Rice University Business Plan Competition Awards $800,000 in Cash and Prizes.
Three teams win more than $125,000 at World's Richest and Largest Business Plan Competition.
The 2009 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) awarded more than $800,000 in cash and prizes at an awards banquet on Saturday, April 18. More than 700 people attended the banquet that marked the conclusion of the three-day RBPC. The world’s richest and largest business plan competition in the world brought 42 teams from across the globe to pitch their new technology business plans to more than 200 judges who themselves are successful venture capital investors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders.
Deadlines
Friday, February 5, 2010
Submit an Intent to Compete
Friday, February 26 2010
Executive Summaries Due to
rbpc@rice.edu
Thursday, March 11, 2010
RBPC Announces 42 Teams
Monday, March 15, 2010
Teams Accept Invitation
Friday, March 19, 2010
Written Business Plans Due
April 15-17, 2010
Competition Dates
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Success Stories
Past winners of the Rice Business Plan Competition are revoltionizing the way tractor-trailers are traveling highways by improving the trucks' efficiency and reducing their impact on the environment.
Read more about other team successes since competing at the RBPC.
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Recent News
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Read more about the 2008 winners of the Rice Business Plan Competition.
DVDs from 2008 Competition now available.
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More than $675,000 was awarded in 2008
The 2008 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) awarded more than $675,000 in cash and prizes to thirty-six of the top MBA/graduate schools from around the world. This year the competition was joined by FORTUNE Small Business and featured in the May 2008 issue of hte magazine and on CNNMoney.com.
The Grand Prize went to qcue from The University of Texas at Austin. As part of the Grand Prize package, Barry Kahn, CEO of qcue, along with team mates Andrew Mills, CTO and Jitendra Dalvi, CFO, rang the NASDAQ closing bell on Friday, June 13, 2008.
To watch the video and see photos CLICK HERE
For more on the 2008 Competition: award winners, press release
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