The [RI Business Plan] competition, hosted by the Brown Forum for Enterprise, kicked off Wednesday with presentations from past winners and successful entrepreneurs, followed by a networking session at the Johnson & Wales University Culinary Archives and Museum...

..."This is an unbelievable competition. You won't imagine how many doors it opened for our business," said Brad Weinberg '03 MD'09, a 2007 Rhode Island Business Plan winner...

...Following Weinberg's presentation was last year's winner of the entrepreneur track competition, Michael Glier. He warned the kick-off attendees of "the things you shouldn't do when pitching a business, but find out afterwards." Glier is chief executive officer and co-founder of Campus Guardian Corporation, a service that matches college students with campus safety officials.