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2008-2009 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.
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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.

Previous Winners
Participating in the Wharton Business Plan Competition can be the first step in a long and successful company. Choose one of our past winners to read about their experience and find out where they are now and what they gained from their participation in the BPC.
If you are a past BPC participant with a success story about the company you entered in the competition - whether or not you won - we would love to hear from you. Please contact us with information and updates about your enterprise.

If you are a past participant in the BPC who wants to give back to Wharton and the Competition, there are many ways you can help! Become a mentor and assist a team as they turn their idea into an actual business plan. You can also become a judge and see what the teams are doing today. Contact us for more information.



 

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