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01 Jun 2013
Start Me Up
Re: MB Weitzel (MBA 1988); Michael Schrader (MBA 2012)
Topics: Social Enterprise-Nonprofit OrganizationsEducation-Campus LifeEntrepreneurship-GeneralBusiness Ventures-Business StartupsEntrepreneurship-Social Entrepreneurship
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In April, HBS students and alumni looking for capital ran their good ideas through the gauntlet. As part of the New Venture Competition, the School's annual entrepreneurship challenge, 25 finalists— 8 student teams and 17 alumni teams—competed for $100,000 in start-up funding. Grouped in either a business or a social enterprise track, the fledgling companies pitched everything from early-stage Alzheimer's diagnosis technology to environmentally friendly lodging. Below, the four that the competition's alumni judges—plucked from the start-up and nonprofit ecosystems—deemed prize-worthy. |
 STAGE PRESENCE To capture the energy of the New Venture Competition finale, Burden Auditorium got a rock-star makeover. Related Links |
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