Getting prepared for the 2009-2010 academic year events at Duke in entrepreneurship
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- Program for Entrepreneurs - In...
Fuqua School of Business, Breeden H...
Thursday, December 3 at 7:00pm - Duke Start-Up Challenge Elevat...
Various Locations at Duke
Monday, November 16 at 6:00pm - Building Your Team 101 with Jo...
Teer 203 and Lobby
Thursday, November 12 at 6:00pm - Financing 101 with Rich West '...
Fuqua, Davis Room and HCA Auditorium
Thursday, November 5 at 6:00pm - Venture Capital 102 with Katri...
Fuqua, Davis Room and HCA Auditorium
Monday, November 2 at 6:00pm - Join us for our Elevator Pitch...
Fuqua, Dansby Classroom
Thursday, October 29 at 6:00pm - Breakthrough Medical Technolog...
Teer 203 and Lobby
Thursday, October 22 at 6:00pm - How to Get Your First iPhone /...
Teer 203 and Lobby
Thursday, October 15 at 6:00pm - Meet Microsoft's Dan'l Lewin
LSRC Room D344
Wednesday, October 14 at 1:45pm - Venture Capital 101, part of t...
Fuqua, Davis Room and HCA Auditorium
Thursday, October 8 at 6:00pm
Entrepreneurship at Duke Elevator Pitch Competition with Google Ventures is tonight! Watch here: www.dukestartupchallenge.org/live at 7pm ET
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Watch a live video feed of the Duke Start-Up Challenge Elevator Pitch Competition with Bill Maris, co-founder of Google Ventures. Our 14 finalists from Duke University will compete for two prizes, the judges choice and the people's choice.
Entrepreneurship at Duke
Registration closes tomorrow at 5pm for the Elevator Pitch Competition! Sign up today! http://www.dukestartupchallenge.org/the-
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TheElevatorPitchCompetitionruns fromNovember 16th through 20th. Any Duke student (undergrad or grad), faculty, or post-doc can participate.
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Jonathan Gindes '03 created a startup team that included finding a CEO to replace himself. They have gone on to raise over 20 million dollars. Find out more this Thursday night! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15
Followed by Student Startup Pitches
Location:Teer 203 and Lobby
Time:6:00PM Thursday, November 12th
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Did you miss the 10/29 Elevator Pitch Practice Run Event? Hear the judges advice on how to craft a winning elevator pitch in the event video recording - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMDA-D0GF
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Rich West '77 has raised more than $50 million in the various startups he's worked at. Learn how to raise money for your startup from him. Tonight at Fuqua! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15
Location:Fuqua, Davis Room and HCA Auditorium
Time:6:00PM Thursday, November 5th
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DukeGEN interviews Jed Carlson '05 - co-founder and COO of Reverbnation.com, the #1 facebook app for musicians. http://www.dukegen.com/profiles/jedcarls
What it takes to be a Successful Entrepreneur: DukeGEN sits down with Jed Carlson of ReverbNation.co
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Now celebrating its third year, ReverbNation.com continues its run of innovation and achievement within the music technology space. To date, the site reaches over 35 million people per month via affiliated websites, blogs and a network of 475,000 bands and counting from all over the world. ...
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Duke Start-Up Challenge Elevator Pitch Competition promotional video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wMKGkzeb
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Entrepreneurship at Duke Tips on crafting a winning pitch from judges at our Elevator Pitch Practice Run event - DSC blog - http://bit.ly/2cbLze
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Thanks for joining the Duke Start-Up Challenge at the DEES Elevator Pitch Practice Run with Live Judging event this past Thursday, October 29. It was a great opportunity for the DSC organizing committee to do a rehearsal of the pitch event. ...
Entrepreneurship at Duke
You are invited to attend the "Information Session for Duke Students" for Fuqua's Program for Entrepreneurs - on Thursday, December 3rd from 7-9pm at the Fuqua School of Business, Breeden Hall, Lilly Classroom (near the Science Drive entrance, enter and go down two floors to the main classroom level).
Space is limited ...- please RSVP on Facebook.
The Program for Entrepreneurs is a business startup program specifically designed for Duke students that want to participate in a startup while at Duke. Fuqua is offering a number of ways for undergraduates and graduate students to work with MBA teams on a start-up, and earn course credit. Please see the website for more information - http://www.dukeven.com/courses/fuqua-pro
(Note for undergraduates: read carefully to see what type of course credit you would get for each course option).
(Note to all: scroll to the bottom of that page to see the slidedeck for the session. You may want to review this before the session)
Attendance at the information session is strongly encouraged if you wish to enroll in any of the classes.
Enrollment in any of the courses is contingent upon you joining a team that continues to be a part of the program.
