Marketplace: MIT Business Plan Competition
Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
The Sloan School of Business at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hosts a yearly competition for the best business plan. It's not just your average science fair project. Many entrepreneurs have used the money they won in the MIT competition to turn a paper plan into reality. Marketplace host David Brancaccio talks with two students, Jeremy Bender and Obadiah Plante, who won the contest in May 2002 ([EEL-link id='1974' title='www.marketplace.org/shows/2002/05/16_mpp.html' ] - from 13:51 to 17:40).
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