<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/westmont-news/business-student-winners-are-shoe.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>12/07/2007</pubDate><title>Business Student Winners Are A Shoe In</title><excerpt>Four student venture teams from Westmont’s entrepreneurship class presented their start-up business plans to a panel of outside reviewers, but in the end, one team ran away from the competition. Zipperz LLC, an innovative new trend in the casual shoe industry, claimed first place at the competition in Hieronymus Lounge in Kerrwood Hall Dec. 6.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="http://blogs.westmont.edu/public_affairs/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/jjbaileyy.jpg" alt="JJ Bailey at 2005’s competition"/>
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