Be sure to register for the 17th annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl Finalists Presentations and Awards Ceremony on April 16 from 1- 5 p.m. in the lower level of Temple University’s Fox School of Business School’s auditorium. The competition’s 12 finalists will present their business plans to both students and judges, with the goal of winning up to $200 thousand in cash and prizes, including a space in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute incubator and entrance into the business mentorship program.

Temple alumnus, Co-founder and Editorial Director of Technical.ly Philly, Christopher Wink, will be the keynote speaker and honored during the awards ceremony by receiving the “Temple Self-Made and Making Others Award.” Prior to founding his technology news networking site, he worked for a homeless advocacy nonprofit organization and was a freelance reporter for a variety of publications. Known as courageous and fierce by many, Christopher continues to provide tremendous leadership in the Philadelphia entrepreneurial and technology communities.

The BYOBB Finalists Presentation and Awards Ceremony is an open event, free for the public to vote for their favorite business to win big. Attendees will vote on a real-time feedback platform called YORN, Your Opinion. Right Now. Learn more about the BYOBB competition by visiting www.iei.temple.edu/byobb.

Connect with the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute by following on Twitter and Instagram @IEIFox using the hashtag #BYOBB2015 and Facebook www.facebook.com/FoxIEI.