{"id":1185,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/businessplan\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:02","slug":"businessplan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/businessplan\/","title":{"rendered":"WCSU students named finalists in statewide business plan competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"sharingTools\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/sharingtools.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"breadcrumb\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/breadcrumb.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n    &#013;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014Three   Western Connecticut   State University  students recently were named finalists in the fall semester phase of the 2007-08  Connecticut Collegiate Business Plan Competition.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Kimberly Cantone, of Carmel, N.Y., Sharon Loomis, of Ridgefield,  and Jacqueline Lopes, of New Milford, were  among 14 finalists selected from 33 students at eight universities who  submitted small business and venture enterprise plans in the statewide  competition. Associate Professor of Management Dr. Fred Maidment served as  faculty adviser for all three projects.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The small-business plans presented by the WestConn students  were chosen based on favorable prospects for a successful launch and positive  contributions to economic development. The submissions included \u201cCampus  Cleaners,\u201d by Cantone; \u201cThe Crepe Co.,\u201d by  Loomis; and \u201cShorty\u2019s Barber Shop,\u201d by Lopes.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Participants were invited to attend a meeting of the Connecticut  Venture Group (CVG), a nonprofit venture capitalist association, to discuss  business planning with experienced entrepreneurs and investors. CVG president  David Sturgess said student submissions this year \u201cwere among the best we have  seen, and reflect the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit critical to  maintaining Connecticut\u2019s  economic vitality.\u201d Sponsors for the competition include the CVG, the  Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, the Apple  Picker\u2019s Foundation, Connecticut Innovations and the Entrepreneurship  Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>For information, call the Office of University Relations at  (203) 837-8486.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em> \u2014<br \/>&#013;<br \/>\n  Western Connecticut   State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality  academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an  enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique  cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York.<br \/>&#013;<br \/>\n\u00a0Our vision: To be an affordable public  university with the characteristics<br \/>&#013;<br \/>\n\u00a0of New England\u2019s  best small private universities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebookShare\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/facebookshare.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;\n        <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; &#013; &#013; &#013; DANBURY, CONN. \u2014Three Western Connecticut State University students recently were named finalists in the fall semester phase of the 2007-08 Connecticut Collegiate Business Plan Competition. &#013; Kimberly Cantone, of Carmel, N.Y., Sharon Loomis, of Ridgefield, and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}