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Students Impress Founders of Blossom LLC with Innovative Ideas

On March 27, 2019, Graduate and Professional students competed in a case-study competition in which competitors pitched their business plans for vertical expansion at Blossom, LLC. Blossom LLC is a bartering marketplace that allows anyone to easily and securely exchange goods

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Avoiding Common Startup Pitfalls: Advice from Jordan Elliott and Blake Marggraff

Recently, Sling Health hosted an interactive presentation on common pitfalls and mistakes in startup incorporation and equity. They invited Jordan Elliott to speak on common legal issues and Blake Marggraff to share his journey of starting a successful company. “Nothing

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2019 Skandalaris Venture Competition Finalists Announced

The Skandalaris Center is thrilled to announce the finalists for the first-ever Skandalaris Venture Competition. This program is open to current Washington University students and provides expert mentorship to new ventures and startups to ready them for commercializing their idea,

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StEP Spotlights #3: UShuttle

WashU is full of student entrepreneurs with inspiring stories to tell.   That is why we have started our StEP Spotlights campaign, to highlight the amazing student business owners and their businesses that are thriving here on campus.   Taylor

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GiftAMeal Selected as a Top 25 Startup of the Year at SXSW

GiftAMeal to compete in Austin against top startups from around the world.   From GiftAMeal’s Blog GiftAMeal has been invited to participate in the 2019 Startup of the Year SXSW Competition. Startup of the Year is powered by Established, a

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