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Show Your Campus PAGE A7 MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2005 Team Import named UVSC Apprentice winners '. Lunquist/HetXNews Vanel Sanchez, Peru, Lewis Chidzida, Zimbabwe, and Ephraim Amou-Berry, Togo, make up Team Import, the winning team in UVSC's Apprentice Contest. The Team won by bringing in the most revenue during the competition. Each received $500 for their victory. Entrepreneur's advice on getting started Robin Boatman News Writer Brad Wright's presentation, which was for the Entrepreneur Lecture Series, included advice for students on creating a successful business on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at noon in the Language Arts building. Wright presented his entrepreneurial journey in a powerpoint presentation. Wright's journey began in high school and college with building and landscaping businesses. Wright graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in physics and his first software company lasted eleven years. Two years ago he started Zorch Software which helps to speed the drug development process. It currently takes ten to twelve years and nearly one billion in costs to bring a drug to the market. "Zorch Software is hoping to cut that time in half." Wright also enlightened viewers with lessons learned throughout his career. "It is harder than you think" and "it costs more than you ever planned on" along with "beware of spreadsheets" is some advice Wright gave to current and future entrepreneurs. But the most important advice that he gave to creating a successful business was by saying that "the key is perseverance." One large part of starting your own business is being able to raise the money. Wright gave some rules of his own for being able to raise that money. He called it, "Wright's never fail top 10" and goes as follows: Why customers? Wright labeled number ten as the best place to raise money. He claims that it proves what you are selling has value. Wright concluded his speech every week at noon. It is open to students and the public. Brad Wright's Ten Rules Students can also sign up for For Raising Money it as a class, 493R, which is one credit and consists of lec1. Your savings account 2. Your credit cards tures by guest speakers. Most 3. Your home equity students attending are com4. Your retirement account puter science, business, and 5. A second job engineering majors. 6. Your family Professor Kent Millington 7. Your friends said that "one third of the stu8. Your friend's friends dents attending are already 9. Your Family's friends running their own businesses 10. Customers and the rest are planning to start one of their own." One of the students attending said by saying that students need that they enjoyed the class and to have flexibility to change, that it contained useful inforcommitment, and most im- mation. Another student said portantly they need to take it was their third time taking the "leap of faith." With that, the class. Previous speakers Wright states that "doors will include Brent Bishop, Steven open." McPhie, Lee Daniels and in The Entrepreneur Lecture two weeks Hydee Willis will Series features a new speaker be the featured guest speaker. GRADUATING? CONSIDERING A JOB CHANGE? Creating Effective Resumes March 19, 24, 26, April 9th 9am-noon How to Effectively Interview-A template for Interviewing Sucess March 19, 24, 26, April 9th 1 pm-4pm Attend both seminars Call today for student pricing LEARN HOW TO BETTER MARKET YOURSELF CALL NOW 800-410-6166 Siii- VISA Sponsored by RMM <& Associates, Inc. Prove Marriott Courtyard 1600 N. Freedom Blvd. (Next lo Friday's) |