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Rice University student-founded companies took home a total of $115,000 in equity-free funding at the annual Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge last week. 2025 Rice Innovation Fellow Alexandria Carter won the top prize and $50,000 for her startup Bionostic.
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Alex Cantin is graduating this May with a degree in business management, including a minor in entrepreneurship, from the Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice and will join McKinsey as a consultant. Cantin said he chose Rice because of the faculty-student ratio and because he would be one of the early graduates of the new Virani School.
24 Apr
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Rice Business professor Emily Prinsloo comments on dynamic pricing and its recent use.
23 Apr
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Last fall, the Jones Graduate School of Business added to its offerings for undergraduates by launching a business major. Rice undergraduates in the Classes of 2024 and 2025 can declare a business major with either a finance or management concentration.
The semi-finalists will present to a panel of investors April 22. Judges will select the top four, who will pitch their ideas again on April 23 for a chance at prizes totaling $30,000 and financing opportunities.
What matters more when investing in a startup? Expertise or self-presentation? Research from Rice Business professor Alessandro Piazza, doctoral candidate Sung Hun (Brian) Chung, and Daniel Reese provides an analysis of more than 4,000 firms, their founders, and their funders.
LIDROTEC, a student startup from RWTH Aachen University in Germany that aims to increase production in the semiconductor industry, took home the grand prize at the 2022 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC).
Rice University brought back its international student startup competition to its in-person format in a big way, giving out nearly $2 million in investment and in-kind prizes to over a dozen student teams.
Rice Business professor Scott Sonenshein was recently featured on the Dare to Lead podcast with Brene Brown. They discussed the pandemic, the racial reckoning, and work—specifically, what it means for people going to the office for the first time, or staying hybrid, or working from home.
Thinking of getting a tattoo but worried about consequences on the job ? Maybe you shouldn’t be so concerned: New research co-authored by Rice Business professor Mikki Hebl finds that customers don’t necessarily look down on employees with tattoos – and in some settings, ink is seen as a plus.
After a very busy March, Houston innovators might need to prepare for another month of networking opportunities. On April 20, join Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and support Rice University student startups at the H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge Championships.
A total of 19 graduate programs at Rice University rank among the nation's top 25 in their categories in the latest edition of U.S. News and World Report's "Best Graduate Schools." Rice Business has two programs in the top 25: entrepreneurship (No. 10) and the professional MBA program that U.S. News ranks in its part-time MBA category (No. 11, up from No. 17).
Rice Business has two programs in the top 25: entrepreneurship (No. 10) and the professional MBA program that U.S. News ranks in its part-time MBA category (No. 11, up from No. 17).
