<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024/0424-freirich.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Skidmore’s creative entrepreneurs solve real-world problems</title><author>Katie Rocque</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>04/24/2024 12:10:51 PM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>Malika Sawadogo ’24’s Burkina Faso-inspired clothing line won the 2024 Freirich Entrepreneurship Competition and exemplified the creative, entrepreneurial spirit behind Skidmore College’s “Shark Tank”-like competition.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2024/images/0424-freirich-3rd-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Fiker Tadesse ’26 shows Freirich Entrepreneurship Competition judge Betsy Olmsted ’02 features of the time management app QuickThought."/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2024/images/0424-freirich-main.jpg" alt="Fiker Tadesse ’26 shows Freirich Entrepreneurship Competition judge Betsy Olmsted ’02 features of the time management app QuickThought."/></image><caption>Fiker Tadesse ’26 shows Kenneth A. Freirich Entrepreneurship Competition judge Betsy Olmsted ’02 features of the time management app QuickThought, which placed third in the 2024 competition.</caption></item>