USS Texas

Since half the group went to San Antonio this weekend, some us not going decided to go to battleship Texas, or the USS Texas. It was active in the American Navy in both the first and second world war. In WW2, USS Texas was active in the bombardment of Omaha beach on D-day 6th of June 1944. Most of the ship is open and you can walk through all three levels of the ship including the engine room. Check out the pictures:

  XOXO Gossip boy.......

Rice Business Plan Competition 2011

The Rice Business Plan Competition is the wealthiest bp competition in the world. This year they had a total of $1,2M in price money. And the winning group would walk away with almost $500K. We were lucky to be invited to act as guest judges on the elevator pitch competition and were invited to observe and learn from all the presentations throughout the weekend. Out of approx. 520 applicants, 42 were accepted to be part of the competition. There are several different awards, best elevator pitch, best life science, best IT and a lot of different awards. The main competition consists of three rounds; main round, semifinals and finals. In the finals there are six different companies from different industries. The winner this year was TNG Pharmaceuticals, that had made a vaccine for cows to make them resistant to horn flies. These flies drain the cows blood, almost like mosquitoes and is a serious problem in Texas. 

Check out the photos:

Game on!

Breakfast burrito, bacon, eggs and potatoes in one pack! 

Asbjørn:"MMMMMM, burrito!!!!"

Qr Code City pitch.

Watching and learning! 

Overall grand prize winnings! 

Receptions! 

Investors, sponsors, judges and teams.

Ready for next years competition! With the perfect tie! 

We were judges on a special $1000 elevator pitch award!

Hei og hå! 

Austin, capital of the Lone star state

We spent the last weekend in Austin, the capital of Texas. Anders, Christian, Asbjørn, Cecilie and me left in one car early saturday morning. Austin has about the same population as Oslo, and feels much more european than Houston. Nice buildings and alot of nice sights! Check out the pictures:

Hei og hå!