TechVenture Challenge Forms Teams for April Competition

Posted February 13, 2012 - 5:42pm
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Feb 13 2012

Five Vanderbilt technologies are the focus of this year’s TechVenture Challenge business plan competition. Vanderbilt faculty recently presented their inventions to a crowd of research, business, and law students who will develop commercialization strategies for the technologies. All teams will be finalized and announced on Monday, February 20.  The student teams will spend two months developing business plans, and compete on Thursday, April 12.  Details of the April competition and a complete listing of the participating technologies can be found on the TechVenture website.

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