Days after achieving a first-place finish at NVC, TakeShape earned second place in the International Business Plan Competition 2008 at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). The Lundquist College of Business team was one of twelve teams representing seven countries invited to HKUST, the only university business plan competition in China open to complete graduate teams from other universities.

"The TakeShape team was outstanding in all facets of the Hong Kong competition," said Don Upson, the team's faculty advisor. "The finish validates the venture's potential for a successful launch. They were clearly the most viable business in the entire competition."

According to Steve Nason, HKUST competition director, the differential between first and second place was only one point.

Following HKUST, Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship venture teams TakeShape and Momentum (Bradley Russell, Emily McGrath, Kevin Snyder, and Natasha MacDonald) turned their attention to participating in the University of Texas Moot Corp competition, May 1-3. Oregon was among an elite group of universities with two teams competing at Moot Corp.