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Business plans win Tong prizes in entrepreneurship
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July 4, 2002
A business plan worthy of capturing the attention of professional investors - that’s the goal of SFU Management of Technology MBA students competing for two $2,000 Tong Prizes in Entrepreneurship.
Jacqueline Tiong, Jennifer Martini, Shaheen Jivraj and Duhane Lam, won one of this year’s prizes for their business plan seeking financing to proceed with Phase I clinical trials of a local company’s new cancer vaccine in the United States. The company, GeneMax, has developed a vaccine that uses the body’s immune system to target and destroy cancer cells.
Karl Furlong, Oz Greenberg and Nigel Protter won for a business plan describing how they will bring to market a new information classification and retrieval product for improving Internet search success. The business plan calls for $5 million in first and second round risk capital.
The Tong Prizes in Entrepreneurship are donated through the generosity of SFU alumnus Kooi Ong Tong, a successful Malaysian businessman living in Vancouver. Mr. Tong is also a member of the MOT Business Council.
A team from the Executive MBA program will be awarded a Tong Prize in Entrepreneurship later this summer.
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Blaize Reich, 604.291.5214
Diane Luckow, Media & PR, 604.291.3210
Jacqueline Tiong, Jennifer Martini, Shaheen Jivraj and Duhane Lam, won one of this year’s prizes for their business plan seeking financing to proceed with Phase I clinical trials of a local company’s new cancer vaccine in the United States. The company, GeneMax, has developed a vaccine that uses the body’s immune system to target and destroy cancer cells.
Karl Furlong, Oz Greenberg and Nigel Protter won for a business plan describing how they will bring to market a new information classification and retrieval product for improving Internet search success. The business plan calls for $5 million in first and second round risk capital.
The Tong Prizes in Entrepreneurship are donated through the generosity of SFU alumnus Kooi Ong Tong, a successful Malaysian businessman living in Vancouver. Mr. Tong is also a member of the MOT Business Council.
A team from the Executive MBA program will be awarded a Tong Prize in Entrepreneurship later this summer.
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CONTACT
Blaize Reich, 604.291.5214
Diane Luckow, Media & PR, 604.291.3210