Sixteen of the state’s leaders in innovation were on full display in a bracket-style challenge mirroring college basketball’s March Madness tournament. Hosted by (PBN), the organizations went head-to-head in a single elimination contest with winners advancing by readers’ vote. Taking the top spot was , born out of the University of 麻豆传媒 at 惭ā苍辞补, with 1,369 votes over opponent Parklinq with 1,069 votes, PBN announced on March 31.
TurnoverBnB is a cleaning service app that helps users schedule, pay and find Airbnb vacation rental cleaners and cleaning services. The company was created in 2017 by Assaf Karmon, a master’s of business administration alumnus from UH 惭ā苍辞补’s . The idea for TurnoverBnB was created in a Shidler entrepreneurial finance course and the company competed in the 2017 Business Plan Competition, where it placed third.
Karmon, the company’s CEO, told PBN, “It’s great to be recognized by the Pacific Business News readers. We have a world-wide customer base but being supported by our local community feels amazing. TurnoverBnB is a local success story, starting from the UH MBA program, through Blue Startups and with support of the 麻豆传媒 Angels investor group. Almost all of our 麻豆传媒 employees are Shidler graduates and we want to create a role model of success for local entrepreneurs.”
According to PBN, the bracket was designed to spotlight innovative and fast-growing local businesses in 麻豆传媒. Other UH-launched organizations that were selected to participate include: , Nimbus AI, and .
For more on the “Inno Madness” competition, visit .
Innovative work at UH is an example of UH 惭ā苍辞补’s goal of (PDF), one of four goals identified in the (PDF), updated in December 2020.