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     <item><title>Venture Capital News</title><link>http://news.annarborspark.org/public/item/129814</link><description>Search for recent news on Michigan Venture Capital&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.michiganvca.org/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Michigan Venture Capital Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;A public policy advocate for the private equity/venture capital industry, working to promote entrepreneurism and private equity investment.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gaebler.com/Michigan-venture-capital-firms.htm" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Michigan Venture Capital Firms - Entrepreneurial Resources in ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Looking for Michigan venture capital firms? This is a list of venture capital firms in Michigan. We are constantly updating our list of Michigan venture ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.annarborspark.org/public/blog/129814" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Venture Capital News | SPARK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Search for recent news on Michigan Venture Capital. ... Michigan Venture Capital Firms - Entrepreneurial Resources in ... . Looking for Michigan venture ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.umich.edu/~cvpumbs/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Michigan - Ross School of Business : : Center for Venture Capital ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Michigan - Ross School of Business : : Center for Venture Capital &amp; Private ... The Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance (CVP) oversees the ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eilerpr.com/stories_mvca.htm" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Eiler PR Success Stories: Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The Michigan Venture Capitalist Association (MVCA) is the state's premier public policy advocate for the venture capital industry.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-29544-98363--,00.html" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;GRANHOLM - Venture Michigan Fund Accepting Proposals for New $150 ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The fund is designed to give Michigan technology start-up companies access to the venture capital needed to become successful job-producing businesses. ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://miventurecapital.com/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Michigan Venture Capital&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Michigan Venture Capital is intended as an investment vehicle for real estate projects in Michigan only. Those projects can be new from ground up, ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.mlive.com/ann_arbor_business_review/2008/04/state_venture_capital_experts.html" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Michigan venture capital pros: Region attracting attention - Ann ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Apr 10, 2008 ... Michigan has more than $1 billion in capital, according to statistics from the Michigan Venture Capital Association. ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.absolutemichigan.com/map//?linkid=7193" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;The Michigan Venture Capital Association - Absolute Michigan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Click to visit The Michigan Venture Capital Association web site We are comprised of and organized by venture capital, private equity and professional ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitechnews.mediarica.com/archives/224" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;MiTechNews-MediaRica · Michigan Venture Capital Overview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Jul 11, 2008 ... The Michigan Technology News Podcast is part of the MediaRica Network.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5251/is_200704/ai_n20124075" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Toward a 'Third Coast'; Michigan venture capital starts to show up ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Toward a Third Coast; Michigan venture capital starts to show up on national radar.(Supplement) from Crains Detroit Business in Business provided by Find ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.michigangcs.com/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Michigan GCS, the Midwest's premier venture capital conference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) is the premier event where financiers meet the 'Best of the Midwest' in new businesses and emerging ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://banking-finance.careerbuilder.com/bf.ic/Michigan_VCPrivateEquity.htm" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Michigan Venture Capital Jobs on CareerBuilder.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Looking for Michigan Venture Capital jobs? See currently available job openings on CareerBuilder.com. Browse the current listings and fill out job ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://turbotax.intuit.com/support/kb/state-taxes/state-issues/5698.html" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Michigan: Venture Capital Deduction disallowed for TY07 - TurboTax ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Feb 27, 2008 ... No companies were certified for the Michigan Venture Capital Deduction in ... The Michigan Department of Revenue changed the Venture Capital ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.mlive.com/businessinnovation/2008/06/michigan_venture_capital_firms.html" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Michigan venture capital firms focus on fundraising - Michigan ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Jun 17, 2008 ... No matter how you look at it, Michigan still has a long way to go when it comes to securing venture capital funding. ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cmurc.com/tech-venture.htm" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Venture Capital - Technology Acceleration at Central Michigan ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The entire list of Michigan venture capital companies, along with their investment profiles can be found at the MEDC website at medc.michigan.org. ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bodmanllp.com/publications/articles/pdfs/early_stage_venture_capital_markets.pdf" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;What?s Happening in Michigan Early-Stage Venture Capital Markets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;venture capital funds. Michigan start-ups and. early-stagecompaniesalsooftenreceivefund- ..... Exhibit 2. Michigan Venture Capital Transactions 2004 ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://comment-blog.advance.net/cgi-bin/mte/mt-search.cgi?tag=Michigan%20Venture%20Capital%20Association&amp;blog_id=4060" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Michigan Business Innovation - Nathan Bomey - Michigan Business ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Jun 17, 2008 ... Entries from Michigan Business Innovation - Nathan Bomey - Michigan Business Review - MLive.com tagged with 'Michigan Venture Capital ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.michiganadvantage.org/Targeted-Initiatives/Capital-Market-Development/Default.aspx" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;The Michigan Economic Development Corporation: The Michigan ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Established by venture capital and private equity investors in the state, the Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA) (www.michiganvca.org) is the ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20070423/SUB/70419002/-1" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Toward a ?Third Coast? - Crain's Detroit Business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Apr 23, 2007 ... And if Michigan has a way to go before it becomes the ?third coast,? it is now on the national venture-capital radar. 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       </item><item><title>Marketing (PPT)</title><link>http://news.annarborspark.org/public/item/129813</link><description>Presentations on Entrepreneurial Marketing (PowerPoint)&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fsf.se/files/Forum_present/Hills-Hultman.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Entrepreneurial Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;(Zeithamel &amp; Zeithamel, 1986) Marketing theory should explicitly adopt a proactive, entrepreneurial orientation to the management of environmental ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myoops.org/cocw/mit/NR/rdonlyres/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-835Entrepreneurial-MarketingSpring2002/4AD3EF39-7F19-4CAB-8F7E-2ECCE8FEE88D/0/session4.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;15.835: Entrepreneurial Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The systematic and objective search for and analysis of information relevant to the identification and solution of any problem in the field of marketing ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myoops.org/twocw/mit/NR/rdonlyres/Sloan-School-of-Management/15-835Entrepreneurial-MarketingSpring2002/90FB1F70-F6DA-47D4-93F5-ED193118ABD2/0/session1.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Welcome to 15.835! Entrepreneurial Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Entrepreneurial Marketing. Session 1: Entrepreneurship and Marketing. Puzzle I. Who are the major competitors of successful new vetures? ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stanford.edu/class/msande271/projects/GEM%2008%20SPR%20Final%20Projects.04.04.08.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Global Entrepreneurial Marketing (GEM)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Global Entrepreneurial Marketing (GEM). Final Projects. The GEM Teaching Team: Instructors: Tom Kosnik, Lynda Smith, Donna Novitsky, and Lena Ramfelt ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/~ieor190b/slides/mod1-2summary.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Entrepreneurial Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Entrepreneurial Marketing. Course Introduction. College of Engineering. University of California, Berkeley. Scope of Marketing Course ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.edinburgh-entrepreneur.man.ed.ac.uk/assets/documents/ppt/entrepreneurial-marketing.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Entrepreneurial Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Entrepreneurial Marketing is about gathering the evidence that convinces individuals* surrounding venture to act &amp; react by exploiting breakthroughs ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://jazi.staff.ugm.ac.id/High-Tech%20Entrepreneurship/E145_WorkshopB_Mktg.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;E145/STS173 Workshop B Entrepreneurial Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;What is Entrepreneurial Marketing? How Can a Venture ?Cross the Chasm?? Positioning and Penetration Strategies. Positioning Examples ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/programs/orientation/MBA_Orientation_Fall_2008.