Montana State University alum Alex Crosby wins national entrepreneurship pitch competition

A Montana State University alumnus took first place in a recent national entrepreneurship pitch competition for a mobile app he is developing to help curb drunken driving.

Alex Crosby’s HERO app http://hero-app.com/ won the top prize in the competition, which was sponsored by the Blackstone LaunchPad and held in Boston as part of the prestigious Forbes Under 30 Summit. Top ventures from 20 schools within the Blackstone network participated in the competition.

The first place award comes with $15,000.

Blackstone LaunchPad at MSU http://www.montana.edu/launchpad/

By Anne Cantrell, MSU News Service

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