Fwd: 2010 Rice Business Plan Competition APPLY TO COMPETE

A good competition to consider

-Howie

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From: RBPC <rbpc@rice.edu>
Date: Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Subject: 2010 Rice Business Plan Competition APPLY TO COMPETE
To: hwr2@duke.edu

 

Important Deadlines   Friday, February 5, 2010 5:00 pm CST Intent to Compete Due   Friday, February 26, 2010 5:00 pm CST Executive Summaries Due   Thursday, March 11, 2010 Qualifying Teams Announced   Friday, March 19, 2010 5:00 pm CST Written Business Plans Due April 15-17, 2010 Competition Held Rice University, Houston, TX           For more information Contact: Lea Aden Lueck RBPC Director lalueck@rice.edu 713.348.3190 www.alliance.rice.edu/rbpc

APPLY TO COMPETE 2010 Rice Business Plan Competition April 15-17, 2010 – Houston, Texas   42 Teams will be selected to compete for more than $800,000 in cash and prizes   All 42 Teams take home cash!   Meet more than 200 Venture Capital, Angel Investors, Private Equity, and other professionals who serve as competition judges   Dynamics, the 2009 winner from Carnegie Mellon University, was awarded more than $325,000 in cash and prizes   Winner rings the bell at NASDAQ in New York City   Special Cash Prize Categories include: Clean Technology Sustainability Energy NASA Space Technologies Information Technology/Web 2.0 Life Sciences/Biotech/Medical Devices Social Entrepreneurship (including not-for-profit) Consumer Goods   Since 2001, more than 85 competitors have successfully launched their businesses and raised more than $150 million in capital     Don't miss your opportunity to compete at the World's Richest and Largest Business Plan Competition!    Click here to submit your Intent to compete by February 5, and receive your free copy of Business Plan Pro from Palo Alto Software.

 

The Rice Business Plan Competition is hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University and is open to all graduate students from any university.

 

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Howie Rhee, MBA
Managing Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
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