2009-2010 Events
December 4-6
"Business Plan Workshop" Seminar
SoBA
January 22-24
"Managing and Marketing a Growing
Business" Seminar
January 29-31
"High-tech and Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs" Seminar
SoBA
February 5-7
"Financing New Ventures" Seminar
SoBA-led by Dr. Mike Braun
May 13
21st Annual John Ruffatto Business Plan Competition
5pm GBB106
May 14
Annual Spring meeting, open to MADE members only
October 28, 2010
Pioneer in Industry Awards
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Mission Statement:
MADE promotes and projects the
spirit of entrepreneurship to The University of Montana's
School of Business Administration and Montana entrepreneurs
through providing educational opportunities.
Pioneer in Industry Awards
In 2010, the Fifth Annual Pioneer in Industry Awards are being presented by The University of Montana’s School of Business Administration and the Montana Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs (MADE) to Craig Barrett, Intel Corporation, and Barbara Barrett, Diplomat. The Barrett's will attend, an intimate luncheon event attended by twenty of SoBA’s top undergraduate and MBA students where they will be able able to talk one-on-one with Craig and Barbara Barrett. The Barrett's will also present at an Open Forum open to the public. Further details to follow.
The 2008 Pioneer In Industry Awards dinner and awards presentation was attended by close to 200 business people, MADE members, faculty, students and community members. Dr. Jeff Shay, Chris Corbin, Liz Marchi and Diane Smith provided introductions to the MADE programs and to the honored awardees Mark Kvamme, Partner at Sequoia Capital and Karen Puckett, President and COO of CenturyTel. Both Kvamme and Puckett expressed their gratitude and excitement concerning the quality and enthusiasm of SoBA’s students and the MADE program. For more information about MADE’s programs, click here
Past recipients include: Warren Miller (Warren Miller Productions), Stuart Evey (Founding Chairman of ESPN), William Allen (former CEO of Boeing Corporation), Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg (Founders of Liz Claiborne, Inc.), Thomas Siebel (Founder of Siebel Systems and the Montana Meth Project) and Dennis Washington (Founder of Washington Group International). Click here for more information about the recipients and the award.
MADE's 2010 Seminar
Series
This Spring the Montana Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs
will offer its eighth annual
Advanced Entrepreneurship Seminars course.
This year 32 successful entrepreneurs
selected from and by the MADE organization will teach up to 45 MBA and MAcct students and 15 undergraduate students in
each of their three weekend seminars. The spring seminars are organized
around three separate topics:
Managing and Marketing a New Venture,
High-technology Start-ups and Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs, and
Financing New Ventures. The seminars provide the opportunity
for SoBA students to engage in face-to-face discussions with successful
entrepreneurs. Click here
for more information on the MADE Seminar Series.
2009 Business Plan Competition: Over $25,000 awarded!
The 20th Annual Business Plan Competition was held on May 14, 2009 and more than $25,000 in prizes awarded. The big winners were:
High Growth Division
Openlink – Schuyler Mann and Sarah Fitz
gerald
Ninja Software – Daniel Lande, Jacob Marchi, Blake McWilliams, Kevin O’Reilly
Eden Systems – R Scott Gray – also taking the People's Choice Award and the Environmental and Social Responsibility Award during the evening
Lifestyle Division
Simple Space Solutions – Tina Engel, Jennifer Hess, Kayluh Menager, Virginia Tynan
Ever After Elegance – Kristen Mansch
Undergraduate Winners
Montana Subcontractor Database – Ryan Martin, Jeffrey Quickel, Necia Wayland-Smith
Aloha Fitness & Health – Stephanie Potter – also winning the Poise-Charisma & Passion Award
Click here for more information on this exciting event.