This is a shout out to the 16 teams that advanced to the final round of the University of Washington’s 2009 Business Plan Competition. Full list is here.

This is my third year as a judge. Thus far, each year, the BPC competition day rolls around and I think to myself, “Oh gosh, I’m so busy, I don’t have enough time to volunteer,” etc. What a huge mistake that would be! Every year the competition is amazing and includes several teams with big ideas and strong profit potential. I’m reminded that this is the future of the American economy in action, and I’m quite happy about that.

The best part of the whole process? The teams actually listen to judge feedback. It’s totally time well spent.

Notably absent at the competition yesterday? The press. I guess they’d already gotten their quota of good news for the day.

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