Meet the 2007 judges

Ten of the country's top investors and marketing experts chose the finalists in our competition.

Jennifer Fonstad
Jennifer Fonstad
Jennifer Fonstad is the managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park, Calif. Fonstad has worked for 20 years with large corporations and start-ups to help build their organizations. At Draper Fisher Jurvetson, her investments include Internet services, wireless networks, medical devices, and nanotechnology companies. Fonstad is currently serving on the board of directors at Greenfuel Nantero, Groxis, Intematix, Ipedo, and Nanostring.

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Philip Bronner

Jennifer Fonstad

Michael Greeley

Verne Harnish

Kay Koplovitz

Maria Coyne

Stephen H. Watkins

Kylie A.D. Sachs

Lois Geller

Ann Winblad
First place: Green Dragon Roach Kill This year's winner kills pests without toxic chemicals. (more)
Second place: Saatwic Foods Addicted to carbs? This company wants to help you. (more)
Third place: SweetRiot A sweet solution for that chocolate craving. (more)

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Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.