One group at the University of Michigan is gearing up for 1,000 pitches and it's not the baseball or softball teams.
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For Lauren Leland, president of the University of Michigan’s MPowered Entrepreneurship club, entrepreneurialism needs to be more than just a core focus for the university. It needs to be a cultural value.
That’s why the group is sponsoring the second annual 1,000 Pitches competition - a campus-wide solicitation for entrepreneurial ideas of all sorts.
In 2008, the competition grew far beyond the university’s expectations - so much so that U-M President Mary Sue Coleman has promoted the event at least nine times in public appearances.
Leland said the competition underscores the importance of entrepreneurialism in rescuing Michigan’s economy.
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