2018 Manitoba New Venture Championships

April 5, 2018 —

University level entrepreneurs will vie for over $10,000 in prizes at the Manitoba New Venture Championships (MNVC) on Saturday, April 7, 2018. The MNVC is hosted by the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship at the Asper School of Business.

The MNVC is a one-day competition that gives undergraduate students from across Manitoba the opportunity to compete based on new business ideas they have created. This year the MNVC welcomes students from Brandon University, Red River College and the University of Manitoba.

Students will compete in an idea pitch, a logo competition and a formal business plan presentation with a first place prize of $5,000.

Judges of the MNVC include 20 local business professionals from a broad range of public and private sector organizations. These judges give valuable feedback and advice to students based on their experiences in the workforce.

Manitoba New Venture Championships
Saturday, April 7, 2018

Idea Pitch & Logo Competition
10:35 AM – 11:40 AM (Room 343, Drake Centre, University of Manitoba)
Championship Round
12:45 PM – 2:40 PM (Room 343, Drake Centre, University of Manitoba)

Asper School of Business, Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship

Empowering entrepreneurship to advance inclusivity and deliver greater value

Kiran Pedada (Assistant Professor of Marketing and The Associates Fellow in Marketing and Inclusive Business), has published a study in the FT50-ranked Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. The paper, “Rural women microentrepreneurs, consumer acquisition, and value delivery,” examines how recruiting women entrepreneurs living in rural India can aid in consumer acquisition and value delivery.