Startup Showdown 2008

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Startup Showdown 2008 FSB teamed up with Rice University in a contest to find the best student business plans in the nation. And the winner is: Death to scalpers Their software stops the middleman from jacking up the price of your concert tickets. (more) • Pitch in a minute • $675,000 in prizes: All about the Rice competition Second place: Hot ski jackets This team’s idea was a real gas: inflatable outdoor-wear to keep the cold out. (more) • Pitch in a minute Third place: How to live forever In this bank you don’t save your pennies. They save your healthy cells for a rainy day. (more) • Pitch in a minute The entire playing field Here's how all 36 teams stacked up against each other. (more)
Gone in 60 seconds Each team was given one minute to describe its business plan. Watch the top pitches below.
The winner: Scalpers beware Qcue's Barry Kahn delivers his team's winning sell. (more)	Second place: Gassing up Klymit's Nate Alder with the pitch that landed his team the number two spot. (more)
Third place: Save your cells NeuroBank's Ray Sekula sells saving cells for the number three slot. (more)
Flashback
Where are they now? FSB checks in with the winners of its 2007 business plan competition. (more) • FSB's 2007 Business Plan Competition
More Top Pitches
The war on pain Microtransponder delivers the pitch that earned it the No. 4 spot. (more)	Cheap solar energy Enexra delivers the pitch that earned it the No. 5 spot. (more)
Heart check HeartSounds delivers the pitch that earned it the No. 6 spot. (more)	Drugs for drunks Etoh Pharmaceuticals delivers the pitch that earned it the No. 7 spot. (more)
QUIZ Do you have what it takes to win a business plan competition? Think you have a stellar business plan? Take this quiz to find out if your plan could wow the judges. (more) FORUM Do business school students have the best business ideas?	More Want to compete? Find out more about the Rice Business Plan Competition and the deadlines for next year. (more) Quick Vote Which of the top seven companies has the best idea? qcue Klymit NeuroBank MicroTransponder Enexra HeartSounds Etoh Pharmaceuticals or View results

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FSB teamed up with Rice University in a contest to find the best student business plans in the nation.

Gone in 60 seconds

Each team was given one minute to describe its business plan. Watch the top pitches below.