Gino Pursina, a third year marketing student in the Faculty of Business and Economics, was part of the winning team at North Forge’s Ramp Up Weekend, securing a prize of $10,000. Pursina was the only UWinnipeg student who participated in this event. He intends to invest his share of the funds “into my business idea to help foster its growth and development.”

As North Forge describes it, Ramp Up Weekend pulls together developers, designers, makers, and entrepreneurs to build a minimum viable product from a new idea in 50+ hours, with the opportunity to pitch the product to win $10,000. The event is about building deeper connections among the start-up community –  learning and taking the first steps toward entrepreneurship in Manitoba.

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