UA Little Rock Business Students Selected to Participate in Schulze Entrepreneurship Challenge

A team of business students from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is one of 25 teams selected to participate in the Schulze Entrepreneurship Challenge at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.

Funded by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, the challenge is the largest undergraduate-only venture pitch competition in North America in terms of cash prizes with a top prize of $75 and $250K in total prizes awarded.

UA Little Rock's team is one of 25 finalists selected from more than 100 entries representing 61 colleges and universities across America. Students will participate in a "pitch slam" elevator pitch event and an innovation challenge in addition to the featured competition during April 11-13.

The "Vascugenix" team is comprised of UA Little Rock students Noah Asher, senior finance and economics major; Abigail Resendiz, senior international business and management major; and Zach Cochran, senior economics major. Martial Trigeaud, a UA Little Rock adjunct professor and business consultant at the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, is mentoring the team.