Fwd: Company co-founded by Duke Law Professor wins US Dept. of Energy Grant

Nice win for Bill Brown.  Congrats Bill!

Howie

Howie,

I thought you might be interested in this news about the company co-founded by Duke's own Bill Brown. Please pass it along to whomever else you think appropriate.

 

Best,

Bob

 

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

 

PALMER LABS AWARDED U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FUNDING FOR ALGAE BIOFUEL RESEARCH

Durham, NC company is member of consortium awarded $44 million to turn

algae into renewable energy

 

Durham, NC January 14, 2010 – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu announced Wednesday the award of $44 million in federal stimulus funds to The National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB), a consortium including Palmer Labs, LLC, of Durham, NC.

 

The DOE funds will support enhanced research by Palmer Labs of its patent-pending algae technology addressing both energy and nutritional applications. "Our goal is highly focused," said Dr. Miles Palmer, company president.   "We take the biggest problems—currently in energy and food resources—and find cheaper and better solutions through innovative combinations of proven technologies. The DOE stimulus funds provide timely support of this pressing goal to us and our consortium partners."

 

"We are very excited about this announcement," said N.C. Department of Commerce Secretary J. Keith Crisco. "Palmer Labs is a great example of the innovation and creativity that are driving North Carolina's future, especially in the energy/green jobs sector, which Governor Perdue has emphasized as one of her top priorities for economic development."

 

"North Carolina is fortunate to have Palmer Labs consolidating its business here," said Lanty Smith, Chairman of Tippet Capital. "It is precisely the kind of firm which North Carolina needs to attract in today's business climate.  They have reached out to take on-board some of the best and brightest local talent and to make an important impact on the development of new technologies in the Research Triangle." 

 

Researchers at Palmer Labs are developing innovative methods for harnessing algae to "close the carbon cycle," said Bill Brown, Chairman of Palmer Labs and Duke Law School faculty member. "Our unique approach to algae will help provide a solution to the problem of CO₂ emissions and, at the same time, provide algae for both food and energy production." 

 

Palmer Labs engineers are also designing and testing systems to burn algae to make renewable electricity. "This power system allows us to use algae to turn sunlight—the ultimate renewable resource—into electricity," said Dr. Palmer.  "Our system is designed to use biomass, natural gas or coal while capturing virtually all the CO₂ emissions at a cost lower than present commercial systems."

 

"We formed Palmer Labs to help address many of the world's problems," said Prof. Brown.  "As we have seen with the recent U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, policy makers are struggling to devise the solutions to the environmental challenges that engulf us.  We believe that technology both delivers and is a powerful, democratizing force." 

 

DOE announcement: http://www.energy.gov/news2009/8519.htm

 

For more information, please call 919-667-1800.

About Palmer Labs

Palmer Labs, LLC (www.palmerlabs.com) provides innovative scientists and technologists with the resources to transform their ideas into realizable applications in the marketplace. Palmer Labs focuses on technologies and innovations that address the critical challenges of our complex world. Palmer Labs focuses on solutions with positive environmental impacts including reduced fuel consumption, emissions, and greenhouse gases.  Palmer Labs is an affiliate of 8 Rivers Capital, LLC (www.8riverscapital.com).

 

About NAABB

National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB) - Led by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (St. Louis, MO), NAABB will develop a systems approach for sustainable commercialization of algal biofuel (such as renewable gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) and bioproducts. NAABB will integrate resources from companies, universities, and national laboratories to overcome the critical barriers of cost, resource use and efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, and commercial viability. It will develop and demonstrate the science and technology necessary to significantly increase production of algal biomass and lipids, efficiently harvest and extract algae and algal products, and establish valuable certified co-products that scale with renewable fuel production. Co-products include animal feed, industrial feedstocks, and additional energy generation. Multiple test sites will cover diverse environmental regions to facilitate broad deployment.

