Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship: Calendar of Events


		April 2009 Ignite Clean Energy Business Presentation Competition 2009 ICE 2009 Semi-Finals April 2009 ICE 2009 Finalists Announced April 2009 ICE 2009 Final Presentation Submission Deadline Are you an engineer with a great technology, a marketing expert with a novel business concept, or just have a lot of enthusiasm for working in a startup company? Get the edge you need to succeed by registering for ICE 09! Stellaris, a renewable energy startup out of DARTMOUTH took first prize in ICE 2006 with awards totaling $47,500 in cash and services. Just announced is the new grand prize award called MIT Clean Energy Entrepreneurship Prize awarded by NSTAR and U.S. Department of Energy for $200K in cash to the winner, plus more! Learn more about the competition » April 2009 University of San Fransico Int'l Business Plan Competition San Fransico, California The USF International Business Plan Competition is one of the World's Premier Graduate Student Entrepreneurial Events. All Graduate Students from every nation are invited to submit business plan proposals for participation. Total Awards for the 2008 Competition will total approximately $25,000; however, the real prize is the chance for your students to offer their business proposals before dozens of leading Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists and Chief Executives. Judges from our previous competitions have included venture capital partners with: Kleiner Perkins, Crosslink Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, De Novo Ventures, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Nth Power, Garage Technology Ventures, Globespan Capital, and many more. Learn more about the competition »
		April 16 - 18, 2009 Rice University Business Plan Competition Houston, Texas The 2009 Rice Business Plan Competition will take place on April 16-18, 2009. The 2008 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) awarded more than $675,000 in cash and prizes at an awards banquet on Saturday, April 5, which nearly doubled the prizes compared to last year’s competition. The banquet marked the conclusion of the three-day RBPC, the largest and richest intercollegiate business plan competition in the world. The 2009 competition will welcome some of the worlds' top MBA/graduate schools to compete at Rice University in Houston, Texas, in front of a judging panel of over 150 venture capitalists, investors, and business executives. The competition will conclude with an Awards Banquet that over 500 business leaders and executives will attend. Learn more about the competition » April 2009 Venture Capital Investment Competition Finals (VCIC) University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina The VCIC® is the nation’s premiere strategy competition for venture–minded and entrepreneurial MBA students. This one–of–a–kind competition gives students from top business schools a real–world venture capitalist experience — student teams interact with real entrepreneurs from real companies with real business plans. Unlike other competitions where teams lock themselves away to mull over theoretical or historical scenarios, the VCIC® experience exposes students to a variety of activities that ultimately must be integrated into a cohesive investment strategy to be pitched to real venture capitalists. Many students hail the VCIC® as the most valuable learning experience of their MBA careers. Learn more about this event » April 2009 22nd Annual New Ventures World Competition University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska The Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship announces our 22nd Annual New Ventures World Competition. Our goal is to improve the chances of entrepreneurial success by exposing students to quality feedback, investment opportunities, and a chance to see some of the most competitive and innovative entrepreneurial enterprises in the world! Learn more about this event » April 2009 Finalists Announced April 2009 The Challenge 2009 Jungle Business Plan Challenge Mountain View, CA The 2009 Challenge will mark the 9th year that Jungle has matched up bright, entrepreneurial minds with funding and counsel from seasoned VCs and industry professionals. As the nation's premier business plan competition, it draws teams from all over the world and culminates in a two day pitch-off that mimics real-world meetings with potential investors. The winning team leaves with a pricely sum in seed money and services-resources to catapult their plan into action! Requirement: at least one member of each team needs to be a current MBA, master or Ph.D candidate. Learn more about this event » April 2009 The Wharton Business Plan Competition The Wharton School of Business The University of Pennsylvania The Venture Finals - Presentation Before Judges The Wharton Business Plan Competition is a three-phase process that allows participants to enhance their understanding of starting a business and to develop their business ideas in collaborative and competitive environments. The Competition culminates in the Venture Finals, in which the Great Eight finalists compete for the top three prizes. Teams must register on the WBPC website. Each phase’s submissions are posted through the website. Teams do not need to register or participate in Phase I to compete in Phase II. Phase II participation is mandatory to move on to Phase III. Learn more »

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This calendar includes Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship events and other events of interest to the private equity community at large. If you would like to have your event included, please email david.bennett@tuck.dartmouth.edu.