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<span iddata-cke-bookmark="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7707-4ff6-308a-b074e4499e491"><span style="font-sizedisplay: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;none">Overview:</span>&nbsp;</span>

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190dfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-7707-4ff6-308a-b074e4499e49serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Purpose:The competition is designed to give collegiate entrepreneurs a real-world experience to pitch their startups to investors, receive mentoring, network with the entrepreneurial ecosystem, enhance their startup strategy, and learn what it takes to launch a successful startup.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-774d-06d9-7b81-0c4a7ad00285"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51lucida sans unicode, 51lucida grande, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: presans-wrap;">“The goal of the RBPC is to provide the best overall educational and entrepreneurial experience of any business plan/new venture competition…”</span></span><div><br/></div><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7707-4ff6-308a-b074e4499e49serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; fontmedium">Judges will evaluate the teams as real-family: Arial; verticalworld entrepreneurs soliciting start-align: baseline; whiteup funds from early-space: pre-wrap;">Distinct Difference From Other Offerings:stage investors and venture capital firms. The judges are asked to rank the presentations based on which company they would most likely invest. In fact, 84% of the 275 judges at the 2017 RBPC said they were considering investing in a team that pitched at the 2017 RBPC or said they referred a team to an investor in their network.</span></span>

<span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; colorfamily: rgb(0lucida sans unicode, 0lucida grande, 0); fontsans-family: Arial; serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;medium">Past competitors have received over $20 million from investors they met at the Rice Business Plan Competition. Alumni from the RBPC is have raised more than $1.6 billion in funding and have generated more than 25 successful exits, valued at nearly a proven program that has developed into a prestigious entity that fosters successful enterprisesbillion dollars.</span></span>

= <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-7753-81f3-d25a-22445fc2ed0eserif"><span style="font-familysize: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">138 past competitors have successfully launched their businesses, and have raised in excess of $600 million in funding.BENEFIT</span></span>=

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guidfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-4755190d-7753-81f3-d25a-22445fc2ed0eserif"><span style="font-familysize: Arialmedium">RBPC &nbsp; color: rgb(51provides an intense, 51immersive experience over the course three days for student startup founders to pitch to investors, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teams will participate receive multiple rounds of feedback and present advance their proposal within a three day periodstartup.</span></span>

<span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guidserif"><span style="font-4755190d-7753-81f3-d25a-22445fc2ed0esize:medium">There will be over $1 million in prizes, and all 42 teams who compete at Rice University in Houston are guaranteed to win cash prizes. The minimum cash prize is $500 and the grand prize winner receives a $300,000 investment (typically in the form of a convertible debt note, without geographic restrictions.)</span></span><div class="page" title="Page 5"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column">= <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51lucida sans unicode, 51lucida grande, 51); backgroundsans-color: transparent; verticalserif"><span style="font-alignsize: baseline; whitemedium"><span style="font-spaceweight: pre-wrap;700">First Day) Practice Round and Elevator Pitch CompetitionELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS</span></span></span>=

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-7753-81f3family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-d25a-22445fc2ed0eserif"><span style="font-familysize: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Second Day) First Round and Feedback SessionTeams must meet all the following eligibility requirements in order to be selected to compete:</span></span>

== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-7753-81f3-d25a-22445fc2ed0eserif"><span style="font-familysize: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; verticalmedium"><span style="font-alignweight: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;700">Third Day) Semi-Final, Shark Tank and Final RoundStudent Enrollment</span></span></span><br/> ==

<span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guidserif"><span style="font-4755190dsize:medium">The competition is for degree-7753seeking students currently enrolled on a full-81f3or part-d25a-22445fc2ed0e">time basis <span style="font-familyweight: Arial; color: rgb700">(51</span>i.e., 51in the academic year from July 1, 512017 through June 30, 2018); background. This includes students who graduated, or will graduate any time after July 1, 2017. (For example, December 2017 graduates are eligible to compete). Students who graduated before July 1, 2017 are not eligible to participate. Adjustments may be made for teams from non-color: transparentU.S. universities that have a different academic calendar; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: preplease contact the RBPC director if you are from a non-wrap;">Following gives a breakdown of prizes U.S. school and awards given feel this applies to superior competitorsyou.</span></span>

