BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
2010 Finalists
Thirty-seven teams of entrepreneurially-minded graduate students from around the globe entered the 2010 LES Foundation Competition with business plans featuring ground-breaking technologies and services. This year’s Finalists are:
University of Pennsylvania, USA |
CADIA Technologies offering a next generation of cervical cancer screening. |
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University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
CamGaN offering a way to make white LEDs five times cheaper. |
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Swinburne University of Technology, Australia |
Encase offering unique above-ground bushfire shelters. |
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Duke University, USA |
Green Jelly offering a non-petroleum alternative to petroleum jelly. |
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University of Arkansas, USA |
Silicon Solar Solutions, LLC offering a patented process to reduce manufacturing costs and increase conversion efficiencies for silicon-based solar cell manufacturers. |
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On May 18, the teams presented their business plan featuring cutting-edge technologies and services to a world-class panel of judges in hopes of taking home:
- The $10,000 grand prize.
- The prestigious $5,000 LES International Global Award, which is presented to the team whose plan best deals with intellectual property rights and their use in the global business environment.
- The opportunity to select from a pool of in-kind prizes worth more than $85,000 from in-kind donors including Akin Gump, Fasken Martineau, Finnegan, Knobbe Martens, MBHB, and Sim & McBurney.
Read more about the 2010 Winners and view the 2010 Finals Program.
Thank you to Our Supporters!
The 2010 Competition is made possible by these organizations:
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