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Debra Jonasson-Young, director of the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship.

The Free Press: ‘Entrepreneurship knows no boundaries’: U of M pitch competition nears

April 22, 2025 — 

Marketing for the three-day competition hit a new level, reaching more schools than past years. Undergraduate and graduate teams pitch their businesses and ideas to local judges; $60,000 is dispersed among winners.

Harvard and Tulane are among the schools new to attending, said Debra Jonasson-Young, I.H. Asper executive director for entrepreneurship at the University of Manitoba’s Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and the University of Arkansas are regulars.

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