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UMD Students Create a New Business Buzz
The Hive Apparel Facebook page features videos of skateboard kick flips, snowboard straight airs, and marketing pitch bloopers.
![Matt Knowles](/sites/lsbe.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/20164_lsbe_graphic_design_knowles_matt_32xx.jpg?itok=XGuV8q9h)
He was at the right place at the right time with the right skills.
![An SBI student visits the Protein Pub.](/sites/lsbe.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/protein_pub.jpg?itok=wRp0D842)
The Student to Business Initiative (SBI), a collaborative effort between the Center for Economic Development and the Labovitz School of Business and Economics (LSBE), offers small businesses
![Students in the Long-term Care Course add stickers to their glasses.](/sites/lsbe.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/empathy_class_glasses_and_stickers.jpg?itok=oPe3B0Q_)
The human body, with its numerous systems and their integration, is amazing.
![Amane explains how the water and food will be distributed.](/sites/lsbe.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/amane_wako_ethiopia.jpg?itok=-rDWXan3)
Amane Wako, a UMD junior double majoring in accounting and international studies, is one of those students who has the desire to help others.
![Maki Scholarship Recipients](/sites/lsbe.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/maki_scholarship_small_0.jpg?itok=5Gnz3y5q)
While there are numerous undergraduate scholarships designed to help students working on their Bachelor’s degrees, financial assistance for graduate students is much more difficult to come by. 
![VITA students assisting a person with his 2015 income taxes](/sites/lsbe.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/vitapic2.jpg?itok=5f9IrxyI)
Jesse Pai, a junior accounting major, is working through his first semester with the VITA program.
![UMD Shark Tank](/sites/lsbe.d.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umdsharktank.jpg?itok=vWVnviJw)
All UMD students who have entrepreneurial aspirations are invited to participate in the first ever UMD Shark Tank, an entrepreneurship competition whereby students pitch their ideas for a business,
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