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JOHN JOHNSTON / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Social Page for June 21st, 2014 Ramp Up Weekend – Asper Executive Education Centre 10 teams competed in the 5th Ramp Up Weekend competition for startup businesses. The event took place over a weekend at the Asper Executive Education Centre. The teams are challenged with turning a business, technology or product idea into a 'minimum viable product' within 54 hours to pitch judges for cash prizes. Several Winnipeg based businesses have gotten their start from these competitions including spotopen.ca, permissionclick.com and visualspection.com. To learn more visit RampUpWeekend.com or StartupWinnipeg.com Organizers and sponsors (L-R) Marguerite Simmard (World Trade Centre Winnipeg), Andrea Legary (Delloite), Dustin Refvik (Spotopen.ca), Joelle Foster (Futurpreneur Canada), Marney Stapley (MTS), Brent Wennekes (Innovate Manitoba), Chris Johnson (Permissionclick.com), Michael Glazier (Booke and Partners)