The Wisconsin Technology Council has named the finalists that will present at the annual Governor’s Business Plan Contest during the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference held June 3-4 at Venue42 in Milwaukee, the organization announced recently.

The 13 “Diligent Dozen” businesses, including seven from the Madison area, will present for seven minutes each on the first day of the conference, with the winner announced during a closing luncheon on the final day. The finalists are:

• John Guequierre: Auto-Scope (Madison)
• Erin Tenderholt: Blexx Technology (Madison)
• River Karls: DarkAero, Inc. (Monona)
• Michelle Goetsch: ERbin
• Patricia Wooldridge: GrowthChart Records Inc. (Madison)
• Joshua Cleveland: Impact Sports, LLC
• Carol Hirschmugl: SafeLi, LLC
• Nicolas Enjalbert: Seedlinked
• Mark Schweiger: Simply Solutions 2
• Robert Carsey: Skip and Co. Maritime
• Thomas D’Orazio: SpayVac for Wildlife (Fitchburg)
• Joe Grudzinski: Voximetry LLC (Middleton)
• Evan Wolfenden: Zero Barrier (Madison)

NovoMoto won last year’s contest.