SALISBURY, MD—Senior computer science major Sean Berndlmaier navigated his way to the top during Salisbury University’s 37th annual student Entrepreneurship Competitions.
His business plan, IndoorNav Pro, earned a $19,125 total prize package. It included the $15,000 Richard A. Bernstein Achievement Award for Excellence, named in honor of the competition’s founder and sponsored by LWRC International and Rommel Chesapeake; the M&T Bank-sponsored $2,500 first place in the second round of the competition’s “Gull Cage” Shark Tank-style elevator pitch to local business leaders; the $625 Concept Conqueror Award for best prototype, sponsored by SU’s Dave and Patsy Rommel Center for Entrepreneurship; and $1,000 from the competition’s initial “Invest in My Idea” round.