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;The Undergraduate Marketing Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;MKTG 781 - Entrepreneurial Marketing, .5 CU MKTG 782 - Multinational Marketing, .5 CU MKTG 786 - Business to Business Marketing, .5 CU ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.entrepreneurship.fiu.edu/downloads/alan_carsrud/emba%20new%20venture/NV-Marketing-MBA-PM2005.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Marketing the New Venture Dr. Alan L. Carsrud The Eugenio Pino ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Marketing the New Venture Dr. Alan L. Carsrud The Eugenio Pino &amp; Family Global Entrepreneurship Center Florida International University ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://faculty.unlv.edu/phelan/MGT709/On_Marketing.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;On Entrepreneurial Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Entrepreneurial Marketing. MGT 709 New Venture Creation. Agenda. Adams; Guest Speaker; Icebreaker; Keurig. Adams On Marketing ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://sbm.temple.edu/iei/documents/MarketingandSales10-4-2.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Entrepreneurial Marketing and Brand Management&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Entrepreneurial Marketing and Brand Management. Presented by Dr. Jean Wilcox. April 25, 2006. Temple University Fall 2007. Dr. Jean Wilcox. Key to Marketing ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stanford.edu/class/msande271/slides08Spr/GEM%2008%20SPR%20Course%20Intro.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Day 1 Introduction to Global Entrepreneurial MarketingGEM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Admissions; The GEM learning community; What are our expectations; What is Global Entrepreneurial MarketingGEM; Why we should care about GEM ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://gees.pbwiki.com/f/heamarketing.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;D5 ? Ready to Start&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Entrepreneurial Marketing. D5 ? Entrepreneurial Marketing. Aim. To appreciate the importance of marketing throughout the business start up process ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.wau.nl/wso/tempimageeday/entrepreneurship.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;entrepreneurship@wageningen: Learning from best practices in ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;EEE 620 Entrepreneurship and Corporate Venturing; EEE 625 Venture Capital; EEE 682 Entrepreneurial Marketing; EEE 644 Dilemmas and Debates in ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/centers/case/leaders/conference/documents/s-e-conf2005/breakouts1/marketing_strat_gaddy_parker_pryfogle.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Marketing Strategies for Entrepreneurial Nonprofits: Back to Basics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Marketing Strategies for Entrepreneurial Nonprofits. 3. Workshop Objectives. To invite you back to the basics of paying attention to what is. ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ecedha.org/2000-01/annual_pres/byers.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Entrepreneurship Education for Engineering Students&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;E145 Intro To Entrepreneurship. MS&amp;E201 Creativity and Innovation. MS&amp;E270 High Technology Strategy. MS&amp;E271 Entrepreneurial Marketing ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nus.edu.sg/nec/education/TMbrief-20051024.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;http://www.nus.edu.sg/nec/education/TMbrief-20051024.ppt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;NUS Entrepreneurship Centre. At least 4 Modules offered by NEC. a. TR2201 Entrepreneurial Marketing. b. TR2202 Technological Innovation ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.palgrave.com/business/burns/burns1/lecturers/powerpoint/Chapter%2005.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;http://www.palgrave.com/business/burns/burns1/lecturers/powerpoint/Chapter%2005.ppt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Paul Burns, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Palgrave, 2001. Entrepreneurial marketing planning. Determine future organisational performance objectives ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ofcvc.org/HBCU%20Deans%20Seminar%202005.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;2005 HBCU Dean/Faculty Development Seminar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Marketing. Economics. Management. Entrepreneurship and Student Demand ... Entrepreneurial Marketing. MBO/MBI. Entrepreneurship. in organizations ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.csb.uncw.edu/people/rowej/classes/EBD380/EBD380%20Class%207%20Student.ppt" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Click to edit Master title style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Entrepreneurial Marketing Outline. Defining the Marketing 5Cs of Your Business ... Entrepreneurial Marketing Techniques; Entrepreneurial Selling ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.annarborspark.org/public/item/129813</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2006 02:06:54 -0400</pubDate>
        
        
        
        
        
       
        
        
        
        
        