[http://alliance.rice.edu/Prizes/ == <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17lucida sans unicode, 85lucida grande, 204); backgroundsans-color: transparent; textserif"><span style="font-decorationsize: underline; verticalmedium"><span style="font-alignweight: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;700">http:Outside Funding Limitations</span></alliance.rice.edu/Prizesspan></span><br/span>]==

Sponsors<span style="font-family: Arial; lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; whitemedium">All ventures must be seeking outside equity capital, typically early-stage venture capital investment or early-space: prestage angel investment. All ventures must be “for profit” entities. This is an early-wrap;"stage pitch competition, therefore, startups that have raised more than $250,000 in equity capital from sources other than the students or their friends or families prior to July 1, 2017 are not eligible to compete. Startup teams may have raised ANY level of equity funding AFTER July 1, 2017.</span>:</span> <ul span style="marginfont-topfamily:0pt;marginlucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-bottom:0pt;serif"><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4esize:medium">Equity funding awarded as part of an accelerator/incubator program does count toward funding limits.</span></span> <span style="backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparent; verticallucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-align: baseline; whiteserif"><span style="font-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">1-Service LLCThe following do not count toward funding limit: Research and other grants; competition winnings; traditional loans; and any friends and family funding.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfafamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium"><span style="font-alignweight: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;700">ABI Digital SolutionsRevenue Limitations</span></span></lispan><libr/>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63cfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Aquinas CompaniesVentures with more than $100,000 in revenues in prior academic years (before July 1, 2017), LLC/ Linebeck/Alpha Devare excluded.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771ffamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; whitemedium"><span style="font-spaceweight: pre-wrap;700">Austin VenturesPrior Activity</span></span></lispan><libr/>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfafamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Bank Both student and other team members may have worked on an idea or new technology in previous academic years, or in the case of Americathe student team members, even prior to entering graduate school, provided that their venture’s revenues and equity capital raised does not exceed the above limits.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63cfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; whitemedium"><span style="font-spaceweight: pre-wrap;700">BBVA Compass BankTeam Composition</span></span></lispan><libr/>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"serif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">BennuThis is a competition primarily for graduate-level students. All graduate students, not just MBA candidates, are eligible to participate in the competition. This includes, but is not limited to, PhD candidates, MBA students, MD candidates, JD candidates, and other Masters candidates. Competing team members may be from different disciplines and/or different universities.</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-alignsize: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Blue Lance</span></However, undergraduates are allowed to compete fully, as long as at least one member of the presenting team at the RBPC is a currently-enrolled graduate student and a member of the venture’s startup management team, and part of the team that presents in the competition (competing team). In other words, a team of two students could be comprised of one undergraduate student and one graduate student. Alternatively, a team of five students could be comprised of four undergraduates and one graduate student.</span></lispan><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium"><span style="font-alignweight: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;700">BrandExtractMinimum Team Size</span></span></lispan><libr/>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BusinessMarkers Radio Showmedium">The presenting team that competes at Rice University must include at least two current students and not exceed five current students. In other words, at least two members from each startup team must travel to Rice to compete, and both of these two members must be current students. The purpose of this rule is to encourage startups to enlist at least two founders in order to increase the potential for a successful startup.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium"><span style="font-alignweight: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;700">Chai OneMaximum Team Size</span></span></lispan><libr/>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-alignsize: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Comerica BankTeams may bring up to five startup team members who participate in the presentations on Friday and Saturday. In other words, at least two and no more than five startup team members may participate in the verbal presentations on Friday and Saturday. Others involved in the venture (non-students, faculty advisors or mentors) are welcome to travel to Rice with the competing student team, but are prohibited from participating in the presentations or Q&A sessions. More than five students can travel to Rice with the team, but only five students can serve as presenters. In fact, we encourage the team to bring a faculty, staff or other advisor with them to the RBPC, and we will invite them to attend our special lunch with the Dean of the Rice business school on Friday afternoon.