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Springboard provides students opportunity to start a business

April 27, 2013 by JP Festa

Springboard challenge offers Abilene students and community chance to compete for money to grow their business. Video/editing by JP Festa ... [Read More…]

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The Optimist Print Edition: 04.26.13

April 26, 2013 by Optimist Staff

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Navigation app wins Challenge

April 26, 2013 by Josh Garcia

The College of Business Administration awarded $100,000 in prizes Tuesday for the Springboard Ideas Challenge. The Springboard Ideas Challenge is a mini-business plan competition across the Big Country region. Students present business proposals and receive cash awards to jump start their plans. The competition is divided into two categories, ... [Read More…]

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Business competition gives students chance to win for ideas

March 6, 2013 by Brittany Jackson

Springboard Ideas Challenge is back and offering another chance for aspiring entrepreneurs to achieve their dreams. The challenge, which primarily reaches business students, is open to any full-time student with hopes of one day starting their own business. It targets a wide range of people within 19 different counties of the Big Country region ... [Read More…]

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Springboard Challenge winner launches art gallery website

February 13, 2013 by Emmett Niland

Thomas Griffin, Winner of the Springboard Elevator Pitch, has launched an online art gallery exclusively for college students. Griffin, senior business marketing major from Marble Falls, started emineoart.com as a passion project to help promote talented young artist by providing a place where their art could be viewed and purchased by a large ... [Read More…]

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Springboard Challenge names winners

April 20, 2012 by Marissa Jones

Two student business ideas were selected as Grand Prize winners out of 20 finalists at the Springboard Awards Dinner. One winner was selected from the college division and one from the the community division. In the college division, Eldad Campbell was awarded $10,000 for his company, Double Impact Shoes, to provide customizable athletic socks to ... [Read More…]

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Video: Springboard 2012

March 27, 2012 by Lucius Patenaude

Joseph Quigley shares about his experience with Springboard and offers insight to potential competitors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msMhJsMgv20 Video/editing by Lucius Patenaude ... [Read More…]

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Springboard 2012

March 27, 2012 by Lucius Patenaude

Joseph Quigley shares about his experience with Springboard and offers insight to potential competitors. Video/editing by Lucius Patenaude ... [Read More…]

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