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CIE Business Plan Competition 2008

The Business Plan Competition, now celebrating its 11th year, is the marquee event of the University of Washington’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The competition is designed to promote student start-up ideas and venture creation by bringing together students with judges from the entrepreneurial community in a multi-stage, real-world challenge.

The Investment Round is over and the top 16 teams will advance to the Sweet 16 Round on Thursday, May 22.

Announcing the Sweet 16 Teams

CONGRATULATIONS to


Athleon (UW)
Carbon Capture (UW)
ClearSky Systems (UW)
Encompass Pediatric Therapy Center (UW)
Golden Wellness (Seattle U)
GRIP (Seattle U)
Hybiscus Technologies (UW)
Impel Neuropharma (UW)
Krochet Kids International (UW, Whitworth)
LiteTouch (UW)
Pathable (UW)
Rabuor Sunflower Farm (UW)
Reset Games (UW)
Tenfold Organic Textiles (UW)
Voltan Biofuel (UW)
Wugaboo Entertainment (UW)

First Alternate
PlayNSwap (UW)

Second Alternate
Advanced Motion Technologies(UW)


New This Year: In addition to the $25,000 Grand Prize, the winner of UW Business Plan Competition will be invited to the Draper Fisher Jurvetson Venture Challenge in Menlo Park, CA and have the opportunity to compete for $250,000 in seed funding with students from Stanford, Berkeley, USC, UCLA, Pepperdine, CalTech, CalPoly, UC Davis, USF, and CSU Fresno.

Pictures from the 2007 Business Plan Competition

Investment Round


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Awards Dinner

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See the winners from 2007!



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Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Michael G. Foster School of Business
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