Vita Inclinata Technologies from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minn., emerged as the top startup company Saturday in the 2019 Rice Business Plan Competition hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business.

Two of Rice's leading experts in their fields, energy economist Ken Medlock and leadership scholar Tom Kolditz, wasted no time in providing the participants of CERAWeek's Future Energy Leaders program with a candid talk on where the industry is headed, its challenges and the leadership needed to succeed.

Jeff Falk 713-348-6775 jfalk@rice.edu Mary Lynn Fernau 713-348-5374 mlfernau@rice.edu Rice Business Plan Competition announces 2019 teams vying for over $1.5 M in prizes World’s richest...

HOUSTON – (Jan. 16, 2019) – The world’s richest and largest startup business competition is now open for applications from students around the globe. Graduate students with startup ventures are encouraged to apply for the 19th annual Rice Business Plan Competition April 4-6 at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business.