Business plan competition winner takes $5K top prize

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Summer 2013

Jeffrey Ralphs, Comm’14, took top honours at the annual Paul and Tom Kinnear Business Plan Competition on March 28. His venture, KRG Racing, is a paddling equipment company that engineers, manufactures, and markets high-performance products to help flat-water paddlers at all levels excel in their sport. Jeffrey faced some challenges in competing. He was on exchange in Australia, studying at the University of Adelaide, but managed to deliver his presentation via Skype, at 1:00 a.m. Adelaide time.

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