Winners
and supporters of the 2011 Rice University Business Plan Competition rang the
NASDAQ Closing Bell Aug. 19. On hand for the event were, from left, Sal
Gervasi, district manager, Insperity; Craig Richard, chief economic development
officer of the Greater Houston Partnership; Brad Burke, managing director of
the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, host of the Rice
Business Plan Competition; Jenny Corbin, CEO of TNG Pharmaceuticals, winners of
the competition; Jim Turley, CEO of Ernst and Young; Katie Peterson of the
Kauffman Foundation