Semi-finalist Reception

Yesterday, Deric and I put on our IRE polos and headed to the big city. We were invited to attend the MN Cup semi-finalist reception. The MN Cup is a statewide business plan competition. The students of IRE entered three of our projects into this competition, two of which are now one of the ten semi-finalists in their division. We arrived at the JJ Hill Reference Library with an hour to spare so Deric and I decided to check out St. Paul. It wasn't long before something caught our attention. Across the street stood a building with a magnetic like attraction. This building was none other than the Minnesota Science Museum. We quicklyacquired our orange wristbands and entered the museum. Inside stood three levels of interesting exhibits we couldn't wait to get our hands on. There were experiments involving statics, dynamics, thermodynamics, fluids and electricity. We played with every one we could but, due to time constraints, we sadly had to leave.

When we arrived at the reception we put on our name tags and mingled with fellow semi-finalists. The crowd was a mix, from important business people to students like us. We helped ourselves to hors d'oevres and talked to several people with very interesting ideas. We listened to speakers talk about the history of the MN Cup, the next steps in the competition and the success of previous MN Cup winners. Several previous MN Cup finalists now have multi-million dollar businesses. Next week there are a few seminars we are invited to attend. They will cover information on writing business plans. Overall the semi-finalist reception was a good experience, and we are excited to try our best to make it to the next round of competition.

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