</span></span></lidiv><li/div><span id/div><div class="page" title="Page 6"><div class="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4elayoutArea"><div class="column">== <span style="backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparent; verticallucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;serif">ConocoPhillips</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4esize:medium"><span style="backgroundfont-colorweight: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;700">Content ActiveTeam Presentation</span></span></lispan><libr/>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">DuaneMorris</span><at least two student members of the startup should participate in every round of presenting the startup’s investment pitch (i.e., the startup business plan presentation) on Friday and Saturday, April 6-7. Of the team members presenting, at least two of them must verbally present in the rounds they are involved in. To “verbally Present” means give/speak at least 20-30% of the presentation. The intention is that at least two team members share speaking responsibilities in the presentation section. The Q&A does not count toward the presentation time.</span></lispan><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corpmedium">The team may divide speaking time in their presentation however they choose, but a minimum of two members must speak at some point in the main presentation.</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190dfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium">The exception is the Elevator Pitch Competition on Thursday, April 5, where only one member of the team will be able to give the 60-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Energy Venturessecond presentation.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; whitemedium"><span style="font-spaceweight: pre-wrap;700">Enterprise Future NetworkStudent Involvement</span></span></lispan><libr/>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guidfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium">The competition is for student-created and student-alignmanaged ventures, including new ventures launched by licensing university technology. Students participating in the competition (i.e. members of the founding team) are expected to: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ernst & Young</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"medium">(1) be a driving force behind the new venture,<br/>Essex Woodlands Health Venture(2) have played a primary role in developing the business strategy (3) have key management roles in the startup venture, and<br/span>(4) own significant equity in the startup venture.</span></lispan><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"serif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Finger InterestsIn general, a member of the student team should be CEO, COO, or President of the venture, or members of the student team should occupy 50% or more of the functional area management positions that report directly to the CEO, COO, or President.</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfafamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">FLS AssociatesMembers of the student team are expected to own equity in the new venture. It is anticipated that students should own at least 20% of the total equity in the venture or at least 50% of the equity owned by the management team. One objective of this rule is to exclude ventures formed and managed by non-students who have given little or no equity to students for helping to develop the business strategy or create an investor pitch deck.</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771ffamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium">However, we recognize that the equity structure of some new university-align: baseline; whitebased ventures may not yet be established, the 20% equity ownership rule may be waived in this situation. This waiver will be examined on a case-space: preby-wrap;">Fly Vaxcase basis.</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">FortuneIn addition, we recognize that if the Intellectual Property (IP) is owned by the university, it is likely that a license for that IP may not have been finalized at the time of the competition. A license to the IP is not required to compete at the RBPC, but we encourage student teams to seek an option to obtain an exclusive license to the IP or provide other evidence that the startup will have ability to obtain an exclusive license to the IP in the future. The owner of the IP should be aware that the team is competing using that IP.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771ffamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; whitemedium"><span style="font-spaceweight: pre-wrap;700">Fulbright & JaworskiFaculty Involvement</span></span></lispan><libr/>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfafamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">GimmalEach team MUST have the endorsement of a faculty or staff advisor at their school and must provide contact information for their faculty advisor, regardless of whether or not the advisor will travel with the team to Rice University. All faculty advisors will be asked to confirm the eligibility of the team.