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Wilner Named W&L's First Venture for America Fellow

MIkel Wilner, Washington and Lee Class of 2013

Mikel Wilner, a Washington and Lee University senior from Owings Mills, Md., has been selected as a Venture for America Fellow.

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W&L's Venture Club Helps Student Launch Business

W&L senior James Williams with friends in Kenya wearing the hooded shirts.

The Venture Club, Washington and Lee University's student entrepreneurship organization, backs senior James Williams' new business connected with the international Feed the Children Organization.

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Social Entrepreneurship Subject of New Startup.Org Course at W&L

David Touve, assistant professor of business administration, Washington and Lee University

A new course introduces Washington and Lee students to social entrepreneurship…and asks them to change the world.

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Proposal for Child Tracking Wins W&L Business Plan Competition

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The development and marketing of shoe insoles with GPS tracking devices as a way to monitor the location of children or Alzheimer's patients won Washington and Lee University's second annual Business Plan Competition.

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Two Share First Prize in Inaugural W&L Pitch Contest

Organizers and winners of the Washington and Lee Venture Club's Pitch Competition. From left, Max Farrington pitch competition director; first-place winner Aaron Digregorio; runnerup Kathleen Yakulis; first-place winner Jonathan Cahill; and Mark Sowinski vice president of marketing, W&L Venture Club.

Twelve Washington and Lee University undergraduates will have three minutes each to pitch a new business idea to a panel of W&L alumni in hopes of winning a $1,000 prize.

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W&L's David Touve Discusses Wicked Problems on Virginia Insight

David Touve, Washington and Lee University Professor of Business Administration

Washington and Lee University business administration professor David Touve discussed the concept of "wicked problems," the subject of his recent Spring Term course, on WMRA radio's Virginia Insight program on July 7, 2011. In his description of the course, Touve wrote: "Simply put, the purpose of this course is to find a few ways and [...]

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