27 November 2008

Enterprise Gym awards tonight

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY -
5.30pm at The Enterprise Gym, Caird House.

Students from the University of Dundee Enterprise Gym will learn who has won the £1,000 Discovery Challenge Award at a ceremony tonight. (THURS)

The prize will be presented by Ralph Harrison from Scottish Enterprise to the winning team out of seven that have undertaken a series of tasks during the year.

Students embarked on a programme of seven sessions delivered by senior local business people which takes them from total beginners to producing a business plan based on their own business idea. The final stage is a Lions Den which Craig McKirgan, Student President of The Enterprise Gym, describes as similar to a Dragons Den but with more passion from the judges and the pitchers!

Ken Edward, Gym Director, remarked that two teams in the lead after the Lions Den showed great promise as viable start-up businesses.

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