The 2012 Tulane Business Plan competition wrapped up last Friday with major awards going to students of both Stanford University and Tulane University. Calcula, the Stanford team, took home the top prize of $50,000 for their kidney-stone related hydrodilation system.
Tulane’s ReactWell swept the $20,000 Domain Challenge award for their biomass to synthetic oil production system. Read more from our friends at NolaVie and check out pictures from our live tweets of the event below.
2012 Tulane Business Plan Competition
The final pitches of the 2012 Tulane Business Plan competition took place on Friday, April 13th, 2012. Check out the tweets below from @SiliconBayou and the Tulane Entrepreneurs Association.
Storified by Molly Oehmichen · Mon, Apr 16 2012 14:54:38
Tweeting to y’all live from the 2012 Tulane Business Plan Competition! http://pic.twitter.com/nxtpNmZ5Silicon Bayou News
Calcula from Stanford University is first up at the Tulane Business Plan Competition! http://pic.twitter.com/9l44OhpaSilicon Bayou News
Lots of exciting #startups here @ the Tulane Business Plan Competition! The Domain Companies New Orleans Entrepreneur Challenge is startingSilicon Bayou News
Great presentation on painfree kidney stone treatment by the Stanford team @ the 2012 Tulane Business Plan Competition http://pic.twitter.com/he7revtmSilicon Bayou News
Next up at the Tulane Business Plan Competition is Epi Qi from BYU. http://pic.twitter.com/8i8aSPVKSilicon Bayou News
Tulane School of Medicine presents SODI-CAN, a solution to water purification at the Tulane Business Plan Competition http://pic.twitter.com/NGI6A0ULSilicon Bayou News
NOLA based #startup @bideo presents at The Domain Companies New Orleans Entrepreneur Challenge @ Tulane. http://pic.twitter.com/xmHvNuzFSilicon Bayou News
Nanofex from Tulane is presenting a fix 4 contaminated water @ The Domain Companies #NOLA #Entrepreneur Challenge http://pic.twitter.com/FXD02lATSilicon Bayou News
#Entrepreneur lunch panel with the judges from the Tulane Business Plan Competition, sponsored by @NakedPizza! http://pic.twitter.com/cv1QVYAQSilicon Bayou News
@Reactwell awarded 1st place in final round of 2012 Tulane Business Plan Domain Companies CompetitionReactWell
From the Tulane TEA Facebook page: “Congrats to Calcula of Stanford, winner of the $50,000 Tulane Business Plan Competition and React Well of Tulane University for winning $20,000 in The Domain Companies New Orleans Entrepreneur Challenge!”