{"id":32144,"date":"2024-02-09T14:38:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/?post_type=bates_events&p=32144"},"modified":"2024-03-15T09:05:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:05:40","slug":"bobcat-ventures-in-boston-2024","status":"publish","type":"bates_events","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/alumni\/events\/bobcat-ventures-in-boston-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobcat Ventures in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Join the Bates Boston Business Network and current students to learn about\u00a0Bobcat Ventures\u00a0\u2014 Bates\u2019 own entrepreneurship challenge. At this event, alumni, parents, and friends of the college are invited to network with one another, and then hear practice pitches from student entrepreneurs as they prepare for the annual Bobcat Ventures on-campus competition in the spring, where big prize money is on the line for their future business. <\/p>\n\n\n

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2023 Bobcat Ventures winning teams and alumni judges hold \u201cthe big check\u201d made out to Up Next Academy (Jacob Iwowo \u201923) and Magic by Abby Segal (Abby Segal \u201923) The panel of alumni judges included Emma Sprague \u201910, Ben Schippers \u201904, and Pranav Ghai \u201993 with expert knowledge in an array of fields. (photo credit: Kendall Williams \u201923)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Bobcat Ventures is a series of training, coaching and mentoring events and programs leading up to an annual pitch competition. It is organized each year by the Center for Purposeful Work and a group of hard-working students dedicated to growing the entrepreneurial landscape at Bates. The group works with alumni, faculty, and staff all year long to prepare a program that will help teams refine their idea, project or business, and pitch it successfully in the spring. LEARN MORE.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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