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A Good Answer in a Business Plan Contest

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It happened last Friday in the semi-final round of the University of Oregon’s New Venture Competition, which was eventually won Saturday by a University of Louisville company named NanoMark Therapuetics. First, because they came out ahead of Green Valley Solar. Image: from the New Venture Championship Blog).

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12 Questions: Meet Michael Irby (USA)

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For example, I recently flew into the Louisville, KY, airport where I had the opportunity to experience the Dyson Airblade hand dryer. In college I utilized “green&# design in every project I could; it wasn’t very popular 12 years ago and only earned me the nickname “hippie&#.

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