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From The Austin American-Statesman

Pricing for plane tickets, car rentals and hotels is constantly changing. Why not for sporting events, too?

That’s what Barry Kahn wondered three years ago, when he was a University of Texas doctoral degree candidate in economics.

Convinced there was a business there, he teamed with UT MBA student Jiten Dalvi in 2007 to found Qcue, which has developed software that prices tickets based on fluctuating market factors.

A year later, their company swept the UT and Rice University business plan competitions, winning $327,000 in cash and services plus a year at the Austin Technology Incubator.

The founders have extensive academic credentials — Kahn, 27, holds a Ph.D. and a master’s degree in economics from the UT, as well as a bachelor of science in applied and engineering physics from Cornell University. Dalvi, 35, earned his MBA from UT’s McCombs School of Business and has a degree in mechanical engineering and a postgraduate diploma in business management he earned in India.

Read the full story at statesman.com or visit McCombs Today to listen to Kahn and Dalvi share their story along with other past Moot Corp competition participants from McCombs.