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Bob Walker

 

8 Rivers Capital, LLC where new ideas come to market

 

700 West Main Street, Suite 108

Durham, NC 27701

www.8RiversCapital.com

919-667-1800

 

 

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Fwd: 2010 Rice Business Plan Competition

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From: Lea.A.Lueck <Lea.A.Lueck@rice.edu>
Date: Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:39 PM
Subject: 2010 Rice Business Plan Competition
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 15, 2010 Teams Confirm Participation   Friday, March 19, 2010 5:00 pm CST Written Business Plans Due April 15-17, 2010 Competition Held Rice University, Houston, TX   Schools may submit an unlimited number of entries, but a maximum of 2 teams per school will be invited to compete, as selected by the RBPC. There is no cost to apply to or to compete. For more information Contact: Lea Aden Lueck RBPC Director lalueck@rice.edu 713.348.3190 www.alliance.rice.edu/rbpc

April 15-17, 2010 More than $800,000 in CASH and PRIZES 42 of the top MBA and graduate schools from around the world will compete at Rice University in Houston for more than $800,000 in prizes. •      $325,000 Grand Prize – including Ø  $125,000 equity investment from The GOOSE Society of Texas Ø  $100,000 investment sponsored by Opportunity Houston and Greater Houston Partnership Ø  $20,000 cash sponsored by Kenda Capital  and Shell Ø  $80,000 + in-kind services Ø  Ringing the bell at NASDAQ in New York City •      EVERY team accepted into the Rice competition is guaranteed to win at least one cash prize •      More than $600,000 in total cash prizes, plus $200,000 in services awarded Special Cash Prize Categories include: •      $100,000 Life Science Investment prize •      $100,000 Technology Investment prize •      $100,000 Tech Transfer Investment prize •      $50,000 NASA Commercial Space Innovation award •      $20,000 NASA Life Science Innovation award •      $20,000 NASA Engineering Innovation awards (2) •      $10,000 Social Venture award •      $5,000 Sustainability award •      $2,500 Information Technology award •      $2,500 Energy/Clean Technology award •      $2,500 Medical Device award •      $2,500 Life Science award  •      $2,500 Nanotechnology award •      $2,500 Intellectual Property award   •      $2,500 Hispanic Business Plan award •      $2,500 International Team award     To learn more about these prizes, please visit our website and review the 2010 Official Rules Document – Guidelines for Prizes. 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 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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Fwd: Business Plan Competition Best of Biotech 2010 awards ~ USD 65,000

For those with medical technology ideas.

Howie

Begin forwarded message:

From: Philipp Marxgut <scientist@ostina.org>
Date: January 13, 2010 10:31:32 AM EST
To: Larry Moneta <larry.moneta@duke.edu>
Subject: Business Plan Competition Best of Biotech 2010 awards ~ USD 65,000
Reply-To: scientist@ostina.org

Dear Dr. Moneta,

The Office of Science & Technology (http://www.ostina.org ) at the
Embassy of Austria in Washington, DC, would like to draw your attention
to the 'Best of Biotech - get your business started' (BOB) announcement
of the Austria Wirtschaftsservice that might be of interest to your
faculty or students:

BOB is awarding a total of EUR 44,500 (~ USD 65,000) for the best
business plans, the best medical technology business plan and the best
three business ideas in 2010. It is open to individuals and teams from
all countries. The official language of the competition is English.

Students, post-graduates, experienced scientists and other creative
individuals who wish to translate their promising and marketable life
science innovation into a business idea and a professional business
plan are encouraged to participate.

Registration for Phase 1 is open February 1 - 22, 2010
(http://www.bestofbiotech.at/competition/schedule/ ).

Further information on BOB and on registration procedures and project
phases is available at http://www.bestofbiotech.at/ .

The BOB team is glad to answer any questions you may have at
bob@bestofbiotech.at .

The international life science business plan competition BOB is
organized by Life Science Austria (LISA), a program run by the Austria
Wirtschaftsservice on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry for
Economy, Family and Youth.

We hope that this announcement is of interest to your faculty and their
students.

With best regards,

Philipp Marxgut


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Fax:    +1 (202)895-6750
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Fwd: FW: More innovation competition opportunities!

Wireless Innovation Project. 

From: Barksdale, Stephanie B
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:08 AM
To: 'socent-L@tulane.edu'
Subject: More innovation competition opportunities!

 

Please feel free to pass on this info and good luck!!  Deadline is Feb 1^st, 2010 and you can win up to $300,000!!!

