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A Good Answer in a Business Plan Contest

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All three of the others were strong business plans, with good product-market possibilities, strong technologies, and strong management. I already said I was the judge in the story above, and the business was Green Valley Solar , which ended up in third place, and impressed the heck out of the five of us tasked with judging that track.

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12 Questions: Meet Michael Irby (USA)

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Since then I have been a bartender, restaurant manager and cabinet maker. For example, I recently flew into the Louisville, KY, airport where I had the opportunity to experience the Dyson Airblade hand dryer. Now that green is hip, which isn’t a bad thing, it seems more achievable.

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