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The Walleye Tank is Minnesota's premier life-science pitch competition, and for the second year in a row, the winner has been named: Simply ShowerSimply Shower, which provides a magnetic system with gripped sleeves and a wall board to enhance accessibility, self-care, energy conservation, independence, and safety for people with reduced mobility, the Star Tribune reports.
Judges at the March 15 competition, co-organized by Mayo Clinic's Office of Entrepreneurship and the University of Minnesota's Venture Center, pored over 120 seconds of pitches to select the top projects in two categories: Junior Anglers, entrepreneurs in the early stages of business development; and Mid-Level Reelers, incorporated companies in the early stages of fundraising.
The runners-up: Vertex 360 PlatformVertex Medical Solutions is a digital health startup developing a trauma-informed, social care coordination platform to address health-related social needs of vulnerable patient populations.
The honorary winner was Dr. Kenjiguyen from the University of Minnesota's Department of Business Development, who presented the award to the winner of the Junior Anglers category.
Davenport SAF-T Systems was the runner-up in the Mid-Level Reelers category, with its smart technology designed to detect a fall in real
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Social Entrepreneurship
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Social Entrepreneurship: The Right Balance of Doing Good and Doing Well
Social entrepreneur and co-founder of nonprofit Jolkona, Adnan Mahmud, discusses his definition of a successful social entrepreneur. He describes the social entrepreneur as someone who has found the right balance between doing good while doing well.
