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Two new Business Plan Competitions

by Noah Parsons on February 5, 2007

Southeast BIO, which supports the life science industry, is launching a business plan competition designed to help
foster new company growth. The BIO/Plan Competition will match entrepreneurs
with mentors in an attempt to build what SEBIO calls
“venture-attractive” companies. The winner will receive an award estimated at $100,000.

AND

The Hormel Family Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to
McCook Community College and business development in McCook, unveiled
plans today to launch a $25,000 cash award business plan competition to
attract business to the area.

About the author: Before joining Palo Alto Software, Noah Parsons was an early Internet marketing expert in the Silicon Valley. He joined Yahoo! in 1996 as one of its first 101 employees and become Producer of the Yahoo! Employment property as part of the Yahoo! Classifieds team before leaving to serve as Director of Production at Epinions.com. He is a graduate of Princeton University. Noah devotes most of his free time to his three young sons. In the winter you'll find him giving them lessons on the ski slopes, and in summer they're usually involved in a variety of outdoor pursuits. Noah is currently the COO at Palo Alto Software. More »

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