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By Marcia Heroux Pounds, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 15--South Florida entrepreneurs are teaming with universities to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit.

At Florida Atlantic University, graduate and entrepreneur Scott Adams lends his name and money to The Adams Center for IT Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital.

This spring, The Adams Center is again sponsoring a business plan competition. Students, faculty and anyone who wants to work with students and faculty at FAU can compete for up to $10,000 in a

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