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Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 17-23

Wednesday, Nov. 19

An Evening With Mark McGuire
Event Featuring Successful Internet Entrepreneur Mark McGuire
Grainger Hall, 1310 Plenary Room - 7 p.m.

Here is your chance to meet and mingle with one of Madison’s most successful serial entrepreneurs, Mark McGuire. No it’s not the baseball player but a lawyer turned entrepreneur who coincidentally is batting 1.000 when it comes to start-ups. Mark has spent the previous ten years innovating and adapting business models in the Internet marketplace. Former start-ups include nameprotect.com and jellyfish.com. Come hear about his latest start-up, alice.com.

Contact: Kavi Turnbull,

IBM Challenge for College Students

As part of Global Entrepreneurship week, IBM has issued an entrepreneurial challenge open to all US college students.  The challenge: Create a new business that utilizes both 3D environments and virtual spaces that link up with the real world and very real businesses.