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Sponsor's Menu

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Complete Sponsor Info Package

If you have further questions please contact Larae Hackney:

Phone: 406-243-4830
Email: larae.hackney@business.umt.edu

Platinum Sponsors ($2,500+):

Alpine Log Homes

City Brew Coffee

Flathead Beacon

George C. Dodge Foundation

Huse Law Office, P.C.

saltStudio

Seaspan/Kyle Washington

Surgical Principles, Inc.

Temp Right Services/Fred Ferreira

University of Montana Office of the President

Gold Sponsors ($1,000+):

Allied Waste Systems

Anderson ZurMuehlen

Bank of Montana

Big Sky Brewing Company

Broadway Inn

Campus Inn

First Security Bank of Missoula

Glacier Venture Fund - John Marchi

Governor's Office of Economic Development

Hilton Garden Inn

Merlin Information Services

Missoula Federal Credit Union

Missoulian

Montana Board of Investments

Mountain West Bank

Northern Rockies Venture Fund/Ed Wetherbee

NorthWestern Energy

Old Saw Mill District Project

Payne Financial Group
PrintingForLess.com

Pyron Technologies

Quality Construction

Smurfit-Stone Container

Spiker Communications

US Bank

vSpring Capital

Wells Fargo Bank

Western States Insurance
 

Student Resources

Students and instructors frequently ask to see plans and presentations from teams competing in previous events. Below you'll find samples of each to help you gauge where you need to be on competition day.  The John Ruffatto Business Plan Competition thanks previous competitors for allowing us to provide this information for you.

Sample Business Plans

Action Grain Marketing - 2006 Lifestyle Division Winning Plan

The Uptown Market - 2007 Lifestyle Division Winning Plan

Air Montana - 2001, 1st Place

Genre & Mode - 2007, 1st Place Under Grad & 2nd in High Growth

Ataraxy - 2007 Lifestyle Division 2nd Place

Cookie Creations - 2007, 3rd Place Undergrad Business Plan

Revolution Motorsport - 2007, Wildcard Round Finalist

Kosmobo - 2007, Wildcard Round Finalist

Hide-A-Green - 2007, Wildcard Round Finalist

Hometown Pharmacy - 2007, Best MBA & Highgrowth Division 1st Place

Thin Air Technologies - 2006, First Place (tie) High Growth Division

White River Brewery - - 2006, First Place (tie) High Growth Division

Wild Country Adventure - 2006, Semifinalist, Lifestyle Division

Great Northern Auto Finance - 2005, 1st Place


Sample Business Plan Presentations
 Click her for webcasts of 2008 event

Click on the links below to view presentations from 2006:

Action Grain Marketing
Guarana Energia
Thin Air Technologies
White River Brewery

 

 
 
  
       

 
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