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After nearly two months and over 50 entries from across The University of Warwick, the stage was set for the four finalists to compete in the Be Your Own Boss Final held at the Warwick Arts Centre on 21st November 2008.

The event was run by Warwick Entrepreneurs and Radio Warwick (RaW) with £1000 provided by Merrill Lynch for the winner and £250 for the runner-up by Accenture.

The Event Team

The event was entirely student- run in terms of its:

Event Coordinator - Kostas Mavroulakis, WE President
Events Managers & Team - Nikesh Palmar, Steven Basra, Edgar Karklins & WE Executive Committee
Presenters - Edgar Karklins and Steph Rosevear
Radio broadcasters (RaW) - Verity Scott plus team
Photographers - Jia Lim
Cooks - The Food Doctor

The BYOB 2008 Finalists Jive Park, UK Student Music Network and Festival Safiya Dikko, Emmanuel Ene, Michael Boham, Andre Hackett, Matthew Anderson, Benjy Owusu-Daaku ML Ad, System for advertising on eco-friendly fast-food packaging Michael Lo and John Cheung E-resistable, Innovative online takeaway service Stephen Leguillon, Steve Barnes and Velin Djidjev www.e-resistable.co.uk Dark Ice Audio, Custom audio installations and car modification products Kristian Kassinen www.dark-ice-audio.com	Above: Finalists & WE President, Kostas Mavroulakis

The Judges The following judges analyzed the finalist's business proposals before hand, then watch them deliver their 15-minute pitch and then questioned them on both. The judges were: Sital Kotecha, Manager at Accenture Cliff Lockyer, Business Angel at Minerva Matthew Hale, Head of Environmental Sustainability at Merrill Lynch David Hebblewaite, Business Angel at Minerva

The Audience Attended by over 100 Warwick students and staff, the audience were each given an electronic keypad enabling them to cast their vote.

The Finalists in Action on the Night
Above: Matthew Anderson Below: Michael Lo	Above: Kristian Kassinen Below: Stephen Leguillon

The Results
Winner: E-resistable	Runner-up: ML Ad
Above: WE Team, Judges, Winners and Runner-up