Day 1 Judging at The Rice Business Plan Competition - good luck to all teams! The nCourage Entrepreneurs Investment Group is proud to be a part of The Rice Business Plan Competition, judging and awarding the Women Entrepreneur Award for a fifth year. Pictured above (left to right): Susan Pennebaker, Cindy Boyd, Winnie Hart, Susan Hrib, Lamar Mathews, and Dr. Heajin...
Read MoreThis year the nCourage team is proud to announce the additions of Susan Pennebaker and Dr. Heajin Kamalani to the investment group. After practicing law for twelve years, Susan joined Pennebaker to focus on internal communications and marketing. She has been the lead marketing and strategy consultant for clients such as KPMG Peat Marwick’s national consulting practice based in Washington,...
Read MoreThe nCourage Entrepreneurs Investment Group will be judging entries in the 14th Annual Rice University Business Plan Competition this week for the fifth consecutive year. In addition our investment group will be awarding a $25,000 investment prize for Courageous Women Entrepreneurs. To be eligible for the $25,000 Women’s Entrepreneur cash prize, graduate-level business plan teams must have, in...
Read MoreThe 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 to the support of entrepreneurship, and the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business. This is the 14th year for the...
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AQDOT: Based on the cutting-edge research from the University of Cambridge, AQDOT has developed a low-cost process for microencapsulation, a multi-billion-per-annum industry with established applications in household and personal care, food and agrochemical markets. AQDOT can produce inexpensive capsules while preserving the activity of bio-macromolecules, which can be triggered to release...
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