Sponsors

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship is grateful for the generous support of the 2007-08 NVC sponsors.

Title

Edward L. Kaplan, '71
Founder, and former Chairman and CEO of Zebra Technologies Kaplan, a supporter of entrepreneurial vision, has been the title sponsor of the New Venture Challenge since its inception in 1996. He is a member of the Polsky Center's Entrepreneurship Advisory Board.

Prize

Mitsubishi Corporation
What was originally founded in 1870 as a shipping firm, Mitsubishi has become a worldwide conglomerate of more than 100 companies in such industries as automobile, banking, mining, real estate, insurance, manufacturing, construction, and hotels.

Platinum

Market Strategy Group, LLC
Clients engage Market Strategy Group to achieve or get back on track toward achieving Smart Growth- double-digit growth in operating profits. MSG's goal is to deliver what clients value most: insights and results that drive growth.

Gold

Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Barnes & Thornburg LLP is one of the largest law firms in the United States, serving clients from more than 50 dedicated practice and industry areas. The firm’s main areas of practice include litigation, intellectual property, labor and employment, white collar crime, business law, governmental services and finance, energy, telecommunications, transportation and utilities, environmental, healthcare and creditors’ rights.

Fred Dotzler, '73

Immanuel Thangaraj, AB '92, MBA '93

Silver

Reed Smith LLP
Reed Smith is a global-relationship law firm acknowledged as a leading advisor to many of the world's foremost companies in industries including financial services, life sciences, shipping, energy, trade and commodities, advertising, technology and media, and more.

In-Kind Sponsor

Deliotte Consulting LLP
"Deloitte" is the brand under which 165,000 dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients.