Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative
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The Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative (Entrepreneurship@Rice) is a collaborative effort of students, professors, mentors and the Houston entrepreneur community to foster innovative entrepreneurial spirit and help launch successful ventures through education, guidance and connections.[1]. The initiative is led by Yael Hochberg, Head of Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative and the Ralph S. O'Connor Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship, and Abby Larson, Director of Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative.[2].
Team
Leadership
- Yael Hochberg, Head of Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative and the Ralph S. O'Connor Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship
- Abby Larson, Director of Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative and Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Faculty
- Eric Floyd, Assistant Professor of Accounting
- Haiyang Li, Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation
- Doug Schuler, Associate Professor of Business and Public Policy
- Danielle Supkis-Cheek, Adjust Professor
- Al Danto, Lecturer in Management – Entrepreneurship & IT
- Michael Evans, Lecturer
- Aziz Gilani, Lecturer in Management
- Tom Kraft, Director Technology Ventures Development - Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Lecturer in Management
Rice Alliance
- Brad Burke, Managing Director
- Mary Lynn Fernau, Director of Marketing
- Lea Aden Lueck, Director of the Rice Business Plan Competition
- Quynhmai Nguyen, Director of Operations and Event Planning
- Noy Shemer, Program Specialist
- Kerri Smith, Associate Managing Director
Advisors
- Kazimir Karwowski, Executive Director of the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership
- Amy Kavalewitz, Associate Director of the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership
- Maria Oden, Director, Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
- Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Director, Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health Technologies, Director, Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering
Website
The website provides resources for faculty and students. A list of undergraduate, graduate, MBA, and EMBA courses relating to entrepreneurship are provided.[3]
Events
The Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative organized its first event on October 22-25, 2015, where students from Rice University and the University of Houston participated in the 3 Day Startup held at TMCx. Rice Launch collaborated with the REI.[4]
Other events include
- Rice Business Plan Competition, the "world's largest graduate-level student startup competition"[5]
- Rice Undergraduate Elevator Pitch Competition, a 90-second product pitch contest supported by the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, Rice Alliance, and Rice Center for Engineering Leadership
- Owl Open, a campus-wide business plan competition and qualifier for the Rice Business Plan Competition
