Alaska Journal of Commerce

by Laura Oden April 26, 2017

Photo from Alaska Journal of Commerce and courtesy: University of Alaska Business Enterprise Institute

Entrepreneurs awarded at University of Alaska competition

".. Another idea caught the six-judge panel’s attention: a trio of Alaska Pacific University students who came up with a shoe that expands for swollen feet won second place. Pandere Shoe inventors Laura Oden, Cecila Crossett and Ayla Rogers also carried away the Best Student Business Plan, InnovateHER, and the Manufacturing Kicker awards."

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