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Philadelphia Metro - April 22, 2010

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A team of four senior engineering students called Next Engineering beat out nine other finalists yesterday—75 contestants total—in Temple University's annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl, bringing them more than $65,000 closer to becoming entrepreneurs instead of worker bees. In its 12th year, the event drew 20 percent more participants than last year and three times more than it did in 2008, according to Jaine Lucas, who organizes the event as executive director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute. "There’s a real renewed interest in entrepreneurship," she said. "I think the main driver for that and the silver lining in this economy is that people lost a lot of jobs … and people are looking for opportunities in the marketplace to start their own businesses."