Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Announces the 2006 Rice Business Plan Competition Semi-Finalists Eligible for More Than $260,000 in Prizes.HOUSTON -- Top-Rated International Universities Present the Companies of the Future to A Distinguished Panel of Judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
(March 14, 2006) - Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship hosts the sixth installation of the Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC RBPC Random Binary Phase Code ), one of the world's largest. The 2006 competition is one of the top entrepreneurial gatherings in Houston. RBPC recently announced the semi-finalists who will be competing for more than $260,000 in prizes. The three-day business plan competition, which kicks off March 30, 2006, is hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . at Rice University. Of the top-rated, international university teams invited to participate in the competition, the following were selected as semi-finalists: Babson College Carnegie Mellon University Columbia University Dartmouth Duke University Georgia Institute of Technology Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Purdue University Rice University San Diego State University Southern Methodist University SP Jain Institute of Mgmt & Research Stanford University Stephen F. Austin State University Texas A&M University University of Arizona University of British Columbia University of California Los Angeles University of Chicago University of Colorado at Boulder University of Georgia University of Illinois at Chicago University of Manitoba University of Michigan University of New Mexico University of Pennsylvania University of Southern California University of Texas University of Toronto University of Virginia University of Washington University of Western Ontario Wake Forest University Yale University Within the past six years, RBPC has become one of the largest university-based intercollegiate business plan competitions in the world in terms of prize money, number of contending teams, and participating judges. Prizes valued at more than $260,000 will be given away, including: --$100,000 equity investment provided by The GOOSE Society of Texas --$20,000 cash prize for first place, $15,000 for second place, $7,500 for third place --Qualification to compete at MOOT CORP(R) for an additional $100,000 --Round-trip tickets on Continental Airlines valued at $3,000 --One year of free Houston Technology Center office space valued at $15,000 and technology services provided by 1-service.com --Marketing and design services provided by BrandExtract and The Padgett Group valued at $25,000 --One year of free web-site hosting from RentTheSite.com valued at $2,450 for the grand-prize winner --Free software provided by Microsoft --Free business mentoring provided by the Silver Fox Advisors RBPC offers MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration teams an excellent opportunity to network with more than 150 venture capital principals, early stage investors, successful entrepreneurs and senior business leaders, who also act as judges for RBPC. The judges are selected based on their expertise in investing, entrepreneurship, and their interest in supporting early stage entrepreneurs. The winners of the competition will present a business plan that the judges would most likely fund. Highlights for this years' event include the Elevator Pitch Elevator Pitch A slang term referring to the 20-60 seconds an entrepreneur has to interest a venture capitalist (VC) in his or her business idea. Notes: Entrepreneurs have about the same amount of time to pitch their idea to a VC as they would if they ran into the VC in Competition, a Texas Bar-B-Q Dinner and at last the Awards Banquet. The complete schedule is as follows:
Thursday, March 30, 2006
12:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Registration & Feedback Round for Teams
(non-scoring)
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM: Kick-off reception, Team Showcase, Elevator
Pitch Competition, and Texas Bar-B-Q Dinner
Friday, March 31, 2006
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Welcome and Review Judge Instructions
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM: Competition: Semi-Final Round
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM: Teams receive feedback from Judges
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Finalist Reception: Announce Finalist Teams
Saturday, April 1, 2006
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Wildcard Round and Challenge Round
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Competition: Final Round
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Awards Banquet
