<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/westmont-news/college-entrepreneurs-pitch-biz-plans.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>03/03/2008</pubDate><title>College Entrepreneurs to Pitch Biz Plans</title><excerpt>A world-class panel of evaluators and qualified investors will assess 10 national semifinal ventures at the 5th Annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (S.E.E.D.) National Collegiate Venture Forum, March 14-15 at the Reagan Ranch Center. The event helps top college entrepreneurs meet potential capital funding for their business plans. The student presentations on Friday, March 14 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 15, from 8-11:30 a.m. are free and open to the public.Dr. David Newton, professor of entrepreneurial finance at Westmont and president of TechKnowledge Point, launched the event in 2003. This year, Westmont students will present their venture Zipperz Corporation along with nine others from UC Santa Barbara, Union (NY), Harvard, Belmont (TN), Emory, and the Universities of Wisconsin-Madison, San Francisco, Florida, and Central Oklahoma.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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