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Elevator Pitch Competition and Business Plan Competition Results

Congratulations to the winners of the Elevator Pitch Competition and Business Plan Competition held today! The competitions, organized by the Center for Entrepreneurship as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, were open to all Boise State University students. Awards were $250 for First Place, $100 for Second, and $50 for Third in the Undergraduate and Graduate divisions of [...]

Events Highlight Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 16-22

Boise State will participate in Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 16-22 with a series of free sessions for students and the business community.
Global Entrepreneurship Week connects young people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. Students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, non-profit leaders, government officials [...]

COBE Professors Lead Training Sessions in Vietnam

Kirk Smith, Nancy Napier (seated from left)
Two Boise State business professors recently offered a “train the trainer” course to Vietnamese consultants and educators in Hanoi and Nha Trang (in south Vietnam) on how to provide training to small- and medium-sized firms.
Kirk Smith, associate dean for executive education and head of the Executive MBA program in [...]

Samia Islam, a professor of economics at Boise State, to speak about “Our Great Recession”

Samia Islam
November’s Fettuccine Forum will feature two local economists and their take on “Our Great Recession.”
David Eberle, Boise city councilman and economist, will host the discussion with Samia Islam, a professor of economics at Boise State, on Thursday, Nov. 5, in the Rose Room at 718 W. Idaho Street in downtown Boise. Doors open at [...]

Business Plan Challenge

[ November 20, 2009; 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Teams have 15 minutes for presentation of business plan, up to 20 minutes for Q&A.

Extended Deadline: Written business plans due by Friday November 13, 2009.

1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards for undergraduate and graduate teams

This competition is open to all Boise State University Students.

Location: Student Union Building, Boise State University

For more information visit the Center [...]

Elevator Pitch Competition

[ November 20, 2009; 8:30 am to 12:00 pm. ] Do you have an idea for a new product or service? An idea for a new business concept?

Do you want a chance to pitch your idea to entrepreneurs, investors and people who can help you make it happen?

Do you want to win money for your idea?

If so, the Boise State Elevator Pitch is for you!

You [...]

Half-Million Dollar Gift to Help Fund New COBE Building

Boise State University has received a $500,000 commitment from a local business owner, John D. Jackson, to help construct the new College of Business and Economics building.
Jackson announced his donation to the university during the annual Boise State Foundation Board meeting on campus. Jackson serves on the Foundation Board of Directors and Boise State’s Destination [...]

Brandt Lecture to be Rebroadcast on KTVB

The Oct. 19 Brandt Lecture by David Walker — chief auditor for the U.S. government until 2008 — will be broadcast at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, on KTVB Channel 7, and then replayed seven times on 24/7, KTVB’s cable station.
The 24/7 schedule is as follows:

Monday, Nov. 2, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Nov. [...]

‘Lessons from Alumni’ Event Connects Students and Alums

The College of Business and Economics hosted its third annual Lessons from Alumni events Oct. 14-16. More than 200 business and community leaders and students attended the kick-off breakfast in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. Featured speakers included Deborah Westmoreland, Wells Fargo Banking president; Kevin Rigenhagen, managing partner at Northwestern Mutual Financial Network; and Deanna [...]

COBE Golf Tournament Raises Big $$

Thanks to the generosity of many local companies and business leaders, the 13th Annual Friends and Alumni Golf Tournament raised significant money for COBE student scholarships and faculty awards. The golf tournament, put on by the COBE Advisory Council, was held at Crane Creek Country Club on October 1.
To view pictures of the beautiful, fun, [...]