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfafamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium"><span style="font-alignweight: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;700">Goose Society Nature of TexasVentures</span></span></lispan><libr/>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63cfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium">The competition is for new, independent ventures in the seed, start-alignup, or early growth stages. Generally excluded are the following: baseline; whitebuy-space: preouts of existing businesses, expansions of existing companies, real estate syndications, tax shelters, franchises, licensing agreements for distribution in a different geographical area, and spin-wrap;">Haynes and Booneouts from existing corporations. Licensing technologies from universities or research labs is encouraged.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium"><span style="font-alignweight: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;700">Heinlein FoundationPrior Activity</span></span></lispan><libr/><span id== <span style="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-alignsize: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Houston Angel NetworkTechnologies may be presented in the RBPC only once. Competing team members may participate in the RBPC more than once if entering with a new venture/new technology.</span></span></lidiv><li/div><span id/div><div class="page" title="Page 7"><div class="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4elayoutArea"><div class="column">== <span style="backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparent; verticallucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;serif">Houston Business Journal</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4esize:medium"><span style="backgroundfont-colorweight: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;700">Houston Technology CenterPrize Payments</span></span></lispan><libr/>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">InsperityAward payments will be issued to either the Company or the Team’s affiliated university. All required taxes will be withheld, and tax refund documents issued by Rice University.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium"><span style="font-alignweight: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;700">Jones PartnersRequired Forms</span></span></lispan><libr/><span id== <span style="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium">Each team will be required to provide appropriate documentation to receive award payments which include W-align: baseline; white9 and/or EIN forms for US teams, and W-space: pre-wrap;">Jones School Career Management Center (CMC)8 BEN forms for International teams No prizes can be awarded without the required forms submitted.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium"><span style="font-alignweight: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;700">KauffmanSectors</span></span></lispan><libr/>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersBusiness plans and companies should fall into one of four categories, or sectors:</span></span></li> === <libr/><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">MAANALife Science</span></span><br/li>=== <li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfafamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">McGuireWoods LLP– includes (but not limited to) Medical Devices, Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Health IT, Biotechnology.</span></span></li><li>=== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190dfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">Mercury FundEnergy/Clean Technology</span></span><br/li>=== <li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"serif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparentmedium">– includes (but not limited to) Sustainability, Water, Battery Technologies, Control&nbsp; vertical-align: baselineSystems, Smart Metering, PV Technology, Natural Gas, Transportation/Mobility, Oil & Gas Technologies, Algae, Fuel&nbsp; white-space: pre-wrap;">MicrosoftCells, Hybrid Vehicles.</span></span></li><li>=== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63cfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-alignsize: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">MinuteMan PressInformation Technology</span></span><br/li>=== <li><span idspan style="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-alignmedium">– Includes (but is not limited to): baseline; whiteMobile Apps, Software, Digital Media, Consumer Web, B-space: preto-wrap;">MillerB Applications, Enterprise Software, EganSAAS, Molter Internet, Web, Virtual Reality, Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial& Nelson LLPnbsp;Intelligence, Drones, Hardware, Robotics, Unmanned Vehicles.</span></span></li><li>=== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Murphree Venture Partnersmedium">Other Innovations</span></span><br/li>=== <li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfafamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">NASA Johnson Space Center– Includes (but is not limited to): Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology, Composites</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771ffamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">NASDAQ OMX Group, IncTeams must choose one sector/category for their companies.<Teams may chose a second sector/span>category, though a second sector/category is optional and not required. Please choose sectors/categories that best align with your company’s product, technology, system or mission.