 Wireless Innovation Project™

The Vodafone Americas Foundation™ designed the Wireless Innovation Project™ as a competition to promote innovation and increase implementation of wireless related technology for a better world. To that end, Vodafone Americas Foundation's Wireless Innovation Project™ is providing up to $600,000 in awards to support projects of exceptional promise that meet the criteria described in the Eligibility Criteria section. After successful completion of the Project last year, we are excited to launch the second Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project™. We will be accepting proposals from October 5, 2009 through February 1, 2010.

Best,

 

Stephanie Barksdale

Special Assistant to the President

Social Entrepreneurship Initiatives

Tulane University

 (504) 862-3361

http://tulane.edu/socialentrepreneurship/

 

 

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Fwd: First Round of Presenting Companies Announced

This is a good place to find companies that might be interesting internship opportunities.

Howie

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Southeast Venture Conference <mailer@seventure.org>
Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:05 PM
Subject: First Round of Presenting Companies Announced
To: howrhee@alum.mit.edu

Register to Attend  Become a Sponsor   Reserve your Hotel                   Presented by:	First Round of Presenting Companies Announced for 2010 Southeast Venture Conference   The 2010 Southeast Venture Conference (SEVC) today announced the first round of companies selected to present at its upcoming conference scheduled for February 24-25th at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, Virginia.   An expected 60 showcase companies from the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions will present at SEVC 2010. Showcase companies will range from the NASDAQ sponsored late stage showcase firms to earlier stage high growth firms. The presenting companies highlight the present and future of the innovation economy, representing some of the most promising technologies in the region from a diverse range of technology industries, including energy, clean tech, mobile, IT, med tech, security, defense and Internet among others. SEVC 2010 showcase companies will present to a national audience of venture capitalists, private equity investors, angel investors, investment bankers and senior technology executives. The first round of announced showcase companies includes:   Acumatica - Bethesda, MD,  www.acumatica.com Advanced Liquid Logic - RTP, NC, www.liquid-logic.com Blue Nano - Charlotte, NC, www.bluenanoinc.com Box Tone - Columbia, MD, www.boxtone.com Braintech - Washington, DC, www.braintech.com Channel Intelligence - Celebration, FL, www.channelintelligence.com Computable Genomix– Memphis, TN, www.computablegenomix.com Corporate Events Group - Falls Church, VA, www.corpeventsgroup.com CURRENT Group - Germantown, MD, www.currentgroup.com Envisionier Medical Technologies -  Woodstock, GA, www.envisionier.com GeneEx - Hialeah, FL, www.geneexinc.com Halo Monitoring - Huntsville, AL, www.halomonitoring.com Heart Imaging Technologies - Durham, NC, www.heartit.com Imbera - Melbourne, FL, www.imbera.biz Kaulkin Information Systems - Rockville, MD, www.kistrack.com Microcell - Raleigh, NC, www.microcellcorp.com New River Innovation - Greensboro, NC, www.newriverinnovation.com Overture Networks - Morrisville, NC, www.overturenetworks.com Semprius - Durham, NC, www.semprius.com Sharklet Technologies - Alachua, FL, www.sharklet.com SciVera - Charlottesville, VA,  www.scivera.com StudioNow – Nashville, TN, www.studionow.com Synapse Wireless - Huntsville, AL, www.synapse-wireless.com Twiigg - Reston, VA, www.twiigg.com Vocalocity - Atlanta, GA, www.vocalocity.com   YadaHome – Washington, DC,  www.yadahome.com "It's a great time for technology companies and venture capital investors to come together," said Steve Keeler, a partner with McGuireWoods and the SEVC 2010 Planning Chair.  "Fourth quarter 2009 brought an upswing in venture investor optimism and activity - particularly in IT, health care and clean tech - and other industries that can leverage government stimulus."    "With a stabilizing economy, the stock market holding up and talk of a potential reopening of the IPO window,  venture funds are telling us that 2010 could be one of the best years ever to invest," added Keeler.    In addition to showcase company presentations, the conference will feature a number of market-driven topical panels, featured speakers and exclusive networking opportunities. Current keynotes for SEVC 2010 include Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia; Mark Heesen, President of the National Venture Capital Association and technologist Vint Cerf, currently the Chief Internet Evangelist at Google and often referred to as "Father of the Internet".     About Southeast Venture Conference 2010 The Southeast Venture Conference, one of the largest venture capital forums on the east coast, takes place February 24-25th at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner, Virginia. The mission of the SEVC is to help support the innovation and entrepreneurial activity of emerging high growth technology companies and the resulting economic growth in the greater Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. As part of that goal, the SEVC understands the importance of investment capital to this equation and provides a key forum to facilitate the infusion of growth to the technology community. The 2010 conference features dozens of presenting companies, venture and entrepreneurial oriented panels, keynotes and numerous networking opportunities.     www.seventure.org

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Fwd: Triangle Mobile App Panel - Thursday, January 14

Interesting event for those of you interested in Mobile Apps.

