Last year's grand prize winners took home $20,000 and rang the closing bell on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Yesterday, they had an idea. Today, they have a business.
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Last year, over 250 professionals helped aspiring entrepreneurs get their feet off the ground with technical and networking support.
These judges and mentors turned ideas into reality.
Learn about how you can become a mentor or judge.
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The 2008-2009 Wharton Business Plan Competition Winner: NIR Diagnostics!
Congratulations to Pitamber Devgon, Xiaoming Fang, Bosun Hau, Armen Karamanian of NIR Diagnostics, who took home the Michelson Grand Prize of $20,000 cash with an additional $10,000 worth of legal and accounting services. NIR Diagnostics also received the most votes in the People's Choice Award, securing an additional $3000 prize for being the audience's favorite.
Other Prizes
The first runner-up was CuddleBots, led by Joseph Zwillinger and Buzzy Bonneau. They received a $10,000 cash award and $10,000 in legal and accounting services.
The second runner-up was the Wharton West team of RealisticEye, led by Chris Schaeffer, Erich Horn, and Srini Namineni. They received a $5,000 cash award and $10,000 in legal and accounting services.
The Frederick H. Gloeckner Award went to Daniel Harbuck of StealthRowing for being the highest ranked undergraduate plan in this year's competition. Harbuck received a $5000 cash prize.
Thank You to our 2008-2009 Gold Sponsor:
Thank You to our Grand Prize Sponsor:
The Gary Karlin Michelson, M.D. Charitable Foundation Inc.
Thank You to our Venture Finals sponsor:
For general inquiries, please contact whartonbpc@wharton.upenn.edu.
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