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<li>Launch teams undergo weekly coaching sessions in which they receive invaluable feedback from successful entrepreneurs and domain leaders</li>
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 '''<span data-cke-bookmark="1" ul style="displaymargin-left: none40px;" id="cke_bm_88s">&nbsp;</spanli><span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none;" id="cke_bm_89s">&nbsp;'''Outcomes'''</spanli><span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none;" id="cke_bm_90s">&nbsp;</spanul><span data-cke-bookmark="1" ul style="display: none;" id="cke_bm_91s">&nbsp;</span><span data-ckemargin-bookmark="1" style="displayleft: none;" id="cke_bm_92s">&nbsp80px;</span>Outcomes'''<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Since its inception in 1999, &nbsp;''Launch'' has aided in the creation of 50 startups</li>
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<li>Activities surrounding the Carolina Challenge span the academic year, including a campus-wide idea competition in the fall</li>
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 '''<span data-cke-bookmark="1" ul style="displaymargin-left: none40px;" id="cke_bm_104s">&nbsp;</spanli><span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none;" id="cke_bm_105s">&nbsp;'''Outcomes'''</spanli><span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none;" id="cke_bm_106s">&nbsp;</spanul>&nbsp;&nbsp; Outcomes'''<ul style="margin-left: 80px; list-style-type: circle;">
<li>The Carolina Challenge awards $50K in prize money each year</li>
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<li>'''VCIC’s 40 events''' have become a network of mini-venture fairs in which MBAs and Venture Capitalists (VC) get an early peek at viable startups</li>
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<ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>'''Outcomes'''</li></ul><ul style="margin-left: 80px; list-style-type: circle;">
<li>VCIC competition now attracts '''1,200 students''', '''150 venture capitalists''' and '''100 entrepreneurs''' each year from three different continents</li>
<li>¼ of aspiring entrepreneurs in VCIC mini-venture fairs go on to raise venture funding</li>
*'''Student-Run Private Equity Fund: The Kenan-Flagler Private Equity Fund''' which launched in 2007 is the first and only student-run fund associated with a top-tier global business school that seeks to provide real returns to its limited partners
 
*Kenan-Flagler also boasts two student-run real estate funds and a fund dedicated to investing in publically-traded companies
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<li>The private equity fund management team comprises nine Kenan-Flagler students, five second-year MBAs and four BSBAs</li>
<li>All students serve a three-semester term with the program</li>
<li>Students manage all aspects of the investment cycle: raising capital, sourcing deals, performing due diligence, making investment decisions and presenting decisions to the Board of Directors</li>
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<ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>'''<span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none;" id="cke_bm_99s">&nbsp;</span><span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none;" id="cke_bm_100s">&nbsp;</span>Outcomes'''</li></ul><ul style="margin-left: 80px; list-style-type: circle;"><li>The Kenan-Flagler student run Private Equity Fund now has more than $4.4 million of committed capital under management; and</li><li>Z Capital Partners and James J. Zenni awarded a $100,000 grant to the Kenan-Flagler Business School to support private equity (PE) education for MBA and undergraduate business students.<span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none;" id="cke_bm_100e">&nbsp;</span><span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none;" id="cke_bm_99e">&nbsp;</span></li>
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