By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass. — In the afternoon of Nov. 18, 2012, the Winner of 2012 MIT CHIEF Business Plan contest was announce at the MIT China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (CHIEF) at Stata Center in MIT. “Sodium Energy”, a clean energy project by MIT students Kai Xiang Zheng Li, won the first place award, and the $10,000 grand prize.
According to MIT CHIEF’s website, over 160 business plans, covering tracks from Clean Technology, Healthcare, Mobile/IT, Web to Products/Services, have been received from July 1, 2012. Six of them made it into the finalists and presented their plans at the 2012 MIT CHIEF annual conference.
The following projects are finalists for 2012:
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Track: Clean Technology Luon Energy Track: Healthcare Track: Mobile/IT Track: Web Track: Products/Services Wild Card Winners |
The list of judges for this year’s MIT CHIEF Patch to China business plan contest include thought leaders in Entrepreneurship research and successful entrepreneurs from US, China and around the world.
William Aulet
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
Managing Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Calvin Chin
Co-founder and CEO, Transist Impact Labs
Jack Jia
Advisor, GSR Ventures
Michael Jin
Managing Partner, TEEC Angel Fund
Wei Li
Principal, Fidelity Biosciences
Xiaojun Li
Partner, IDG Capital Partners
Roy Luo
Special Assistant to the Chief, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Qing Miao
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Zhejiang University
Visiting Scholar, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Fiona Murray Associate Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management Faculty Director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center Mary Nan Daniel Olszewski Frank Pan, Elizabeth Riley |
Edward Roberts
David Sarnoff Professor of Management Technology, MIT Sloan School of Management
Founder/Chair, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Graham Rong
Senior Industrial Liaison Officer, MIT Office of Corporate Relations
Alan Song
Managing Partner, Softbank China Venture Capital
Lihan Sun
Senior Analyst, Fidelity Biosciences
Stephen Tang
President and CEO, University City Science Center, Philadelphia
Yinxiang Wang
Chief Scientist Officer, Zhejiang Beta Pharma, Inc.
Yajun Xu
Sr. Vice President, Shanghai ChemPartner Company Ltd.
Xiaolu Yu
Investment Analyst, Tsing Capital
Yue Yuan
Chairman, Horizon Research Consultancy Group
Weijie Yun
Senior Advisor, Northern Light Venture Capital
2008 Entrepreneur of the Year, Ernest and Young
Haifei Zhang
Investment Associate, ZhenFund
Allen Zhu
Partner, GSR Ventures
Richard Zhu
Associate, Tsing Capital