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New Ventures World Competition

Friday, March 13, 2009

A team of KU graduate students has been accepted to participate in the New Venture World Competition on March 26-29 at the University of Nebraska. The KU team will present its business plan for a new product. They will be competing for $20,000 and the opportunity to qualify for the national Moot Court business plan competition at the University of Texas. The KU business plan was developed by students in the graduate New Ventures Creation class taught by Wally Meyer. There will also be a KU team invited to the University of Texas for a competition.


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