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As part of our celebration of Black History Month, take a look back when Janice Bryant Howroyd, the founder and chief executive officer of The ActOne Group, presided over the awards gala that took place on Nov. 21.
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The 2020 Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards gala, presented by the CSUSB Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship, may be watched in its entirety.
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The 2020 Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards gala will be available for viewing beginning Saturday, Dec. 5, on YouTube, presented by the CSUSB Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship.
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The 2020 Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards will be televised on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 7-8 p.m. PST on KSCI Channel 18.
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The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at CSUSB announced the finalists for this year's Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards program. Eight entrepreneurs were selected from a pool of over 200 nominees.
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CSUSB student entrepreneurs competed at the 2018 Garner Holt Student Fast Pitch Competition, where they each had 90 seconds to pitch their business proposals to a panel of investors.