The conference
concluded with the annual business plan competition. Three promising
early-stage companies emerging from the Dartmouth or Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center community - Artemis Woman, Dynamic Clinical Systems,
and Woomera Therapeutics - competed for a $4,000 first prize and
runner-up prizes of $500 each.
Selected prior to
the event from among nearly a dozen entrants who submitted business
plans, the three teams integrated the many elements of entrepreneurship
into 10-minute presentations before a panel of judges - David Morse
TUí67 (managing director, MS Capital), Amanda Reed í86 (partner,
Palomar Ventures) and Dana Callow TUí79 (managing general partner,
Boston Millennia Partners) - playing the role of potential investors.
The judges had 10 minutes to ask questions and provide on-the-spot
feedback and reactions. Plans were evaluated on the basis of conception
and presentation, so as to justify funding.
Woomera Therapeutics
won first prize in the GV2004 Business Plan Competition; Artemis
Woman and Dynamic Clinical Systems
were runners-up.
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