2020 South Regional Finals
Houston, TX
February 7, 2020
Hosted by
Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University
The Liu Idea Lab is in the new Cambridge Building, which is behind the Allen Center and across from Lovett College. We suggest you enter Rice University through entrance #3 off of Main Street, onto Cambridge. The building is the first building on your right. Take a right at the first stop sign (as soon as you turn into campus), and follow the road around to the parking garage. The garage is paperless, so you will not get a ticket. You will need to insert your credit card upon entry, $11/day. (building #78 on this map).
Recommended hotels: Hotel Zaza or Hilton in the Medical Center
Startups
Judges
Agenda
Wednesday
- 5:00 p.m. Local time of event. Teams receive business plans by email.
Friday
- 8:00 a.m. Team check-in, facility tour, coffee and muffins
- 8:30 a.m. Judge and startup check-in
- 8:50 a.m. Orientation for everyone
- 9:00 a.m. Startup pitches
- 10:00 a.m. Due diligence sessions (14-minute team/startup Q&A + 3-minute judge/team Q&A)
- Noon Lunch and team work session
- 1:00 p.m. Written deliverables due by email (use filename “Teamname_Startupname.doc/pdf” template)
- 1:30 p.m. Partner meetings (10 minutes each)
- 3:00 p.m. Judges vote for top two teams (see results at www.vcic.org/results)
- 3:15 p.m. Negotiations (top two teams only, 10 minutes each)
- 3:45 p.m. Awards ceremony + networking with judges
- 5:00 p.m. Networking event at local venue – DO NOT SKIP THIS!
Traveling teams should arrive the night before and leave the morning after to take full advantage of the experience.