Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship Summit

IMPACT. 1: The summit is held in the Mershon Auditorium at Ohio State and is completely free to attend. The summit is the largest student-run summit in the Midwest, drawing over 1,000 attendees each year. -- 2. Past speakers have included Joe DeLoss of Hot Chicken Takeover, Jim Ziolkowski of BuildOn, and Veronica D'Souza of Ruby Cup. -- 3. Over $30,000 awarded in seed money to social enterprises from around the world through the APTE Social Business Competition.OSU PARTNERS: Fisher College of Business; Undergraduate Business Council; Ohio State Student Activity Fee; Wexner Center for the ArtsCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: Cardinal Health; Tech Columbus; Schumacher Group; Outfit Good; Crane Plastics; Gorilla Glue; Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream; GIVE Volunteers; Dankworth Wealth Management; The Business of Good FoundationPRIMARY CONTACT: Ruidi Lu (lu.990@osu.edu)The APTE (Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship) Summit is an annual, student-organized event hosted at The Ohio State University, and is devoted to bringing people together to explore sustainable solutions to poverty