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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Brock School of Business Students,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We hope you will plan to attend
<b>The Lion’s Den</b> business competition next Thursday, October 10 from 4-6 pm in Samford’s Wright Center. Tickets are
<b>FREE</b> for all students, but you need to confirm your attendance through our Wright Center ticketing system in advance.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">You will receive both a
<b>convocation credit</b> and <b>professional development credit (PD)</b> for attending the event.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Get your free ticket
</span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/7221039/lions-den-main-event-birmingham-leslie-swright-fine-arts-center?country=US&language=en">here</a>.</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Lion’s Den is a “Shark Tank” style event where 3 international companies will present their business plan to a live audience and a panel of experts who will evaluate each company’s ability to produce
financial, social, conservation, and spiritual results, known as the “quadruple bottom-line.” Audience members will
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#363636;background:white">vote throughout the event and select which company best survives The Lion’s Den.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#363636;background:white">You also are encouraged to visit the corporate sponsors for professional networking in the Exhibit Hall of the Wright Center lobby from 2:30-5 pm.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The goal of this 6<sup>th</sup> annual event is to “Inspire, Educate and Mobilize” people to invest their time, talents and other resources in the Kingdom through Business as Mission. You can go
to the website and look at</span><span style="color:black"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.thelionsden.us_archives&d=DwMFAg&c=GTxgfYI6i4KYikqC6GK_Jzn2mYGEh-v4HEPYCyQcJzU&r=8GKaWNKnXt-7ecuD_q-FRB7Q1d8c-c98VWmHqSLJJnU&m=JrLyOW_5IaFREHyQiRDeY-Aptds2c1sKY9Lqemu2N6I&s=xugC3g1jnLr9cminrLAy_8VqImfyv8eGe2mCRONeMzc&e=">the
prior events</a><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">from 2014 to 2018. The 2018 event included over 325 attendees from 10 countries, 82 cities and 25 states. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0C2340">Betsy Bugg Holloway, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Birmingham, AL 35229</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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