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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The Brock School of Business has partnered with Regions Bank for the ninth year to host the Regions New Venture Challenge business plan competition for Samford Students.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Submission deadline
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Friday, March 31, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Monetary prizes for each division are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">BUSA 100 Division<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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1st place: $ 2,500<br>
2nd place: $ 1,500<br>
3rd place: $ 1,000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Open Division</span></i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>
1st place: $7,500<br>
2nd place: $5,000<br>
3rd place: $2,500<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Open Division business plans should be submitted electronically to Professor Franz Lohrke (<a href="mailto:ftlohrke@samford.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">ftlohrke@samford.edu</span></a><u>)</u>
by the deadline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Other important dates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Friday, April 7<sup>th</sup>, Semifinals, Cooney Hall, 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Friday, April 14<sup>th
</sup>(Good Friday) Finals, Cooney Hall, 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">For more information, suggested business plan format, and eligibility rules, see<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="http://bit.ly/NVC2017"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://bit.ly/NVC2017</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dr. L.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.3pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002649">Franz T. Lohrke</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.2pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002649">Brock Family Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship<br>
Brock School of Business<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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