Howie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                         Invitation RSVP link

 

                                                                                                       Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP link

 

                                                                                                                       Buckhead Saloon link

 

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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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FW: Microsoft Invites you to Participate in the US Imagine Cup

For those of you with IT ideas - worth considering.

-Howie

 

I would like to let you know that submissions for the Spring Imagine Cup Competition (www.imaginecup.us) are now open.  This competition is the World's premier Technology Business Competition. The first submission, just a business plan, is due February 1^st and the software portion is due March 15.  So, now is the perfect time to consider this competition for your class.  We've worked hard this year to make this a strong supporting piece of any project based curriculum and have seen some great success in over 30 Universities across the US. 

 

Thank you,

Cy Khormaee

Academic Relations Manager

mobile: 360.931.0893 |Microsoft Corporation –5404 Wisconsin Ave #600, Chevy Chase, MD 20815

 

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Entrepreneurship At Duke Highlights for Fall 2009

Enterpreneurship at Duke Highlights for Fall 2009

In chronological order

Program for Entrepreneurs - Class of 2011(two year program) - 50+ students applied and 70+ startup ideas.

Resulted in 16 startup teams and 80 students involved - 66 Fuqua, 8 non-Fuqua Graduate, 6 Undergraduate

www.dukeven.com

Duke Entrepreneurship Education Series - 11 events, 934 attendees (not including Eweek)

Sessions at Fuqua and Teer, with additional sessions at White Lecture Hall, Law School

www.dukedees.com

Entrepreneurship Week (Nov 16-22)

a) 10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge Elevator Pitch Competition with Google Ventures - 9 events, 887 attendees, 74 teams competing

www.dukestartupchallenge.org

b) Duke Global Entrepreneurship Network, Happy Hour in 10 cities - 10 events, 225 attendees

www.dukegen.com/events

DukeGEN Update (as of Dec 16)

1500+ members (alumni and students)
www.dukegen.com

Entrepreneurship At Duke website

Updated 12/2009

www.entrepreneurshipatduke.com

Howie

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Internship for next summer

Posting from first year student Aris Baras.

-Howie

Internships at Palaran - a hot, stealth, web startup!

Palaran (http://palaran.com) is a VC-backed stealth startup, with investors that include Om Malik, Esther Dyson and Joshua Schachter. We are ex-Google and ex-Yahoo Web Search engineers and designers and have been covered by TechCrunch (http://j.mp/palaran) and paidContent - but even they don't know what we're doing... yet. The only real way to know what's going on here is to come talk with us - and even better, to join us for the ride!

You'd need to be off-the-charts brilliant to keep up with the team, so that's kind of a requirement. If you buy as much stuff on ThinkGeek as you do on Amazon, we're intrigued! If you made a touch sensitive robot to play games on the iPhone, that's also good. If you have a strong opinion about string theory, multiverses, or the upcoming singularity, you'd also qualify. And if you do know what I'm talking about, read on.

We are taking a science-based, engineering-driven approach to an industry that has so far been more art, more trial-and-error, than real technology. We're big believers in big data, algorithms and scalable large-scale systems (we helped build Yahoo! Web Search, after all). We do have a big vision we're chasing, but we also have our monetization model down pat - we'll be making money as we build our business. That's good stuff.

Work-wise, there's a lot of Java going on, with a lot of open source code, components and infrastructure. Databases are used, sure; cloud-hosted on Amazon, certainly; mappin' and reducin'... maybe. As an intern, you will be playing with a lot of interesting technologies, writing lots of code, and devising efficient solutions to complicated problems.

So if your veins ache for that startup adrenaline, and you really need to be working with the best, this is just the place for you. Send your resume, and links to your previous work, to jobs@palaran.com<mailto:jobs@palaran.com> - operators are standing by!

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Fwd: Presenting Company Application Deadline Extended Until Monday

For any of you that would like a good showcase for your startup idea, this is a good venue.

