Monthly Archives for: April, 2012
2012 Governor’s Cup Winners!
GRADUATE WINNERS 1st Place – $25,000: MASH Tool USA MASH Tool brings you all your landscaping and construction needs! Team Captain: Angela Douglas, MBA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Elizabeth Lewis, MBA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Sarah Zalas, MBA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Brandon Peters, MBA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Peter Nazarechuck, MBA, University of [...]
Lockwood landfill uses methane to turn trash into electricity
It isn’t quite turning garbage into gold. But it’s close. For the past couple of weeks, Waste Management’s Lockwood landfill has literally been having a gas, generating electricity at its new renewable energy plant by using the methane it produces from decomposing garbage. Since going online, the plant has been sending electricity to the grid as part [...]
Governor’s Cup competition winners crowned Wednesday
Student entrepreneurs collected a total of $100,000 on Wednesday at the eighth annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition awards dinner at the Eldorado Hotel Casino. “This is our eighth year, and what amazes me is that every year, the winning business plans get better and better,” said Dave Archer, president and CEO [...]
2012 Governor’s Cup Oral Presentations
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Governor’s Cup competition winners crowned Wednesday
Student entrepreneurs collected a total of $100,000 on Wednesday at the eighth annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition awards dinner at the Eldorado Hotel Casino. “This is our eighth year, and what amazes me is that every year, the winning business plans get better and better,” said Dave Archer, president and CEO [...]
2012 Governor’s Cup Oral Presentations
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2012 Governor’s Cup Winners!
GRADUATE WINNERS 1st Place – $25,000: MASH Tool USA MASH Tool brings you all your landscaping and construction needs! Team Captain: Angela Douglas, MBA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Elizabeth Lewis, MBA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Sarah Zalas, MBA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Brandon Peters, MBA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Peter Nazarechuck, MBA, University of [...]
Northern Nevada Business plan contests escalate
A dreamer talks about turning an idea into a business. An entrepreneur takes the risk, and makes it a reality. Several business plan competitions are fostering the entrepreneurial spirit in Northern Nevada college students and giving them the tools and funding to start their own companies. Nevada is home to at least half-a-dozen such contests, which are gaining [...]
2012 Governor’s Cup Opening Video – Meet the Team Captains!
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