</span></lispan><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63cfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">nCourageThe RBPC Selection Committee and the Rice Alliance have the final decision on which teams are invited to compete in the Rice Business Plan Competition and reserves the right to include or exclude any teams for any reasons.&nbsp;</span></span></li><li>= <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190dfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">New World Ventures</spanstyle="font-weight: 700">COMPETITION FORMAT</span></lispan></span> =<lidiv class="page" title="Page 11"><div class="layoutArea"><span iddiv class="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4ecolumn"><span style="backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparent; verticallucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-align: baseline; whiteserif"><span style="font-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLPThe Rice Business Plan Competition takes place over 3 days with 5 segments of competition. Teams are required to participate in all segments that apply to them.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-alignsize: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Opportunity Houston/GHPElevator Pitch Competition</span></span></li>== <li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium">This this fast-paced event has all teams competing against each other for the best 60-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oraclesecond pitch to attendees. The Pitch takes place Thursday evening. There are cash prizes for top 5 best Elevator Pitches. This scoring does NOT factor into the overall scoring of the Rice Business Plan Competition.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">OWL Investment GroupBusiness Plan Competition First Round&nbsp;</span></span></li>== <li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-alignmedium">In the First Round, all teams in the competition will be divided into seven flights. The flights will consist of six teams, “clustered” by industry sector, to the extent possible. Current sectors are: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Padgett Group1) Life Science, 2) Energy/Clean Technology, 3) Information Technology, and 4) Other Innovations. Judges will be assigned to flights based on their background and areas of expertise.</span></span></li> <li><span idspan style="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium">The first and second place teams from each of the seven flights in the First Round plus the top-align: baseline; whitescoring third place team overall will advance to the Semi-space: pre-wrap;">Palo Alto SoftwareFinal Round, and the teams who finish third through sixth place in their flights will advance to the Challenge Round.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">Pannell Kerr Forster of TexasBusiness Plan Competition Semi-Final Round, P.C.Challenge Round&nbsp;</span></span></li>== <li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium">The Semi-align: baseline; whiteFinal Round and the Challenge Round will take place concurrently. The Semi-space: preFinal Round, composed of the top 15 teams from the First Round, will be placed into 3 flights of 5 teams each. Flights will not be sector-wrap;">Pearland Economic Development Corporationspecific.</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-alignsize: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Phillips & Reiter, PLLCThe top two teams from each Semi-Final Round flight will advance to the Final Round (6 teams total).</span></span></li><li> <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-alignsize: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">RedHouse AssociatesThe Challenge Round, composed of the remaining 27 teams from the First Round, will be placed into 7 flights of 4 teams each (one flight will have only 3 teams). Flights will not be sector-specific.</span></span></li><li>== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63cfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-ab04c4222e4eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-color: transparent; vertical-alignsize: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">S3 VenturesBusiness Plan Competition Final Round&nbsp;</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sandi Heysinger and Dick William</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sante Ventures</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Silicon Valley Bank</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shell/Shell Energy Ventures</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Silver Fox Advisors</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sim-Tex, Inc.</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V.S. Elgohary</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Statoil</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SURGE Accelerator</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TiE Houston</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thompson & Knight</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TOTAL</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trailblazer Capital</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">U.S. Department of Energy</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Venture Fellows</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UK Science & Innovation, British Consulate-General, Houston</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Waste Managment</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whitehall and Company</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-771f-7bfa-e63c-ab04c4222e4e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Winstead</span></span></li></ul>=