Howie

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From: Southeast Venture Conference <mailer@seventure.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Subject: Presenting Company Application Deadline Extended Until Monday
To: howrhee@alum.mit.edu

Register to Attend  Become a Sponsor   Reserve your Hotel        Presented by:	Deadline Extended Until Monday for Presenting Companies to Apply Companies: Apply by December 21st for consideration   The 2009 Southeast Venture Conference (SEVC) has extended the deadline for presenting company applications until next Monday, December 21st.  The 4th annual event is scheduled for February 24-25, 2010 at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner, Virginia.   The conference is seeking high growth, innovative companies from a vast variety of technology industries including Clean-Tech, Energy, Software, Communications, Medical Devices, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Nanotech, Mobile, Internet and Defense among others. The conference will feature a wide range of presenting companies, from late stage Pre-IPO firms to younger high growth technology companies.   The Southeast Venture Conference is expected to feature dozens of the region's top high growth private companies. Presenting companies will be showcased before a regional and national audience of venture capitalists, private equity investors, angel investors, investment bankers, entrepreneurs and the technology industry executives. Presenting companies will be headquartered or have a significant presence in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic region. Additional details on presenting or registration information can be found at www.seventure.org. A list of presenters at the past three events can be found here.  Over the three previous events, the Southeast Venture Conference has sold out each year, while showcasing dozens of the region's fastest growing companies to an audience representing over $150 billion in private equity.      About Southeast Venture Conference 2010 The mission of the SEVC is to help support the innovation and entrepreneurial activity of emerging high growth technology companies and the resulting economic growth in the greater Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. As part of that goal, the SEVC understands the importance of investment capital to this equation and provides a key forum to facilitate the infusion of growth to the technology community. The SEVC not only showcases top regional technology companies, but provides unparalleled networking opportunities among the region's technology and investment leaders while providing insightful content through dozens of industry speakers.      www.seventure.org

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Fwd: WeMedia PitchIt! Challenge ­ $25,000 for media for a better world

For those of you with media ideas.

Howie

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sarah Mintz <smintz@ashoka.org>
Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Subject: WeMedia PitchIt! Challenge ­ $25,000 for media for a better world
To: hwr2@duke.edu

Dear Howie,

Your Idea could Win You $25,000

Ashoka's Changemakers and We Media have launched our second annual We Media PitchIt! Challenge – we are looking for the best new ideas (early stage ventures) that are working to help create a better world through media.

 

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10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge Announces Winners of Elevator Pitch Competition

 

10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge Announces Winners of Elevator Pitch Competition

 

Judges, led by Google's Bill Maris, select Biogenic Medical Devices and the audience selects The Produce Purity Project from 74 original contenders

 

 

Watch the video of the entire event at www.dukestartupchallenge.org

 

December 8, 2009 (Durham, NC.) - The 10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge, the premiere entrepreneurship competition at Duke University, announced today that Biogenic Medical Devices, led by Garrett Muramoto (MBA'11), took home the Judge's Choice award of $1000 and The Produce Purity Project, led by Stephanie Fruth (MBA'11), won the Audience Choice award of $250 and a special gift of $500 from lead judge Bill Maris, Co-Founder of Google Ventures.  A standing room only crowd of more than 500 packed Geneen Auditorium for the Elevator Pitch Competition Final showdown on Friday November 20 where 14 teams pitched and the winners took home the prize money.  The event was broadcast live on the Internet and is now available on the Duke Start-Up Challenge website at www.dukestartupchallenge.org&nbsp ;
 
Lead judge Bill Maris, of Google Ventures, summarized the night well when he said, "I go to a lot of these, mostly in Silicon Valley.  This is probably the single best one that I've ever participated in."
The 10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge Elevator Pitch Competition, part of Dukes celebration of Entrepreneurship Week from November 16 to 20, brought together students from many of Duke University's schools to deliver two-minute pitches to panels of judges and live audience members. The judges determined a Judge's Choice winner, while the audience, voting via SMS text messaging on their mobile phones (similar to American Idol), determined an Audience Choice winner from each of seven competition tracks.
 
