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The competition, held by CSUSB’s Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE) in the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration, is accepting entries until 11:59 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2.
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Kids That Code, a CSUSB graduate student-created company that teaches children computer-related topics, held an open house for its education center.
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The 2020 Garner Holt Student Fast Pitch Competition, where CSUSB students can pitch their business venture ideas for cash prizes, is accepting submissions until midnight, Sept. 27.
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This year’s competition, presented by the CSUSB Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE), will be held Monday, Nov. 6, from 5-9 p.m. at the Esri Conference Center, 380 New York St., Redlands.
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Of the 16 semi-finalist competitors, five finalists have been chosen to pitch their business ideas for the chance to win part of the $7,000 in cash prizes at the Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards Gala on Nov. 14.
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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.