<span style="font-family: Arial; lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: premedium">The top six teams from the Semi-wrapFinal Round (2 from each flight) will compete in the Final Round, the last part of the Business Plan Competition. These final 6 teams will be in one flight;"the flight is not specific to any sector.</span>Impact Achieved For Student and Campus:</span>

== <span style="backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparent; color: rgb(51lucida sans unicode, 51lucida grande, 51); fontsans-family: Arial; serif"><span style="font-weightsize: boldmedium">Cocktail Reception & Company Showcase&nbsp; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;"</span>Highlights of the Competition include:</span>==

<span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53-6fa14d71f60eserif"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">Real-world opportunities Teams have one final opportunity to gain discuss and promote their business ideas with investors, judges, sponsors, local business members. Attendees will vote on the necessary knowledge that Best Showcase Company during the reception. There is a prize for Best Company Showcase.&nbsp;required to successfully accelerate a new business.</span></span>

<ul span style="marginfont-topfamily:0pt;marginlucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-bottom:0pt;serif"><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53-6fa14d71f60esize:medium"><span style="backgroundThe competition simulates the real-color: transparent; verticalworld process of entrepreneurs soliciting start-align: baseline; whiteup funds from early-space: pre-wrap;">“Chance to receive mentoring from stage investors and experienced entrepreneurs</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53-6fa14d71f60e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scheduled opportunities to network with potential venture capitalists and other capital firms. The judges function as early stage venture capital investors for three days</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53-6fa14d71f60e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">High caliber deciding on which business venture they would most likely fund. The quality of the innovation, the size of judgesthe market, the competitive differentiation, all senior level investorsthe strength of the management team, entrepreneurs and industry leaders</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53-6fa14d71f60e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Opportunities to receive individual feedback during 3 separate sessions</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53-6fa14d71f60e"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2013: $1the clarity and persuasiveness of the written plan and oral presentation, all influence the judges’ decisions.5 Million + Ultimately, the winning team should be the team in prize which the judges would most likely invest their money was awarded with all teams winning at least one cash award”.</span></span></li></ul>

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-fc53-6fa14d71f60eserif"><span style="font-familysize: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Recent recognitionWhile judging the competition, judges will be asking many details questions about business viability and investment potential. Consider how your business plan and presentation responds to the following:</span></span><ul style="marginlist-top:0pt;marginstyle-bottomtype:0pt;none"><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190dfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-774f-4ce2-fc53-6fa14d71f60eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium">-align: baseline&nbsp; whiteIs the startup addressing a big problem and is there evidence that customers will be willing to pay for their</span> <span style="font-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 Top Ten Best U.S. Graduate Entrepreneurship Program – Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazinesolution?</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-6fa14d71f60eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium">-align: baseline &nbsp; whiteWill the technology work? Is their evidence that the technology will solve the problem (e.g., lab results, field</span> <span style="font-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">2011 NASDAQ OMX Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence Award – GCECtrials)?</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53-6fa14d71f60eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparentmedium">- &nbsp; verticalIs the problem big enough to build a company around? What is the size of the addressable market?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-alignfamily: baseline; whitelucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-spacesize: premedium">-wrap&nbsp;">2011 National Model MBA Entrepreneurship Program – USASBEWhat is the competition? Does the startup have a significant, sustainable competitive differentiation?</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guidfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53-6fa14d71f60eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium">-align: baseline &nbsp; whiteIs there intellectual property (IP)? What is the status of licensing of the IP? Does the startup have access to a</span> <span style="font-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">2011, 2009 Marketer of license or option to license the Year – American Marketing AssociationIP? Are there other startups pursuing this market with similar IP?</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53-6fa14d71f60eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparentmedium">- &nbsp; verticalDoes the management team understand its strengths and any gaps in the current team?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-alignfamily: baseline; whitelucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">2009 Outstanding Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership - GCEC &nbsp;Is the team coachable? Is this a team I want to invest in and work with?</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-6fa14d71f60eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparentmedium">- &nbsp; verticalHow long will it take to generate revenue? How much additional product development is required?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-alignfamily: baseline; whitelucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-spacesize: premedium">-wrap &nbsp;">2009 Excellence How much investment will the company need in Technology Entrepreneurship Award - GCECorder to reach breakeven cash flow?</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53-6fa14d71f60eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; verticalmedium">-align: baseline &nbsp; whiteDoes the startup understand key milestones that need to be reached? Does the team have a fund raising strategy</span> <span style="font-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">2009 Outstanding Technology Entrepreneurship Program – USASBEtied to those milestones and value inflection points?</span></span></li><li><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guid-4755190d-774f-4ce2-fc53-6fa14d71f60eserif"><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparentmedium">- &nbsp; verticalIs there a credible exit available within a reasonable timeframe?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-alignfamily: baseline; whitelucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-spacesize: premedium">-wrap &nbsp;">2008 Houston’s Greatest Economic Development Ally – Greater Houston PartnershipShould I invest in this business?</span></span></li>

