The 10th annual entrepreneurial competition, which is the largest of its kind in the nation, is accepting entries, and $300,000 is up for grabs this year.
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Next year, the statewide, entrepreneurial Minnesota Cup competition will include a “food, agriculture, and beverage” category and a total of $300,000 in prize money.
Preceptis Medical, which won $25,000 for being named a division winner, will now receive an additional $40,000.
The statewide entrepreneurial competition has chosen six divisional winners out of more than 1,000 Minnesota entrees.
Narrowed from a pool of 57 semifinalists, the 18 selected finalists will now compete for a share of $200,000 in prize money.
The 57 semifinalists move to the next round in the annual competition, advancing closer to $200,000 in prizes.
Entrepreneurs seeking exposure and a share of $200,000 in start-up capital have until May 17 to submit their proposals.
The company, founded by a former Best Buy executive, developed a mobile application platform that allows people to receive updates about their loved ones in real time from daycare providers, hospitals, and care facilities.
The six division winners, who have already secured cash prizes, will make their final business pitches before a grand-prize review board next month—and the grand-prize winner will receive another $40,000.
The start-up developed a Yelp-like website and smartphone application aimed at sustaining black-owned businesses and decreasing the unemployment rate within the black community.
Finalists will compete first for their respective division title and a cash prize; division winners will then vie for the Minnesota Cup, which comes with a $40,000 grand prize.
The pool of contestants has been narrowed down to 49 semi-finalists who are vying for a share of the $200,000 prize.
Minnesota entrepreneurs are once again invited to submit their creative business ideas to the Minnesota Cup competition-and this year's contest features more prize money than ever before. The Minnesota Cup
The company-whose noninvasive device can identify lethal coronary blockages in less than 20 seconds-beat out more than 1,000 participants before being named this year's grand-prize winner.
The seventh-annual Minnesota Cup on Tuesday named this year's division winners-each of whom will receive thousands of dollars in seed funding and go on to compete for the grand prize
Sixteen finalists were named Friday in this year's Minnesota Cup competition-a statewide contest that seeks out the state's newest and most innovative business ideas. The finalist business ventures, many of
Car-sharing organization HourCar was recently named the social entrepreneur division winner in the 2011 Minnesota Cup competition. St. Paul-based HourCar is a program of nonprofit Neighborhood Energy Connection, which pioneered
As the application deadline nears for the 2011 Minnesota Cup, the entrepreneurial competition has raised the stakes. The seventh-annual contest-which began accepting entries in March-previously announced that it would give