Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship: Calendar of Events



		March 2009 Licensing Executives Society 2008 USA & Canada Business Plan Competition LES International Conference Chicago, Illinois Submissions Due The LES Foundation invites graduate students from the U.S., Canada and around the world to participate in its 2009 Graduate Student Business Plan Competition! Learn more about the competition » Cleantech Venture Challenge Leeds School of Business University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado March 17, 2009 Opening Reception March 18 - 19, 2009 Competition The Robert H. and Beverly A. Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Leeds School of Business welcomes you to the Cleantech Venture Challenge 2009 (CVC). With the support of our affiliate sponsor, The Cleantech Network™ LLC, we have named and designed the Cleantech Venture Challenge as the premier student competition showcasing emerging opportunities in the cleantech sector. The prestigious G. Chris Andersen Award of $25,000 will be shared among the four finalist teams. Additionally, the top-ranked team with a clean energy technology business plan, will be invited to present its business plan at the 22nd annual National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Industry Growth Forum in November 2009. The NREL forum is widely recognized as the premier investor venue for the clean energy industry. Also, Investor’s Circle (IC), angel investors who support early stage sustainable companies, will circulate the first place team’s executive summary to investors. Student teams are invited to submit business plans that: Demonstrate venture-grade, for-profit business models, practices, and/or technologies with high growth potential; and Provide innovative solutions, services or products in the cleantech sector that reduce environmental impacts or improve ecological sustainability. Learn more » March 2009 Rice University Business Plan Competition Team Invitation Acceptance Deadline March 2009 Rice University Business Plan Competition Business Plan Submission Deadline The 2009 Rice Business Plan Competition will take place on April 16 - 18, 2009. The competition, hosted by Rice Alliance, has grown to become the largest and richest intercollegiate MBA/graduate-level business plan competition in the world, with more prize money, more teams competing, and more judges than any other competition. 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 » March 2009 Ignite Clean Energy Business Presentation Competition 2008 ICE 2008 Semi-Finalists Announced 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 08! 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 » March 2009 2008 McGinnis Venture Competition Tepper School of Business Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The 2008 McGinnis Venture Competition features three tracks: Technology, Life Science and Sustainable Technology. In each track, the winning team's start-up company will receive a first prize of $20,000 cash investment in the firm. Each winner will also receive $20,000 worth of in-kind prizes for intellectual property and other legal services. The winner of the Elevator Pitch round receives a $1,000 cash prize. Winners of each track will also be provided with an opportunity to pitch to a venture capital or early-stage investment firm. This will be arranged post-event by Tepper School of Business entrepreneurship faculty from the Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship. Two of the three track winners will also receive an automatic invitation to participate in the Moot Corp competition. Email if you are interested in entering a team » Learn more about the competition » March 2009 2008 Jungle Business Plan Challenge Mountain View, CA Executive Summary Deadline The 2008 Challenge will mark the 8th 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 » March 2009 The Wharton Business Plan Competition The Wharton School of Business The University of Pennsylvania Semi-Finals Phase - Full Business Plan Deadline 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 » March 2009 Venture Challenge Entrepreneurial Management Center (EMC) San Diego State University San Diego, California San Diego Marriott Mission Valley Hotel This annual new venture competition gives graduate students from around the world an opportunity to seek investment capital for their business ideas and audience members the chance to learn from community experts what investors want to see in a new company presentation. The international event draws top student teams from universities and provides them with a forum to present to potential investors and compete for over $20,000 in prizes. A distinguished panel of experts from entrepreneurial companies, venture capital firms, investors and service providers judge the entries over the three day competition and provide valuable feedback to the teams as well. Venture Challenge embodies the spirit of entrepreneurship and is a driving force for innovation. By providing experiential learning opportunities for its students, SDSU has achieved national recognition and has been designated a top program for entrepreneurs by Success, Entrepreneur, and U.S. News & World Report magazines. Learn more about the competition » March 2009 Babcock Elevator Competition Business Plan Competition Competition for Social Entrepreneurship Babcock Graduate School of Business Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina Financiers are notorious for short attention spans, and the quality of an entrepreneur's pitch - measured in both succinctness and appeal - is often the difference between funding and rejection. Competing for the chance to win $5,000 in cash, $40,000 in professional services and face time with potential investors, MBA student teams from around the world pitch their business ideas during a two-minute elevator ride with a venture capitalist. In addition to its traditional MBA business plan competition, Wake Forest's Elevator Competition will also hold a business plan competition for social entrepreneurs. Through for-profit, non-profit or hybrid enterprises, social entrepreneurs identify gaps within current social systems and create innovative solutions in society. These entrepreneurs measure their success based on the triple bottom line - economic, environmental and social - but still rely upon the same business fundamentals as any for-profit venture. Learn more about the competition »

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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.