The First Annual Caltech eClub Business Plan Competition
Thu, 09/22/2011 - 20:55 — adminFor the first time ever, the Caltech Entrepreneurship Club is holding a business plan competition. The competition will last all year and includes three rounds of judging. Slides explaining the rules and regulations of the competition are attached to this post--feel free to download copy. All 2nd Round entries to are due Friday, April 27th at noon
Our final round of judging will occur on May 31st, 2012, 4:00–6:00 pm. Our panel of judges includes acclaimed entrepreneur, author, and Caltech Trustee, Milton Chang, PhD; Tom Lloyd, the Caltech Alumni Association Board president; and Richmond Wolf, former director of Caltech's Office of Technology Transfer.
The winning business will get a generous gift of $2500 from the Caltech Associates; 6-months free rent at the Business Technology Center in Altadena; a company formation package and 'start-up' legal strategy from Jon Atzen, venture capital/corporate partner at SheppardMullin; plus a free economic valuation of any pertinent technologies. The top three teams will be allowed to present their companies to the Pasadena Angels or Tech Coast Angels at an investment screening meeting. In addition, these three teams will get the opportunity to work with StartEngine, founded by Howard Marks.
All members of the Caltech eClub, regardless of whether or not they are at Caltech, are welcome to enter the competition. The one stipulation we have is that each team must contain at least one member of the Caltech community. We have created a LinkedIn group called "Caltech eClub Business Plan Competition" specifically for the purpose of helping facilitate team formation. Please feel free to add yourself by clicking here.
USC & Caltech MBA/Engineering Student Mixer (by StartEngine)
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 19:06 — adminTuesday, March 6, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
StartEngine HQ
10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1050
**Hosted by Howard Marks, co-founder of Activision and co-chair of StartEngine**
Are you looking to start a company but lack an engineer or a business co-founder? StartEngine, Los Angeles' largest accelerator, wants to help match you with the right co-founders and build a world class team.
During the mixer, StartEngine will use a proven process borrowed by executives around the world who want to find like-minded people. StartEngine will help partner you with a compatible co-founder who best supports your vision.
Please RSVP by clicking here.
This mixer is reserved exclusively for students from USC Marshall Business School, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, and Caltech. StartEngine will provide food and soft drinks.
Note: We have limited space, so we will allocate this event on a first come first serve basis.
Mark Long - February 16, 2012
Wed, 02/08/2012 - 18:42 — adminThursday, February 16, 4:00 – 5:00 pm.
The Hameetman Auditorium, Cahill
The Caltech Entrepreneurship Club is happy to invite you to a Q&A session with Dr. Mark Long.
Dr. Mark Long earned his PhD from Caltech in 1999. Shortly after, he joined PayMyBills.com. Dr. Long led technology development from an early prototype to full-fledged product as head of engineering. The successful PayMyBills won several awards and was eventually acquired by PayTrust. Dr. Long has since served as the CTO at PortBlue Corporation and Zynx Health.
The Arch Grants Business Plan Competition
Sat, 02/04/2012 - 22:05 — adminArch Grants’ aims to create a strong entrepreneurial economy in St. Louis by attracting and retaining entrepreneurs through a national competition for grants to startups. All early-stage startups across a wide range of industries are invited to apply.
The competition will grant at least 10 prizes of $50,000 each and additional support including: free legal and accounting services, reduced rates on commercial and residential space, business mentoring, and access to local angel networks. Winners will be required to locate their startups in downtown St. Louis.
The deadline for Executive Summary submissions is March 9, 2012. Winners will be announced in May 2012 and will be considered as recipients Arch Grants between June, 2012 and May, 2013. For more detail visit: http://archgrants.org/competition/
E2: Evolution of Entertainment Conference - USC Marshall
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 17:58 — adminOn February 3rd, 2012 the USC Marshall Business Entertainment Association will be hosting the 4th Annual E2: The Evolution of Entertainment conference.
This event is designed to allow professionals and students to hear from and interact with media and entertainment industry veterans. The Marshall School of Business is situated at the epicenter of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles and is globally recognized as a top international business school.
