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Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: nCourage Honors Courageous Women at Rice Business Plan Competition 2023

Posted by on Jun 13, 2023

nCourage Entrepreneurs has awarded two teams, Atma Leather (Banofi Leather) and Thryft Ship the investment award for Courageous Women Entrepreneurs at the 2023 Rice University Business Plan Competition. Jinali Mody and Maggie Boreham of Atma Leather, Yale University, were awarded the $50,000 Courageous Women Entrepreneur Investment Award for their disruptive technology that converts banana crop...

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Twenty years after the first Rice Business Plan Competition, Houston’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is booming (and Zooming).

Posted by on Oct 19, 2020

MBA students from all over the world donned Zoom-appropriate business attire this summer to deliver their business pitches virtually for the first time ever in the history of the Rice Business Plan Competition. The competition, the world’s richest and largest graduate-level student startup competition, turned 20 this year during extraordinary times. Postponed from April because of the...

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nCourage awards Courageous Women Entrepreneur Award $25,000 Investment Prize to RelishMBA, University of Virginia

Posted by on Apr 27, 2015

nCourage awards Courageous Women Entrepreneur Award $25,000 Investment Prize to RelishMBA, University of Virginia

RelishMBA connects business school students and corporate recruiters through an online platform customized for the MBA hiring process. The Rice University Business Plan Competition is the world’s richest and largest graduate-level business plan competition. It is hosted and organized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, which is Rice University’s flagship initiative devoted...

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nCourage awards Courageous Women Entrepreneur Award $25,000 Investment Prize to Aerox, Thammasat University

Posted by on Apr 27, 2015

nCourage awards Courageous Women Entrepreneur Award $25,000 Investment Prize to Aerox, Thammasat University

Aerox manufactures A-Shield Silica Aerogel, a NASA-grade insulation at only 10 percent of the cost. According to Aerox, their product unlocks an opportunity in building material worth $37 billion. The Rice University Business Plan Competition is the world’s richest and largest graduate-level business plan competition. It is hosted and organized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and...

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