Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship Summit
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2015-05-06
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Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement
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The APTE (Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship) Summit is an annual, student-organized event hosted at The Ohio State University, and is devoted to bringing people together to explore sustainable solutions to poverty. Started in 2009 by The Ohio State University's Business Builders Club, APTE has continued to grow and now welcomes 1000+ attendees per year from dozens of organizations and schools as well as speakers from around the world.
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IMPACT. 1: The summit is held in the Mershon Auditorium at Ohio State and is completely free to attend. The summit is the largest student-run summit in the Midwest, drawing over 1,000 attendees each year. -- 2. Past speakers have included Joe DeLoss of Hot Chicken Takeover, Jim Ziolkowski of BuildOn, and Veronica D'Souza of Ruby Cup. -- 3. Over $30,000 awarded in seed money to social enterprises from around the world through the APTE Social Business Competition.
OSU PARTNERS: Fisher College of Business; Undergraduate Business Council; Ohio State Student Activity Fee; Wexner Center for the Arts
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Cardinal Health; Tech Columbus; Schumacher Group; Outfit Good; Crane Plastics; Gorilla Glue; Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream; GIVE Volunteers
PRIMARY CONTACT: Stephanie Demos (demos.8@osu.edu)
OSU PARTNERS: Fisher College of Business; Undergraduate Business Council; Ohio State Student Activity Fee; Wexner Center for the Arts
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Cardinal Health; Tech Columbus; Schumacher Group; Outfit Good; Crane Plastics; Gorilla Glue; Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream; GIVE Volunteers
PRIMARY CONTACT: Stephanie Demos (demos.8@osu.edu)
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Engaged Scholars, v. 3 (2015).