<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/0228-freirich-competition.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Translation system for builders wins entrepreneurship competition</title><author>Peter MacDonald</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>02/28/2025 10:15:53 AM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>TranslaSite won $20,000 and first place in the Kenneth A. Freirich Entrepreneurship Competition. An app to maximize credit card rewards and hockey equipment designed for women were also top contenders.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2025/images/0303-freirich-thumbnail2.jpg" alt="Students present their idea for TranslaSite during the Kenneth A. Freirich Entrepreneurship Competition."/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2025/images/0228-freirich-main.jpg" alt="Owen Quinn '25, Jimmy Gibbons '25, and Luke Curtin '25 won $20,000 to launch TranslaSite in Skidmore College’s “Shark Tank”-like competition, endowed by alumnus and businessman Ken Freirich ’90.. "/></image><caption>From left: Owen Quinn '25, Jimmy Gibbons '25, and Luke Curtin '25, along with Max Heberlein '25 of Marshfield, Massachusetts (not shown), won $20,000 to launch TranslaSite in Skidmore College’s “Shark Tank”-like competition, endowed by alumnus and businessman Ken Freirich ’90.</caption></item>