This year’s theme: "Media without Boarders: The Globalization of Entertainment."
Click below to RSVP:
http://e2evolutionofentertainment.eventbrite.com/
Creating Successful Companies Through Incubation
Sun, 01/22/2012 - 04:33 — adminSaturday, February 11, 2012
Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00 am
Program: 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Networking: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
California Institute of Technology
Baxter Lecture Hall
Register here, Caltech student registration is FREE
In today’s economic environment early stage companies need to optimize their resources, and they can benefit from assistance in building their organizations into growing and successful businesses.
Business incubators and accelerators provide essential resources and counseling that entrepreneurs need to become successful and self-sufficient. Additionally, incubators reduce the risk of failure by offering affordable space and shared facilities along with an array of mentors and advisors that are invaluable for companies just starting out.
The Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum’s February 11th program will feature some of the award winning business incubators in Los Angeles and there will be many others in attendance and exhibiting. If you are a business entrepreneur interested in optimizing the success of your company, you are invited to come and learn about the Business Incubation Network of Southern California (BINS) and to discover the many ways this network can benefit your business.
Troy Wilson – Intellikine – January 25, 2012
Sun, 01/22/2012 - 04:18 — adminDear eClub Members,
We would like to invite you to a talk and Q&A session by serial biotech entrepreneur Troy Wilson. Troy was most recently founder and CEO of Intellikine, an oncology drug development company that was recently acquired by Takeda Pharmaceuticals for $310 million.
Troy will present a case study on how to prepare a successful business plan for a fledgling venture, and how to convince investors to buy in to your idea. Join us on Wednesday, January 25th at 2:00pm in 101 Schlinger for what is sure to be an
excellent talk by a highly successful entrepreneur.
Please click here to RSVP.
Peixe Urbano - Brazil's Hottest Start-Up - Information Session at Caltech
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 21:21 — adminMonday, January 23, 2012
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Red Room
Peixe Urbano, recently nominated for "Best International Start-up" by TechCrunch in 2011, would like to invite all eClub members to a tech talk with the CTO and Co-Founder, Alex Tabor.
Find out what it's like to work in an entrepreneurial, hands-on environment at Brazil’s most exciting start-up.
Learn about Brazil's and Latin America's booming Internet economy, the challenging problems the company been solving, and their unique work culture. After the tech talk, there will time for snacks, beverages and mingling with Alex, the Chief of Staff and the US Recruiting Associate.
Please RSVP by clicking here.
Venturing in the Privacy Tug-of-War: Opportunities in Controlling Personal Data
Fri, 12/16/2011 - 03:21 — adminSaturday, January 14, 2012
Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00 am
Program: 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Networking: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
California Institute of Technology
Baxter Lecture Hall
Register here, Caltech student registration is FREE
With more data collected on us in a week than on our grandparents in their lifetimes, technologies like multi-source data aggregation, contextual analysis, and Facebook image recognition can reveal addresses, social security numbers, and more with minimal searching--without the subject's consent or even awareness.
Our buying habits, medical history, identity in a crowd, keystrokes (all logged in real time...) are being collected for marketing, law enforcement, and siphoning bank accounts! Historically, technology advances, dating back to the invention of photography, provoked privacy concerns and led to new legislation. Now, the ubiquity of private data calls out for technologies not just to analyze data and identify best practices, but also to create new laws, to curb corporate excesses, and protect both our identity and our reputations!
We explore these issues, and look at entrepreneurial opportunities and challenges surfacing in this mixed-up world of privacy versus personalization.
Keynote Speaker:
Robert Cresanti
SAP, Vice President
Technology Entrepreneurship - Free Online Class from Stanford
Mon, 12/12/2011 - 02:53 — adminThis FREE online class will start in January 2012. Click here for details.
The instructor, Chuck Eesley, is a professor in Stanford University's Management Science & Engineering group. Professor Eesley does research on technology entrepreneurship so that the next generation of entrepreneurs can have the greatest possible chance of success.
Before Stanford, Professor Eesley earned his Ph.D. at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.S. in the Biological Basis of Behavior at Duke University. He has spent the past 10 years in and around startups--founding 3 of his own.
