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Join us for the annual SMU Startup Launch Competition

The Cox Graduate Entrepreneurship Club is excited to announce Friday, March 31st, 2023, from 8:00 am – 1:00 pm, they will be hosting their 23rd Annual SMU Startup Launch Competition (registration is free).

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Startup Launch Competition

On behalf of the Cox Graduate Entrepreneurship Club (CGEC), we are excited to announce that the CGEC will host its 23rd Annual SMU Start-Up Launch Competition (formerly known as the Business Plan Competition) on Friday, March 31st, 2023, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.

The competition will feature the top finalists from the SMU Business Accelerator Program, who will compete for over $50,000 in awards, comprised of non-dilutive cash prizes and in-kind donations. The winners of the Start-Up Launch Competition will be announced at our private CGEC 2nd Annual Awards Gala. 

Hubert Zajicek, MD, MBA

Hubert Zajicek, MD, MBA

CEO, Co-founder & Partner at Health Wildcatters

Moderator

Hubert Zajicek, MD MBA is co-founder, partner and CEO of Health Wildcatters. Health Wildcatters is a top-ranked seed stage healthcare fund and accelerator in Dallas, TX. Health Wildcatters provides mentorship, capital and guidance to up to 12 healthcare related startups during an intensive 3 month program annually. The fund has invested in over 80 healthcare startups, which have attracted over $200M in capital in 8 years. Over the past 15 years he has reviewed, evaluated, mentored and advised thousands of startup companies. Prior, he was on faculty at UT Southwestern, as an NIH funded principal investigator, in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Cell Biology. He has an MD from the University of Vienna and an MBA from SMU. He lives in Dallas, with his wife, Beth McNally Zajicek, MD, a diagnostic radiologist, and two daughters.

Meet the judges:

Laura Baldwin

Laura Baldwin

President of Waco Bend Asset Management Ltd. & Managing Partner of Goldenseed Ventures

Dennis Cail

Dennis Cail

CEO and Founder at Zirtue

Elyse Dickerson

Elyse Dickerson

CEO and Co-Founder Eosera, Inc.

Blake Wiley

Blake Wiley

Co-founder of Access Capital

Helmuth Ludwig

Helmuth Ludwig

Professor of Practice for Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Marisa Bertha

Marisa Bertha

Vice President of Growth, Business Development & Head of 7-Ventures at 7-Eleven

Meet the Finalists:

Steadi Spoon – Raleigh Dewan and Mason Moreland
Helixx – Morganne Stewart
Commerce Navigator – Michael Castle and Jude Lugo
Bandidos – Elias Ellfesen
Gritty – Tanner LaRocque
GET Solutions – Satish Bonam and Justen Hannah
BlankEmit – Jena Rangnow
HiTS – Chris Resse
ThreadRow – Chad Susman, Liam White and Theodore Korpus
Rootz – Pamela Nunez, Jenny Mueninghoff, and Shaheen Manohar

Our sponsors:

Hexa Coworking
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Hexa Coworking
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