Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship Summit
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2016-05-03
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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.
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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; Dankworth Wealth Management; The Business of Good Foundation
PRIMARY CONTACT: Ruidi Lu (lu.990@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; Dankworth Wealth Management; The Business of Good Foundation
PRIMARY CONTACT: Ruidi Lu (lu.990@osu.edu)
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Engaged Scholars, v. 4 (2016).