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John Ruffatto Montana University Student Business Plan Competition – Education to eats: Student startup challenge draws next-gen businesses to competition

April 16, 2018 /

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The MDT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program encourages and supports the participation of companies owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in transportation contracts.

When Jennifer Sheets first presented her idea for a web-based writing tutorial at 1 Million Cups back in December, her elevator pitch – by her own acknowledgment – needed a little fine tuning.

Mission accomplished.

Sheets nailed her StorySquares pitch on Friday night at the 28th annual John Raffatto Business Startup Challenge https://www.business.umt.edu/competitions/startup/default.php at the University of Montana, securing the $15,000 first-place prize, as well as the People’s Choice award and its $3,500 purse.

By Martin Kidston

https://www.missoulacurrent.com/um-news/2018/04/startup-challenge-um/

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Bozeman is a rapidly growing city with a high quality of life in part due to the easy access to the outdoors, burgeoning tech industry, and cultural experiences it offers.

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