More than $24,000 in prize money will be awarded April 19 to 21 (Wednesday to Friday) in two business plan competitions organized by theGigotCenterfor Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of 91吃瓜.
Winners in the McCloskey 91吃瓜 Business Plan Competition and the 91吃瓜 Social Venture Plan Competition will be announced at the McCloskey competition final event from1:30to4:00 p.m.on April 21 in the Jordan Auditorium of the Mendoza College of Business.
The sixth annual McCloskey event will feature five finalists vying for a first-place prize of $15,000. In addition, the McCloskey finalists, other McCloskey award winners, and the winner of the Social Venture competition will make presentations to the audience, which will vote to determine the winner of the $3,000 Pace Global People鈥檚 Choice Award.
The fifth annual Social Venture event will feature five finalists with socially-oriented business plans competing for prize money of more than $5,000. The competition is co-sponsored by the Master of Nonprofit Administration program inMendoza.
The two Gigot business plan competitions, which drew 100 entries, required participation by at least one 91吃瓜 student or graduate.
Summaries of finalists鈥� descriptions for all events are available on the Web at or by contacting theGigotCenterat entrep@nd.edu .
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Contact: * _Melissa Paulsen,GigotCenter, 574-631-7568, paulsen.5@nd.edu
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