Analysis of the Duke Start-Up Challenge entrants

Here's a rough breakdown of the 35 plans that were submitted.

-Howie

We had 35 business plans submitted for the Duke Start-Up Challenge this year (up from 19 last year).

See attached for the brief descriptions of the 35 competitors.

By my count we have:

(I allowed one competitor to be in multiple categories)

• Cleantech 7
  
• Social Eship 7
  
• Life Sciences (non-device) 6
  
• Webtech 5
  
• Hardware 4
  
• Consumer Product 3
  
• Material Science 2
  
• China 2
  
• Medical Device 2
  
• Undergraduate-specific service 1