With early-stage funding opportunities tight in today’s economy, managers of university-run business plan competitions say they’ve seen an increase in budding entrepreneurs looking for a boost. “We’ve gone to 42 teams from 36 teams and we brought in more judges for the competition,” said Brad Burke, managing director for the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, which managed a competition in Houston that distributed $800,000 in April. Read more at:
http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/07/13/universities-crank-up-business-plan-competitions/?mod=rss_WSJBlog

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