<span style="font-family: Arial; lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Steps Required To Bring Resource On CampusDuring the competition, in each of the rounds, each team will be ranked against the other teams their flight relative to the judges’ perceived investment opportunity. For example, in the first round, teams will ranked from 1 to 6, where 1 = highest: most likely to invest, and 6 = lowest:least likely to invest)</span></span>

== <span style="backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparent; color: rgb(0lucida sans unicode, 0lucida grande, 0); fontsans-family: Arial; serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; whitemedium"><span style="font-spaceweight: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15;700">Detailed explanation on entering competition.Scoring in Competition Rounds</span></span></span> ==

<span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7756-bb71-952f-64d5630b2597">[http://alliance.rice.edu/Eligibility/ <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17lucida sans unicode, 85lucida grande, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: presans-wrap;">http://alliance.rice.edu/Eligibility/</span>]</span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7756-bb71-952f-64d5630b2597serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0medium">There are five rounds of scored competition throughout the event, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-spaceand all teams will compete in 4 of them: pre-wrap;">Detailed explanation on submitting a proposal.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7756-bb71-952f-64d5630b2597">[http://alliance.rice.edu/Submission_Requirements/ == <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17lucida sans unicode, 85lucida grande, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; verticalsans-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://alliance.rice.edu/Submission_Requirements/</span>]</span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7756-bb71-952f-64d5630b2597serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">The program is open to all graduate-level students.Elevator Pitch&nbsp;</span></span>===

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guidfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-4755190d-7756-bb71-952f-64d5630b2597serif"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgbmedium">All attendees at the Elevator Pitch competition will judge the competition. Judges will score each team that presents on a scale of 1 (excellent) to 5 (poor). The teams with the best (0i.e., 0, 0lowest); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://allianceaggregate overall scores are the winners. All 42 teams are required to present their elevator pitch on Thursday evening.riceEach pitch will last up to but not exceed 60 seconds.edu/Compete/ http://allianceThe Elevator Pitch Competition is a stand-alone event and does not factor into a team’s scoring for the Business Plan Competition.riceThere are cash prizes for the five Best Elevator Pitches.edu/Compete/]</span></span><div><br/></div><br/>Contact Information:

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32-a980family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-8e4f6de942bfserif"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Rice Business Plan CompetitionJudges should evaluate each team based on how convincingly they present their business concept, contact is at rbpc@ricesuch that the judge would want to learn more about the company as a potential investor.edu or you may call (713) 348The best teams are those teams that an investor would want to schedule a follow-3443up meeting for further discussion because they believe this company represents a strong investment opportunity.</span></span>

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32-a980family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-8e4f6de942bfserif"><span style="font-familysize: Arial; colormedium">In the First Round on Friday, teams will be clustered by industry segment to the extent possible, and judges will be divided based on their area of experience. Current groupings include: rgb(511) Life Science, 2) Energy/Clean Technology, 513) Information Technology, 51and 4); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mailing AddressOther Innovations.</span></span>

<span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-guidserif"><span style="font-4755190dsize:medium">Each judge will assess the investment potential based on the criteria listed above. Comments on each team’s strengths and areas for improvement will be written on a comment sheet and given to the teams at the end of the day on Friday.</span></span></div></div><span style="font-7758family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-5d32serif"><span style="font-a980-8e4f6de942bfsize: medium">The winning team from each of the seven flights will be determined by the judges ranking of the teams within each flight. This ranking will be determined Friday afternoon after all of the teams have presented to the judges. The judges will rank the teams within their flight from 1 (most likely to invest) to 6 (least likely to invest).</span></span></div><div class="page" title="Page 14"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column">=== <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51lucida sans unicode, 51lucida grande, 51); backgroundsans-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; whiteserif"><span style="font-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">Rice Business Plan Competition, contact is at rbpc@rice.edu or you may call (713) 348Semi-3443.Final and Challenge Round</span></span>===

