Looking back

(FSB Magazine) -- MUSCLEMORPH (musclemorphco.com)

This medical startup, which took first place in 2006, wowed judges with an artificial muscle tissue that looked to be a standout in the growing prosthetics industry. Since then, founder and Stanford Ph.D. candidate Rodrigo Alvarez has lost his Wharton MBA teammate but continues to seek $1.3 million from angel investors to back this extremely challenging technology.

Team MuscleMorph

• 1st place: Green Dragon Roach Kill

• 2nd place: Saatwic Foods

• 3rd place: SweetRiot

• Honorable mentions

• Looking back

• Gallery: Meet the judges

• Video: Killer Startups 

• Quiz: Do you have what it takes?

• Blog: Tell us your thoughts

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