       </item><item><title>Business Plan Competitions</title><link>http://news.annarborspark.org/public/item/129812</link><description>Review of current news on relevant business plan competitions&lt;h3&gt;See Also&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu/events_programs/busplan_competition.asp" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies - Michigan ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Student teams that want to put their business skills to the test should participate in the Michigan Business Challenge (MBC). They will gain invaluable ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themedc.org/notices/detail.aspx?contentid=dc7e7129-be96-4b9d-b111-98da5a75ebbd" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;The Michigan Economic Development Corporation: 21st Century Jobs ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has created an official 2008 21st Century Jobs Fund Business Plan Competition FAQs. We aim to answer questions ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themedc.org/Notices/Detail.aspx?ContentId=efd07473-26cb-4c92-ab47-60e3a203e5c4" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;The Michigan Economic Development Corporation: 21st Century Jobs ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Mar 12, 2008 ... 300 North Washington Square Lansing, Michigan 48913 (517) 373-7356. Link to the official 2008 21CJF Business Plan Competition Web portal ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.businessplanmaster.com/2008/03/michigan-2008-business-plan-competition.html" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Business Plan Master: Michigan 2008 Business Plan Competition Has ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Michigan 2008 Business Plan Competition Has Been Announced! There is a $500 entrance fee, so only serious businesses need apply. ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.snre.umich.edu/newsroom/2008-04-23/top_seed_erb_students_win_second_business_plan_competition" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Top seed: Erb students win second business plan competition ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Apr 23, 2008 ... Top seed: Erb students win second business plan competition ... The Erb Institute at the University of Michigan fosters global sustainable ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.mlive.com/wmbr/2008/04/gvsu_starts_businessplan_conte.html" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;GVSU starts business-plan contest - Business Review Western ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Apr 11, 2008 ... Posted by LYNN STEVENS | Business Review Western Michigan April 11, ... plan last week at the university's first business plan competition. ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cob.emich.edu/include/templatesubpage.cfm?id=1115" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Business Plan Competition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The Center For Entrepreneurship at Eastern Michigan University is proud to present the first Business Plan Competition for members of the Midwest region. ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://webb.nmu.edu/Colleges/Business/SiteSections/Programs/Majors/BusinessPlanCompetition.shtml" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Northern Michigan University Programs Entrepreneurship Business ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Northern Michigan University students, irrespective of their major, are invited to participate in the inaugural New Business Venture Competition. ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.absolutemichigan.com/search/?linkid=5455" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest Business Plan Competition ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Anyone who lives, works or attends school in Michigan can make the Quest and access expert training, networking, coaching and capital. ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cba.unl.edu/outreach/ent/bpc/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;UNL | NCE | Conferences | New Ventures World Competition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;(Previously International Business Plan Competition) ... 3rd Place, $1500: Hitchsters, University of Michigan-Operates a service that connects travelers ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS186221+04-Mar-2008+PRN20080304" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Zell Lurie Institute Coaches University of Michigan Business Plan ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Mar 4, 2008 ... Zell Lurie Institute Coaches University of Michigan Business Plan Teams to ... Business Plan Competition ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 4 /PRNewswire/&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://sbaer.uca.edu/research/usasbe/2008/pdf/PaperID226.pdf" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;HOW TO LAUNCH A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION? A BEST ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Enterprise MBA Business Plan Competition; Paul Kirsch, program manager for student. program and coordinator of the campus wide Michigan Business Challenge; ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://walmartstores.com/FactsNews/NewsRoom/8215.aspx" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - University of Michigan Students Win Top ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Apr 21, 2008 ... Students representing the University of Michigan?s Ross School of Business ... during the Better Living Business Plan Competition included, ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.news.cmich.edu/2008/04/family-inspires-cmu-business-p/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Family inspires CMU business plan competition winners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Apr 30, 2008 ... Central Michigan University's business plan competition first-place winners have two things in common: they are both women and both of their ...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mbajungle.com/businessplan2006/" target=%quot;_blank%quot;&gt;Jungle Business Plan Challege&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Second place went to Savium Technologies of the University of Michigan. 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