John LaPides

Crystal Rock Holdings, Inc. provides home and office refreshment products. It markets and distributes water and coffee service, office supplies, refreshment beverages and other break room items to the commercial office and at home markets. The firm’s brands include Vermont Pure, Crystal Rock and Cool Beans. The company was founded by Henry Baker Sr. in 1917 and is headquartered in Watertown, CT.

InPhonic sells wireless services and devices through private-labeled Web sites that it creates and manages. The company's technology platform provides outsourced activation services for wireless telecommunications providers.

International Bottled Water Association, Inc. operates as an association of water bottlers, distributors and suppliers. It is the voice of bottled water industry and serves to protect the interests of bottled water bottlers, distributors and suppliers. The association is committed to working with the United States Food and Drug Administration, which regulates bottled water as a packaged food product and state governments to set stringent standards for safe, high quality bottled water products. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

India Venture Partners (India Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Ken E. Tighe. The firm is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.

The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship facilitates, supports, and encourages entrepreneurship. The private company is based in College Park, MD. The company was founded by Michael D. Dingman.

Simplexity is the Internet's leading authorized seller of cell phones and wireless services. Based in Reston, Virginia, Simplexity operates proprietary e-commerce platforms, providing affiliates and marketing partners with integrated solutions for cell phone and wireless product merchandising, activation, logistics and fulfillment. The privately held company also creates and maintains web sites for a variety of companies, including many of the largest retailers in the United States. Simplexity's business and technology solutions include comprehensive inventory and rate plan management, order processing, automated activation, online merchandising, high-level customer care and customer relationship marketing. Wirefly is Simplexity's shopping and comparison site for consumers, bringing online shoppers an unprecedented selection of cell phones and service plans from the top-rated U.S. carriers with the convenience of automated application processing and cell phone activation.