Patrick Adiaheno founded SidusLink to improve the communication system at The University of Texas at Austin, to positively transform the public transportation experience, and to help businesses efficiently promote their products and services.

While he was a Petroleum Engineering student at The University of Texas, Patrick co-designed a sustainable recycling program that is currently used in the Petroleum Engineering Department. After working on the recycling program at The University of Texas at Austin, he discovered that the main problem of the university is a lack of a central hub in communication systems. The reason why very few recycling program worked before was not because of the lack of organizations in the university, but the lack of communication between these organizations. To solve this problem, Patrick added a business foundation program to improve his business skills and started working on an effective system for The University of Texas transit. This model communication system consists of one, or two, screens mounted inside the bus that display a 30 minutes cycle program including newspaper review, UT news, UT sport news, message from president Bill Powers, and other contents designed to keep students aware of what is going on inside the university and local community.

Jennifer Chenoweth is a visual artist and entrepreneur in Austin, Texas. She founded generousart.org, an online gallery dedicated to raising money for nonprofits and artists.

Generous Art envisions art purchases as community-oriented transactions — rejecting the idea that art collection is a selfish endeavor, an isolated event; and replaces time-consuming auction fundraisers with a sustainable and socially responsible purchase.

When you purchase artwork from our gallery, 40% of your money supports the artist, 40% supports a nonprofit of your choice and the community that nonprofit serves, and 20% of your money supports the mission of Generous Art. We intend to extend this generous network to other communities and cities, after we grow it in Austin, Texas.

When you purchase artwork, Generous Art facilitates the delivery of the art to you, and if you need it, contracts professional art installation

Jennifer is the proprietor of Fisterra Studio, making contemporary abstract painting and sculpture. Chenoweth studied Painting and Sculpture at the Kansas City Art for a B.F.A, has a master's degree from the "Great Books" program at St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and holds an M.F.A. in Painting from The University of Texas at Austin.

Jerome is the Founder of Little Guitar Works, headquartered in Austin, TX. Little Guitar Works manufactures electric basses and guitars. The company's flagship product line is a patented ergonomic design known as the Torzal Natural Twist. The company has operated as a part-time sole proprietorship selling to individual customers via the internet. At the current time, Little Guitar Works has a 12-month waiting list on Torzal orders, and the owner wants to take the company to the next level.

The products produced by Little Guitar Works offer a unique benefit to musicians. The Torzal Natural Twist ergonomic neck and the overall design of the Torzal line of instruments is a patented ergonomic tool that can ease the strain a typical instrument places on a player. Torzal instruments aid musicians in overcoming and preventing debilitating occupational health problems, particularly overuse and repetitive strain injuries such as tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome. The patented feature of the ergonomic design is an instrument neck which is adapted to fit more naturally with the human body by twisting as it extends outward, thereby reducing strain on a player's wrist and arm.

Over the past 15 years,Jerome Little has intensively studied luthiery and the guitar industry both through development and sales of his own instruments and through work experience with some of the most respected guitar builders in the industry. His 10 years combined experience leading departments at Collings Guitars and Parker Guitars has given him an exceptional depth of knowledge of the industry. From traditional guitarmaking practices to cutting-edge innovation, from tooling to finish work, manual and computer controlled (CNC) machining to delicate hand work, Little has a broad range of knowledge and the natural skill and curiosity that form the foundation for Little Guitar Works.