What: Program for Entrepreneurs - Information Session for Duke Students
When: Thursday, December 3rd, 7pm – 9pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business, Breeden Hall, Lilly Classroom
For questions, please contact Howie Rhee hwr2@duke.edu
Space is limited - please RSVP for this event on facebook.
Thanks for your interest.
Howie Rhee '04
P.S. If any of your friends/classmates that are interested in exploring this opportunity further, you can forward this information to them.
P.P.S. Get your own startup idea ready for the Duke Start-Up Challenge Executive Summary Competition. Write your idea up in 5 pages or less and you could win cash and prizes.
Time:7:00PM Thursday, December 3rd
Location:Fuqua School of Business, Breeden Hall, Lilly Classroom
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Did you miss last night's event - Elevator Pitch Practice Run with Live Judging? Check out the summary, program, and pictures here: http://sites.google.com/a/dukedees.com/w
Summary of the Elevator Pitch Practice Run with Live Judging - 2009 (Duke Entrepreneurship Education
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On October 29, 2009, we had an outstanding Elevator Pitch Practice Run event as part of the Duke Entrepreneurship Education Series. 12 Duke student startups pitched to 3 Duke alumni judges:
Entrepreneurship at Duke Register now to pitch in the Elevator Pitch Competition - sign-up deadline Nov 11 @ 5pm - details here - http://bit.ly/4Gu9AK
Duke Start-Up Challenge Blog: Win Cash and Prizes at the Duke Start-Up Challenge - Elevator Pitch Co
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If so, you can win cash and prizes at the Elevator Pitch Competition, part of the Duke Start-Up Challenge, from November 16th to November 20th.
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Join us Thursday for Financing 101 with Rich West, CEO of Advanced Liquid Logic as he describes how startups of all kinds can acquire financing, big or small.
What: Financing 101, Part of Duke Entrepreneurship Education Series
When: Thursday, November 5, from 6pm-8pm
6pm-7pm – Food and Networking
7pm-8pm – Talk with Ri...chard West
Where: Fuqua, Davis Room and HCA Auditorium
Who for: Open to any Duke University student
Please register for this event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Entreprene
Visit our website at http://www.dukedees.com/ to check for the latest schedule and for more information. All events subject to change.
And mark your calendars for the Elevator Pitch Competition/Entrepreneurship Week starting November 16th, 2009 and the Duke Start-Up Challenge Finals Event on Friday, November 20th with Google Ventures co-founder, Bill Maris! The deadline to register for the Elevator Pitch Competition is November 11th, 2009. Visit http://www.dukestartupchallenge.org/Home for more information.
About Richard West
Mr. West is CEO of Advanced Liquid Logic, his third early stage company as CEO. Advanced Liquid Logic is a fast-growing Duke technology spinout exploiting a novel microfluidics technology that the company will apply to medical diagnostics and other markets.
Prior to joining Advanced Liquid Logic, Mr. West was founder and CEO of TriVirix, a medical equipment contract manufacturer. Mr. West managed the growth of TriVirix from inception in 1998 to over $70M in revenue, winning #1 in the 2004 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 50 in North Carolina. At TriVirix Mr. West raised over $40M in private capital and completed three acquisitions.
After earning an engineering degree from Duke University Mr. West spent fifteen years in the aerospace industry in program, sales, marketing, and engineering management, including four years as a commissio ned officer in the US Air Force. In 1996 he joined Tecstar as a general manager of their electronic systems division and left there to found TriVirix.
Mr. West has an MBA from the University of West Florida and has completed all requirements except dissertation for a PhD in management from the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University. Mr. West serves on the Board for the Council for Entrepreneurial Development and is past Board Chairman for both Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abuse, a non-profit that serves recovering substance abusers, and NCMD, the North Carolina medical device trade association.
Hosts
Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club - www.dukeevcc.com
Duke Start-Up Challenge - www.dukestartupchallenge.org
Fuqua's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation - www.fuqua.duke.edu/centers/cei
Duke's Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization - http://cerc.duke.edu
DUHatch Student Business Incubator
Sponsors and Supporters
Intersouth Partners, a leading venture capital firm - http://www.intersouth.com
Hughes Pittman & Gupton, an accounting firm for startups - http://www.hpg.com
Hutchison Law Group, a law firm for startups - http://www.hutchlaw.com
iContact, email marketing software - http://www.icontact.com
Square 1 Bank, a venture bank for startups - http://www.square1bank.com
Wyrick Robbins, a law firm for startups - http://www.wyrick.com
To see the full Fall 2009 schedule, go to http://www.dukedees.com/schedule
To review past presentations, go to http://www.dukedees.com/session-download
Questions? Contact Joseph Knight at joe.knight@duke.edu.
Time:6:00PM Thursday, November 5th
Location:Fuqua, Davis Room and HCA Auditorium