Throughout the week, there were 7 semi-finals pitch competitions with 74 Duke start-up teams competing for one of 14 spots in the Finals Event. A total of 38 undergraduate startup teams competed in the competition. The Fuqua School of Business entered 20 student startup teams, and other teams represented the Pratt Master of Engineering Management Program, the Duke School of Law, the Duke Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, the Graduate School, and the Divinity School.  Even the Duke Blue Devil made a cameo appearance at the Finals event to make his pitch – "Free Duke Start-Up Challenge T-Shirts".  Two new competition tracks were added this year – Women Entrepreneurs and Energy & Environment – to address the growing diversity of interests and participation across Duke.  Close to $6,000 in cash and prizes were awarded at the competition this year. 
 
Win or lose, every student who participated learned a tremendous amount about how to start a business and attract investors, skills that will serve them well when they leave school for the real world.  "The Duke Start-Up Challenge has been a great way to gain valuable feedback on our business idea, and meet contacts who will be great resources in the future. Especially for us undergraduates who don't receive as much business exposure, the Elevator Pitch Competition has provided us experience presenting to potential investors, and will prove invaluable to our entrepreneurial education" said Daniel Certner '10, an undergraduate who participated in the competition.
 
Duke's participation in its third Entrepreneurship Week was a tremendous success, a reflection of the rising interest in entrepreneurship within the greater Duke community.  Led by the Kauffman Foundation, Global Entrepreneurship Week is a world-wide initiative during which millions of young people around the world participate in activities aimed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators.  The week included thousands of events in over 70 countries around the world. 
 
Duke's strong alumni network also had a role in celebrating Entrepreneurship Week.  The Duke Global Entrepreneurship Network (DukeGEN) hosted entrepreneur networking happy hour events for alumni in cities around the world, including Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Sunnyvale, and San Francisco.  Local alumni from Research Triangle Park (RTP) combined their entrepreneur networking happy hour with the Finals event on November 20.  
 
To see a video recording of the finals of the Duke Start-Up Challenge Elevator Pitch Competition, visit www.dukestartupchallenge.org.  If you were inspired in some way during the week to explore your potential as an entrepreneur or if you're looking for ways to get involved at Duke, please explore www.dukestartupchallenge.org and www.dukegen.com 
Finally, keep an eye out for the Duke Start-Up Challenge events coming up next year – the Executive Summary Competition in January and the Final Business Plan Competition in April – as teams compete for the $25,000 grand prize.
 
 
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Contact:

Steven Pal (MBA'10) 
Co-President of the Duke Start-Up Challenge and Student Co-Chair of Duke Entrepreneurship Week
steven.pal@fuqua.duke.edu

 

Howie Rhee
Co-Advisor
10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge
919-617-1123 or media@dukegen.com 

 

About the 10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge

The Duke Start-Up Challenge entrepreneurship competition runs throughout the academic year, from November to April. The competition includes an Elevator Pitch Competition in November, an Executive Summary Competition in January, and a live Finals Event in April, with multiple teams winning cash and prizes throughout the competition for the best submissions. The prizes are awarded to overall best plan/presentation and best submission in each of several categories (e.g. Energy & Environment, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Products & Services, and Social Entrepreneurship).  Additionally, teams are provided with feedback from knowledgeable judges along the way to help with further development of the business concept into the next part of the Duke Start-Up Challenge and beyond.  Founded in 1999 by an ambitious group of Duke students, the competition is now celebrating its 10th year of operation. More information at www.dukestartupchallenge.org <http://www.dukestartupchallenge.org> and follow @dukestartupchal on Twitter.

 

About Global Entrepreneurship Week

With the goal to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity, Global Entrepreneurship Week will encourage youth to think big, turn their ideas into reality, and make their mark. During the week of November 16 - 22, 2009, millions of young people around the world will join a growing movement to generate new ideas and seek better ways of doing things. Tens of thousands of activities are being planned in dozens of countries. Global Entrepreneurship Week is founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Make Your Mark campaign. For more information, visit www.unleashingideas.org <http://www.unleashingideas.org>.

About DukeGEN

DukeGEN is a sophisticated and active network that helps create debate, dialogue, and lucky encounters between Duke entrepreneurs.  We provide the energy and coordination to encourage Duke entrepreneurs, around the globe, to connect and increase their chances of success.  More information at www.dukegen.com <http://www.dukegen.com> and follow @DukeGEN on Twitter.

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