Additional coverage from WOOD TV. This summary is limited to facts confirmed in recovered coverage of the same event.
WOOD TV provided additional coverage of Western Michigan University naming nine finalists for the inaugural Cultivate 269 business pitch competition. The WOOD TV article body could not be recovered, so this summary uses only details confirmed by WMUK, WMU News and the Western Herald. The finalists advanced from 49 applications submitted by WMU students.
Four earned places through a campus-wide vote, while five were selected by a judging panel. The public vote attracted more than 2,000 student ballots. The nine founders were scheduled to pitch at the WMU Student Center on April 10.
The competition offered a $75,000 judges’ award and a $25,000 public-vote award. Cultivate 269 was presented by Kalamazoo Forward Ventures in partnership with the university.
