COVER STORY
ALL SMILES: UNLV President Neal Smatresk, from leſt, Ted Lee, Doris Lee and their son Gregory Lee look on during an announcement of a $15 million donation from the Lee family to the UNLV business college in October..
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FOR LAS VEGAS VALLEY BUSINESSES LARGE AND SMALL, UNLV OFFERS A
By Howard Riell | Photography by Leila Navidi
hen Southern Nevada entrepreneur Peter Maksymec needed help in developing a product he'd invented, UNLV was there for him. For years, Maksymec had held a patent on his invention
— the Geyser Flow Control Device, which is designed to stop water from shooting out of broken sprinkler heads.
Recently, after reading a story about UNLV's participation in a business plan
competition, he approached school administrators for guidance on how to develop such a plan for his device. Dr. Andrew Hardin, director of UNLV's Center for Entrepreneurship, evaluated
the product and went into action. He assigned one of his MBA teams to draw up a summary and business plan, which will eventually be entered in competitions and could lead to Maksymec obtaining financing for the device.
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