The Wisconsin Technology Council announced Wednesday the 13 finalists that will present in the annual Governor’s Business Plan Contest during the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference next month.

The finalists–13 instead of the usual 12 due to a tie–will present seven-minute pitches on their business ideas Tuesday, June 3 at the Alliant Energy Center.

Out of nearly 300 entries, the selected “Diligent Dozen” are listed below.

• Melinda Caughill, 65 Inc.
• Marianna DeMyer, Roving Blue
• Don Fleming, Organic Research Corp.
• Heather Johnston, Find My Spot
• Laura G. King, Elucent Medical
• Cedric Kovacs-Johnson, Spectrom
• Michael E. Mitchell, TAI Diagnostics
• Judy Reinhold, Kaliber Imaging Inc.
• Will Robus, Little Green Pencil
• Pradeep Rohatgi, Intelligent Composites
• Henry Schwartz, MobCraft Beer LLC
• Bill Sotis, WebRacing LLC
• Monika Wingate, Digsite

Winners will be announced Wednesday, June 4 during the closing luncheon.