ANN ARBOR- Greg Guidice of RazorThreat was honored in November by Ann Arbor SPARK as Best of Boot Camp award winner for his new company, an enterprise network security applications which applies corporate communication policies to remediate security threats.

The ninth Entrepreneur Camp, an intensive two-day business planning and preparation program, was held on November 2 and 3, at the Ann Arbor IT Zone. Guidice was awarded an initial engagement with the Business Accelerator valued at $5,000.

"Boot Camp is an invaluable process for start-ups," said Guidice. "It provided us with the discipline and practice needed to further advance our businesses and learn how to appeal to investors. I am honored to be selected among many fascinating companies and this only motivates me to work harder to accomplish my goals; I highly recommend all startups to participate in this program."

Chuck Salley, Entrepreneur Boot Camp drill instructor, said the teams were judged on the following metrics: Well-defined target market, staging an appropriate management team and business model.

Other successful teams participating in Boot Camp were 6hippo, Advanced Technology of Michigan, Biotectix, Blaze Biomedical Devices, GeneVivo, InflaRx, Smart Antenna and The Bravest.

Ann Arbor SPARK's Entrepreneur Boot Camp was launched in September 2002 with funding from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation SmartZone program and administered by Ann Arbor SPARK. The Entrepreneur Boot Camp engages seasoned entrepreneurs as mentors to assist with early stage business planning. The Boot Camp funds critical activities to reach key milestones of business development. Past Boot Camp participants include PolyTorx, a concrete reinforcing additive; INVIA Solutions (formerly known as 4DMSpect), a software supplier for cardiac imaging; and Compendia Bioscience, a bioinformatics company for cancer detection.

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Source: Mitechnews.Com (http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=6387)