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• Finalists Face Off With Global Social Venture Plans.

  - 2007-04-12

  Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 12 AScribe Newswire -- Ten social venture finalists from around the world will compete for $45,000 in prizes and funds for business plans ranging from health and renewable energy to specialty childcare for families...

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• Aurora Biofuels Team Wins Global Intel, Berkeley Tech Challenge; Student Entrepreneurs Win Coveted Award: Funding and Access to VC Experts.

  - 2006-10-31

  Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 31 AScribe Newswire -- Aurora Biofuels, a Berkeley-based team whose technology promises to make bio-diesel a mainstream energy source, won the second global Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge on Thursday, October 26, at the...

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• Berkeley Semiconductor Team Wins Inaugural Intel, Berkeley Tech Challenge.

  - 2005-11-22

  Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 22 AScribe Newswire -- Harmonic Devices, an all-Berkeley team whose semiconductor technology promises to dramatically improve the cost, functionality, and size of portable devices, won the global Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge on...

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• International Student Teams Propose New Business Ideas With Social Bottom Line in Global Social Venture Competition.

  - 2005-04-01

  Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 1 AScribe Newswire -- Nine teams of MBA students planning social enterprises that range from applying nanotechnology to solar power systems in developing countries to training low-income urban youth to conduct market research on...

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• Global Social Venture Competition Selects International Winners to Launch Businesses Beyond Pure Profit; Judges Impressed by Social Ventures Focusing on Educational, Environmental, Urban Regeneration Issues.

  - 2004-04-22

  Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 22 AScribe Newswire -- Four winning social ventures from the US and Europe took the top awards at the Global Social Venture Competition held at London Business School on April 16, 2004. The winners...

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• UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Announces Finalists; Seven Teams to Present Tech Plans to Public on April 29.

  - 2004-04-15

  Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 15 AScribe Newswire -- The sixth annual UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition has announced its finalists who will compete for $52,500 in prizes in the final round on April 28 and present their plans...

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• Global Social Venture Competition Finalists Create Business Value Beyond Pure Profit; Competition Sees Record Participation From Business Schools Around the World.

  - 2004-03-16

  Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., March 16 AScribe Newswire -- A record number of 129 business school teams from around the world strive to create businesses that incorporate both financial and social bottom lines in the 2004 Global Social Venture...

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