Paving your own path in the business world takes perseverance, inspiration, knowledge, effective communication, and leadership abilities.
Purdue University's Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition was created in 1987, making it the third oldest business plan competition in the country.
In 2 minutes or less convince a panel of judges of the value of your business idea.
The benefector of the Center for Entrepreneurship in Discovery Park, Burton D. Morgan was a 1938 mechanical engineering graduate and awarded an honorary doctorate in management in 1992. An exemplar for entrepreneurship, Burton D. Morgan started 50 companies, six of which become major corporations including Morgan Adhesives, one of the world's largest makers of pressure-sensitive adhesives. He was president of Basic Search Co., an idea-development firm, and authored several books on the topic of entrepreneurship. In 1987 Burton D. Morgan provided an endowment to support Purdue's Annual Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition.
To learn more about the Burton D. Morgan Foundation, click here.
The central mission of the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship is to promote a culture of entrepreneurship, with activity in both commercialization and education.
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