????電梯游說競賽（Elevator Pitch Contest）是MBA創業計劃競賽中的一項歷史悠久的傳統。而且，在維克森林大學（Wake Forest University），它甚至確實就是在一臺正在開動的電梯里舉行。

????萊斯大學創業計劃大賽（Rice Business Plan Competition）有自己的競賽模式。前提假設：你和巴菲特一起走進電梯，在從1樓到33樓的時間里（60秒）去說服他投資你的創業計劃。今年的創業大賽，42支參賽隊假設在休斯敦萊斯大學商學院的報告廳進行一分鐘演講，460個座位座無虛席。評委將于周六給獲勝者頒獎，獲勝隊伍將可以贏得一千美元。但現在《財富》雜志（Fortune）選出了幾個自己屬意的隊伍。

最佳印象

????凱斯西儲大學（Case Western Reserve University）疾病診斷小組隊：“如果我告訴你，只用冰箱磁鐵和一個激光指針，每年我們就可以挽救一百萬人的生命，你怎么想？”

????這個小組計劃在發展中國家使用瘧疾寄生蟲的磁性電荷去檢測疾病。這是一種全新的、價格低廉的方法。

最佳著裝

????“作為一名未來的內科醫生，我很激動的告訴大家布萊特錫得（BriteSeed）研究小組將如何拯救數以萬計的生命，同時減少數十億美元的開支浪費。”——美國西北大學（Northwestern University）布萊特錫得小組。這個團隊的成員演說的時候都穿著手術服。

????布萊特錫得小組已經研發出一種叫做“安全剪”（SafeSnips）的技術，當外科醫生進行機器人輔助手術時，這種技術會在他們有可能剪斷血管時發出警報，從而降低病人意外流血失控的風險。

上班路上最大的賺錢機會

????“紐約地鐵的每年客流量有16億人次，而實際上手機信號無法覆蓋地鐵，廣告商和服務提供商每周損失上百萬美元。”——南加州大學（EnKinta Energy）恩金塔能源（EnKinta Energy）隊。

????這個團隊希望利用移動的火車所產生的動能來發電，從而為乘客提供Wi-Fi和手機服務。這樣，每天早上乘坐地鐵的乘客就可以給相關企業帶來更多的收益。當然，旅程也將因此變得更嘈雜。

最恐怖的事

????“女士們、先生們，我們的密碼已經不管用了。”——哈佛大學（Harvard University）和斯洛伐克科希策技術大學（Technical University Kosice）的神劍（Excalibur）隊。

????神劍的技術能有效地把用戶的手機變成為一個安全ID。他們估計，目前破解一個Facebook或Twitter帳戶的密碼只需要130美元，破解一個Gmail賬戶密碼需要160美元，而破解一個企業郵箱密碼也僅需要500美元。

最令人興奮

????“告別低落High起來！”——英格蘭曼徹斯特大學咖啡國（Kaffeination）隊。

????定位于蓬勃發展的能量飲料市場，已經向需要提神醒腦的英國學生售出了超過五千袋的含咖啡因橡膠熊。（財富中文網）

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????The elevator pitch contest is a time-honored tradition of the MBA business plan competition. At Wake Forest University, it even takes place in an actual moving elevator.

????The Rice Business Plan Competition has its own take on the ritual. The premise: You walk into an elevator with Warren Buffett and you have 33 floors (60 seconds) to convince him to invest in your startup idea. This year at Rice, 42 teams delivered that hypothetical minute-long speech to a standing-room only crowd in the business school's 460-seat auditorium in Houston. The judges will dole out awards on Saturday, and the winning team will take home $1,000. But for now,Fortune picked a few its own champions.

Best MacGyver impression

????"What if I told you I could save one million lives every year with just refrigerator magnets and a laser pointer?" --Disease Diagnostic Group at Case Western Reserve University

????The team plans to use the magnetic charge of malaria parasites to develop a new, cheaper, way to detect the disease in developing countries.

Best dressed

????"As a future physician, I'm excited to share how BriteSeed can save tens of thousand of lives and billions in wasteful spending." --BriteSeed, Northwestern University, delivered while wearing scrubs

????Briteseed has developed a technology called SafeSnips, which will alert surgeons performing robotic procedures when they are about to cut a blood vessel at risk of uncontrolled bleeding.

Biggest potential to make money while ruining your morning commute

????"1.6 billion people ride the New York subway every year and virtually all of them are cut off from cell phone coverage, costing millions per week to advertisers and service providers." --EnKinta Energy, University of Southern California

????The team wants to use the kinetic energy created by moving trains to generate power and bring Wi-Fi and cell phone service to straphangers. That morning subway ride could get more profitable -- and louder.

Most terrifying

????"Ladies and gentlemen, passwords can't protect us anymore." --Excalibur, Harvard University and Technical University Kosice, Slovakia

????Excalibur's technology would effectively turn your cell phone into a secureID. They estimate that it takes $130 to hack a Facebook (FB) or Twitter account, $160 for a Gmail account, and $500 for a corporate mailbox.

Buzziest

????"Forget the lows, it's time to get high." --Kaffeination, University of Manchester, England

????Taking aim at the booming energy drink market, this team has already sold more than 5,000 bags of caffeine-infused gummy bears to students in the UK looking for a boost.