ramesh also manages an extensive portfolio of publicly traded and private investments directly and through third-party managers. He also serves on several corporate boards. Prior to 2010, Ramesh spent 20 years on Wall Street. From 2000-2008, he was Managing Director at UBS, where he served on the Investment Bank Board of Directors, and as Global Head of various businesses including real estate and securitization, structured fixed income, rates, and mortgage-backed and assetbacked trading and research. Prior to UBS, Ramesh held senior roles at PaineWebber and Kidder, Peabody & Co. Ramesh and his wife, Farida Khan, reside in Manhattan, NY and they have three daughters: Jasmine, sophomore at Cornell; Keira, junior at The Chapin School; and Serena ‘25 at Berkshire. Ramesh is a golf and soccer enthusiast and recently returned from England, where he watched his beloved Liverpool Football Club play and win a Champions League and FA cup game. -Page 5-
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