The $100,000 investment prize is sponsored by The GOOSE Society of Texas, comprised of Rod Canion Rod Canion co-founded Compaq with Jim Harris and Bill Murto in 1982, investing $1000 in the company. Before co-founding Compaq Canion worked at Texas Instruments. Canion led Compaq as Chief Executive Officer through a decade of unprecedented growth. , Arthur A. Ciocca, Terry M. Giles, Jack M. Gill, PhD, Michael Holthouse, and Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Linbeck, III. This year the Grand Prize is sponsored by Shell Technology Ventures. Other cash prize sponsors include Finger Interests, LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability , Sirius Solutions, GE Commercial Finance, Administaff, Murphree Venture Partners, PC, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Austin Ventures, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol ., Andrews Kurth Andrews & Kurth L.L.P. is a Houston, Texas based law firm founded by Frank Andrews (Texan) and U.S. Congressman Thomas Henry Ball in 1902 and later joined by Melvin Kurth in 1913. Andrews & Kurth served a pivotal role in representing Texas railroad firms in the early 1900's. LLP, Conley Rose, P.C., Chase Bank, DFJ DFJ Dysfunkshun Junkshun (Austin, Texas band) Mercury, Energy Valley, Inc., EnterSys Group, Essex Woodlands Health Ventures, Houston Business Journal, Houston Private Equity Association, Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP., Main Street Capital Partners, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control ., Marsh & McLennan, Sternhill Partners, Vuico, and Yaffe / Deutser. The Awards Banquet and cocktail reception on Saturday night, April 1 is sponsored by: Ernst & Young, Sterling Bank, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. and HP. Other Competition sponsors include: 1-service.com, Access America Funds Group, Administaff, BrandExtract LLC, Business Wire, Continental Airlines, DataCert, Deloitte, Gardere, Haynes and Boone Haynes and Boone, LLP is one of the largest and fastest-growing law firms in the United States. It has grown from a handful of lawyers in 1970 to more than 450 lawyers in 2007. The firm is based in Dallas, Texas, and as of 2007 has more than 25 legal practice areas. , LLP, Houston Technology Center, Jackson Walker, L.L.P., Microsoft, NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on , Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas (PKF PKF Peace Keeping Force PKF Pannell Kerr Foster (accounting firm) PKF Park Falls, Wisconsin (Airport Code) Texas), RENTthesite.com, Silver Fox Advisors, The Padgett Group, Winstead, and Woodrock & Co. Team sponsors include: Aquinas Corporation, British Consulate - General Houston, EnterSys Group, Frost Bank, Gateway Payment Systems, Katzenbach Partners, Linbeck Group, LP., MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum of Texas, PKF Texas, Smith & Associates, Sternhill Partners, Tom & Mary Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. , Ken Dennard, and Tom Gillis, and Glenn Rust,. The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is Rice University's flagship initiative devoted to the support of technology entrepreneurship. The mission of the Rice Alliance is to support the creation of technology-based companies and the commercialization of new technologies in Houston community and the Gulf Coast region. The Rice Alliance's vision is simple, but grand--to help establish Houston as a leading technology and entrepreneurship center in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Since its inception in late 1999, the Rice Alliance has assisted in the launch of more than 170 new technology companies. Rice Alliance companies have raised more than $300 million in early stage funding. In excess of 300 early-stage technology companies have benefited from participation in Rice Alliance programs as either a presenter or technology showcase company. The Rice Alliance provides a collaborative network and forum for support, education and exchange of ideas. It provides entrepreneurs access to the human and financial capital needed for success. During the past five years, the Rice Alliance has conducted more than 70 programs attended by nearly 15,000 individuals. For more information about the Rice Alliance, visit www.alliance.rice.edu. The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management is one of seven academic units of Rice University. Named in honor of the late Jesse Holman Jones, a prominent Houston business and civic leader, the school received its initial funding in 1974 through a major gift from the Houston Endowment Inc., a philanthropic foundation established by Jones and his wife, Mary Gibbs Jones. Rice offers the MBA, MBA for Executives, and MBA for Professionals degrees as well as the following joint degrees: MBA/ME with the George R. Brown School of Engineering and MD/MBA with Baylor College of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine is a private medical school located in Houston, Texas, USA on the grounds of the Texas Medical Center. It has been consistently rated the top medical school in Texas and among the best in the United States. . The Jones School also offers a full schedule of non-credit executive education and customized courses for business and industry. The Financial Times 2006 ranks the Rice MBA finance program among the top ten in the world six of the last seven years and in the top ten for entrepreneurship twice in seven years. The Financial Times ranks the Rice MBA for Executives among the top 20 in the U.S. The Princeton Reviews ranks Rice among the top 10 for greatest opportunity for women and Hispanic Trends named Rice one of the top 25 business schools for Hispanics. |
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