Biomedship Team Invited to Global Competition

Bartlett
GlucaGo, the three-student Biomedship team of Rush Bartlett and Art Chlebowski (BME) and Peter Greco (Krannert), has been invited to the Global MOOT corp competition at the University of Texas in May. To qualify most competitors must win a semifinal competition. The Texas competition had three categories with three first place winners. "They had to pick one, in this case GlucaGo, to be the lead finalist," explains Bartlett. With a $135,000 first prize, "It is the SuperBowl of Business Plan competitions."

The team created their project and developed their business plan in last spring's Biomedship class and has found success in many competitions, allowing them to launch their own organization.

Below is a partial list of competitions the team has participated in, and how they placed:

  • October 2009 - Global Idea 2 Product Competition - University of Texas - 1st Place & Best Showcase
  • February 2010 - Spirit of Enterprise Competition - University of Cincinnati - 1st Place Taxi/Limo Pitch
  • March 2010 - McGinnis Venture Competition - Carnegie Mellon University - 2nd Place Life Science & 2nd Place Elevator Pitch
  • March 2010 - San Diego Venture Challenge - San Diego State Venture Challenge - 1st Place
  • March 2010 - Wake Forest Elevator Pitch Competition - Wake Forest University - 1st Place (over 140 applicants, 6 of 34 invited teams made finals to give a 20 minute presentation)
  • April 2010 - Purdue Elevator Pitch Competition - Purdue University - 1st Place
  • April 2010 - Rice Business Plan Competition - Rice University - 3rd Place Overall, 5th Place Elevator Pitch, Nasa's Top Life Science Prize (420 applicants, 42 teams invited)

Please join us in wishing them the best in May.