At Texas A&M Mays School Business an entire week between the second and third is devoted to analyzing a new technology invented on campus.  During this week teams of five students must research a technology, determine its marketability and write a proposal listing research and analysis.  All of this in one week.

The competition is designed to expose students to the process of understanding the technology, gathering information, determining the marketability, researching the competition, and making a critical accessment of the viability of the technology.  At the end of the week each team will present  their analysis in front of one of six groups of 20 business professionals.  These professionals will judge the presentations and select one presentation to move to the final round.

At the end of the day the six finalists and one additional group will make their presentation to the entire MBA class and all 120 judges.  There will be three prizes awarded to the top teams.  Each team is self selected and comprised of five MBA students; my team includes Katia Delgado, Sachit Dwiveda, Mohammed Mazi, and Jamie Applewhite.

The most interesting fact of the entire competition is that each team will learn of the technology until day one, hence giving each team the same time to prepare.