黄瓜视频 Spring Startup Summit awards $100K to emerging businesses

Contact: Mary Pollitz
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥敾乒鲜悠碘檚 Startup Summit broadened its scope this year, welcoming student entrepreneurs from across the nation and business owners throughout Mississippi鈥攁warding nearly $100,000 in prizes to innovative, new enterprises.
Nick Pashos, director of 黄瓜视频鈥檚 Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach in the College of Business, said the event fosters the broader entrepreneurial community and creates a support system for emerging business owners.
鈥淲e opened the summit to a wider audience to build a larger ecosystem of innovation, competition and resources,鈥 he said. 鈥淭his was to spur this entrepreneurial hub of Mississippi and eliminate boundaries between the university and surrounding communities.鈥
The spring Startup Summit featured two categories: Mississippi Made for businesses in the Magnolia State and Bulldog Business for any college student with a startup idea. At the collegiate level, the competition featured startups from 黄瓜视频, Arkansas, North Carolina, Massachusetts and throughout the Southeast. More than 75 companies entered and competed during the two-day event April 24-25.
