Release Date: 4/20/2010
Contacts:
Anne Simons
Marketing Manager
952.918.3584
asimons@eidebailly.com
Jessica Armstrong
Business Development Manager
605.977.2742
jarmstrong@eidebailly.com
Eide Bailly LLP, a regional certified public accounting and business advisory firm, is a proud sponsor of the 6th Annual Minnesota Cup. The statewide competition encourages entrepreneurs, inventors, small businesses and students to submit their breakthrough business ideas to compete for more than $130,000 in prize money and support from state business leaders, the University of Minnesota and the State of Minnesota.
The Minnesota Cup accepts entries from a wide range of business ideas. The competition includes the following divisions: Clean Technology & Renewable Energy, High Tech, BioSciences, Social Entrepreneurship, General and Student.
Eide Bailly is pleased to be a sponsor of the Clean Technology and Renewable Energy Division, which advances the “clean” revolution by recognizing and supporting innovators who will help advance Minnesota’s clean technologies. Those technologies include renewable energy, biofuels, conservation, energy efficiency and sustainable products and chemicals. Eide Bailly partner James Schmidt, CPA, serves the renewable energy industry and is on the Clean Technology and Renewable Energy Review Board of Judges.
In the last five years, nearly 4,000 contestants from across the state have participated in the competition. All entrepreneurs are encouraged to enter, from those who are just putting their ideas together, to those who have business plans in place and are building their business ventures. Minnesotans can submit entries online at www.minnesotacup.org through May 21, 2010.
About Eide Bailly LLP
Founded in 1917, Eide Bailly is a top 25 CPA firm in the nation and provides a full array of services, including assurance, tax, consulting services, employee benefits, financial services, forensic accounting and investigative services, technology consulting and training and development. The Firm has offices located in Phoenix, Ariz.; Boulder, Denver, Frisco, Golden, Grand Junction and Vail, Colo.; Boise, Idaho; Dubuque, Iowa; Mankato and Minneapolis, Minn.; Billings, Mont.; Fargo and Bismarck, N.D.; Norman, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla., and Sioux Falls and Aberdeen, S.D.
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