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Celebrating its 25th year, the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship hosted the celebrated Rice Business Plan Competition this month, doling out more than $2 million in investment and cash prizes to the top-performing teams.
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School Updates
Intero Biosystems — a life science company that has developed the first cell-derived human “mini gut” replicating cell types, spatial structure and function of the human intestine — took home the grand prize at the 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition.
14 Apr
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In The Media
Five student-founded startups have been named finalists for Rice University's prestigious pitch competition, hosted by Rice University’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship later this month. The teams will compete for a share of $100,000 in equity-free funding at the H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge (NRLC).
11 Apr
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Rice MBA Omair Tariq, co-founder and CEO of Cart.com, has been named one of eleven regional winners in the Entrepreneur Of The Year program, run by professional services firm EY.
Amazon’s 'This Is Small Business' podcast launched a spinoff miniseries, 'This Is Small Business Next Generation', in partnership with Rice Business. The miniseries is hosted by Andrea Marquez, a future small business owner, and Mitchella Gilbert (“Mitch”), founder of OYA Femtech Apparel and an ex-RBPC competitor, as co-host.
Meet the Rice Business MBA Class of 2024 through in-depth profiles on the extraordinary students, their stories, and their dreams.
Full-Time MBA candidate Jahnavi Gudi is determined to break barriers for first-generation women in finance. "I think it’s important to address the systemic and academic barriers for women with my background to break into these competitive fields."
Meet Tareck Haykal, a Rice MD/MBA candidate pursuing plastic surgery and entrepreneurship. "I am very interested in entrepreneurship and Rice has been #1 for four years now."
"People today definitely want to continue to learn and to work," said Rice Business Dean Peter Rodriguez. "They want it to be accessible, affordable, and to make a tangible difference in their career."
Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, received the Outstanding Contributions to Advancing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Award at the 2023 Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education.
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.
The Corporation of Brown University recently welcomed five new members to its Board of Trustees. Among the newly elected members was Eldridge H. Gilbert III, who graduated with his Rice MBA in 2010.
Executive Director of Recruiting and Admissions Coni Zingarelli gives ClearAdmit the inside scoop on the Rice MBA application process. She dives into how interviews are conducted, what happens between hitting "submit" and getting an admissions decision, and which Rice courses are popular.
