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Brant Walker from Canby, Oregon presented his tree brokering and Airpot® retail company called Tree Amigos. Though he began selling trees by talking with individual landscapers, he has expanded his business to tree sales and distribution of Airpots®, a Scotland based technology resulting in better root growth.

PROVO, Utah -- Apr 08, 2004 -- Superoots USA captured first place at Brigham Young University’s nationally recognized business plan competition April 2. Brant Walker, owner and president of Superoots USA, beat out two other finalists to claim this year’s title with his plan to manufacture and distribute Air-Pot plant containers. The team won $25,000 in cash and $25,000 in in-kind support services for their business. In addition to winning the business plan competition, Walker was named BYU Student Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003.

Walker, a senior from Canby, Ore., majoring in business management, was joined by Brian Farnsworth, a second-year MBA student from Pocatello, Idaho, and Christopher Call, a JB/MBA candidate at University of Utah from Irvine, Calif. The innovative Air-Pot design allows plant roots to grow directly away from the trunk without wrapping around it.

2003-2004 Winners		BYU Marriott School Student Entrepreneur of the Year
	1st Place Brant Walker A tree brokering and Airpot® retail company