D. program classmate Sun Lin were encouraged by teachers to enter a competition for promising businesses ideas.
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It was there where she "unexpectedly" sprang to fame as a model after following her friends' suggestions that she enter a competition held by lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur.
Bopara is the role-model for the next generation - a boy who scrambled 10 team-mates together from his inner London state school to enter a Capital Kids competition run by the Lord's Taverners, which they won.
He told the Guardian he made the switch after the backers of a proposed British bid to enter the competition appeared to reach a standstill in development.
Then the trimaran will enter the MOD70 European Tour, a competition around Europe with stopovers in Kiel (Germany), Dublin (Ireland), Cascais (Portugal), Marseille (France) and Genoa (Italy).
Those without a strong throwing arm can enter the freestyle competition, during which the style and aesthetics of the throw are judged rather than the distance.
Yet the actions of a country's competition authority can affect foreign companies' ability to enter its market, or spill over into other countries' markets.
Young industries are typically characterized by shakeouts where numerous ventures enter with hopes of capturing an attractive market opportunity only to face heightened competition and a culling process where only the most viable technologies and business models survive.
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Top-flight clubs will not enter the competition until the second round, although teams that have qualified for Europe are introduced a stage later.
The Enter the Pitch competition asked potential film makers to present, film and then upload their pitch on to a website.
During the programme, a short piece of audio featuring ambient sound of a particular location in the Greater Manchester area will be played and listeners will be invited to enter the competition by calling the number: 0161 228 2255.
The league takes pride in its scheduling and level of competition, which has facilitated year-to-year parity and helped a new rotation of clubs enter the playoffs each season.
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