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Show iiiiiw lllll :-4 i"V . uT - - ft" ' ' ' ' j V' ' fill - ' V 'Z -A :1 Lvr Mminnm,ii-i J0Q ' - Bountiful High graduates Brian Noble, seated, and Brent Jacox were named winners of the first statewide collegiate entrepreneur contest last week. They operate Software Ideas, a computer software business in Bountiful. Both are students at Weber; State College. p Collegiate Entrepreneurs hail from Bountiful High By TOM HARALDSEN BOUNTIFUL Bountiful High School is quickly getting a reputation it probably treasures the producer of award-winning young entrepreneurs. First, it was the home of the first two high school entrepreneurs honored by Utah Governor Norm Bangerter's office during the state's initial two Economic Development De-velopment Conferences. Robert Hill won the award in 1987, and James Stout captured the $10,000 , first prize last week. The news gets better, however. The first two collegiate entrep-' reneur winners in a contest sponsored spon-sored on that level by the State Office of Higher Education are both 1981 graduates of Bountiful High. J. Brian Noble and Brent C. Jacox, both students at Weber State College, were awarded top prize last week as well. They received re-ceived $4,000 from the IBM Corporation, Cor-poration, plus an IBM convertible PC. Brian, son of Harl and Kathleen Noble of Bountiful, and Brent, son of Gordon and Yvonne Jacox of Bountiful, joined with Bill Reid two years ago to form Software Ideas, which operates out of the Parkview Building at 380 N. 200 W. in Bountiful. The firm specializes in custom software work and development, de-velopment, and has joined with KUTV's Mark Eubanks' Weath-erbank, Weath-erbank, Inc. "A lot of work and effort has gone into setting up our financial planning, and this will help," Brian stated. He added the company will reinvest the prize money into its efforts. Dr. Cecilia Foxley, associate commissioner with the Academic Affairs office of the State Board of Regents, said this initial collegiate contest should become an annual event. IBM and Novell, Inc. sponsored spon-sored this year's contest. Second prize went to Linda L. Peck, a student at Salt Lake Community Com-munity College, who won $2,000 courtesy of Novell, Inc. Third place winner was John Lowes, a student at Southern Utah State College, who won $1,000 from Novell. Ironically, Robert Hill was a runner-up, quite an honor for a freshman fresh-man who was competing with mostly seniors. He is a student at the University of Utah. |