The competition, in its 10th anniversary year, will break ground on April 17 by holding the final round through a Zoom video conference.
Skidmore senior Graham Gilmore earned $20,000 to grow his kombucha business with a compelling presentation and top-quality product.
What is Skidmore's Kenneth A. Freirich Business Plan Competition? Learn about one of the preeminent business plan competitions among liberal arts colleges nationally.
Senior Alexander Nassief, who entered the competition three previous times, vows to "sink all of the winnings into rum."
Jonah Epstein '16 loves his hometown of Buffalo-so much that he's on a mission to bring the Buffalo and surrounding communities together over a beer.- It takes time to age a premium rum. It also takes time to develop a new process for it and draw up a business plan to sell it. A Skidmore student has stuck with it and made it happen.
- "You're at a club that's playing nothing but electronic music, and all you want to hear is the new Drake single." How can you get through to the DJ? Three students have an app for that.
- Seven teams of entrepreneurial students vie for $60,000 in cash and services at Skidmore's sixth annual Kenneth A. Freirich Business Plan Competition, this Friday, April 8.
A shared resource for sustainable food, arts, and learning is how The Green Onion's student founder Claire Lindsay '16, pictured with mentor Christine Juneau '82, P'18, describes her startup that's vying for a best-business-plan prize.- A shirt this creative could only come out of Skidmore College. And it's in the running to win startup cash for its business plan.