<span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32-a980-8e4f6de942bf"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51lucida sans unicode, 51lucida grande, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: presans-wrap;serif">Mailing Address</span><span style="font-familysize: Arial; color: rgbmedium">The winners of the Semi-Final Round will be chosen in the same manner as in the First Round. Judges will rank teams from 1 (most likely to invest) to 6 (51, 51, 51least likely to invest); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. In total six teams will advance to the Final Round.</span></span>

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32-a980family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-8e4f6de942bfserif"><span style="font-family: Arial; colorsize: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;medium">Rice Alliance The Challenge Rounds are formatted differently than the Semi-Final Rounds and will provide competitors with a third type of presentation experience. Each will have a total of 25 minutes for Technology presentation and EntrepreneurshipQ&A. However, there will be no specified time limits on the presentations or Q&A. Judges are encouraged to ask questions throughout the presentation. The winning team in each flight of the Challenge round will be determined in the same way as the other rounds by a ranking by the judges. This ranking will be determined after all four teams have presented to the judges. The judges will rank the four teams in the Challenge Round from 1 (most likely to invest) to 4 (least likely to invest).</span></span>

=== <span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guidfamily:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-4755190d-7758-5d32-a980-8e4f6de942bfserif"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">Rice University, MS-531Final Round&nbsp;</span></span>===

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-a980-8e4f6de942bfserif"><span style="font-familysize: Arial; color: rgbmedium">The winning teams in the final round will also be determined by the judges’ ranking of the teams. This ranking will be determined Saturday afternoon after all of the teams have presented to the judges. The judges will rank the six teams in the finals from 1 (most likely to invest) to 6 (51, 51, 51least likely to invest); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PO Box 2932.</span></span>

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-a980-8e4f6de942bfserif"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-spacesize: pre-wrap;medium">HoustonThe rankings from each of the judges will be aggregated and the teams with the lowest total scores will be the winners. As in the previous rounds, TX 77252-2932in the case of a tie, the team with the most number of first place scores will be declared the winner.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32-a980-8e4f6de942bf"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51lucida sans unicode, 51lucida grande, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: presans-wrap;serif">Physical Address</span><span style="font-familysize: Arial; color: rgbmedium">Cocktail Reception & Company Showcase at the Awards Banquet (51Saturday evening, 51, 51April 7)<br/>All attendees of the Awards Banquet are eligible to judge the Company Showcase. All attendees will be given 2 tickets to give to a team(s)of their choosing. The team with the most tickets is the winner.&nbsp; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span>

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<span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32-a980-8e4f6de942bf">= <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51lucida sans unicode, 51lucida grande, 51); backgroundsans-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;serif">Jones School, Room 134</span>Catherine Santamaria</span>==

<span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32-a980-8e4f6de942bf"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51lucida sans unicode, 51lucida grande, 51); backgroundsans-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;serif">''Director, Rice UniversityBusiness Plan Competition''<br/span>(713) 348-3190<br/>[mailto:rbpc@rice.edu rbpc@rice.edu]</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32-a980-8e4f6de942bf">= <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51lucida sans unicode, 51lucida grande, 51); background-color: transparent; verticalsans-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;serif">6100 Main Street</span>Mary Lynn Fernau</span>==

<span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32-a980-8e4f6de942bf"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51lucida sans unicode, 51lucida grande, 51); background-color: transparent; verticalsans-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;serif">Houston''Marketing Director, TX 77005Rice Alliance''<br/>(713) 348-29325374<br/span>[mailto:mlfernau@rice.edu mlfernau@rice.edu]</span>

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&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Haan.nguyen304 Ha An Nguyen&nbsp;]<span iddiv class="page" title="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32-a980-8e4f6de942bfPage 3"></div><span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-aligndisplay: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;none">Fax: 713-348-3110&nbsp;</span></spandiv></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-4755190d-7758-5d32-a980-8e4f6de942bf"><span style="font-family[[Category: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Email: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">rbpc@rice.edu</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span>Organizations]]