Campus Entrepreneurship

A few years ago when I wrote my first paper on bplan contests, most folks thought I was nuts. But I knew something was going on. I was aware that contests and prizes were growing. I observed that groups outside of the business school and the university were holding contests. I began to see stories [...]

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Nice article at the Rapid Growth site profiling campus entrepreneur and Grand Valley State University student Joe Pohlen. According to the article by Angela Harris,
He eagerly participated in the first-ever Elevator Pitch Competition sponsored by the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization.
Pohlen pitched the idea of purchasing residential single homes and renting them out to college students [...]

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