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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Benjamin Bauer Funk <<a href="mailto:benfunk@mit.edu">benfunk@mit.edu</a>><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>MIT $100K - Launch Application Open</b><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">March 13, 2017 at 1:29:14 AM EDT<br>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MIT $100K Launch Competition</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Do you want $100,000?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Apply to Launch!</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The final series of the year-long MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, Launch is a comprehensive
business plan competition in which teams plan, prototype, and prepare their venture for the marketplace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Semi-finalists are expected to present not just prototypes, but also full business plans—receiving funding and elite mentorship along the way. Finalists present onstage to a 1,200+ live audience from Cambridge,
Boston, and beyond, all for the chance to win $100,000!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This year, Launch is partnering with the Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship and with Booz Allen Hamilton on two new prizes: the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>$10K Development Prize</b>,
and the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>$10K Data Analytics Prize</b>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Launch application can be found<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.mit100k.org/apply/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and
is due March 18<sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at 11:59PM.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ben Funk</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br>
<span style="">MBA Candidate |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="">Massachusetts<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="">Institute of Technology<br>
<a href="mailto:benfunk@mit.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">benfunk@mit.edu</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> | <a href="tel:+1.404.797.6329" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">+1.404.797.6329</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminfunk" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">LinkedIn</span></a></span></div>
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