InNUvation

Northwestern’s university-wide entrepreneurship competition presents…

Entrepreneurship Social
When: Tuesday, February 26, 6pm-8pm
Location: Cohen Commons (L482), Tech Institute
Looking to be part of a winning business plan? Searching for people to help launch your business plan? Meet other students interested in entrepreneurship at this event!

Speaker Series: Daphne Mazarakis (Founder of Tula Foods)
When: Thursday, February 28, 5:15pm-6:15pm
Location: Jacobs 165 (Kellogg)
Hear Daphne’s story about starting a food company. She will talk about her decision to become an entrepreneur and her recent experiences with fundraising.

Selling Skills Workshop
When: Saturday, March 1, 10am-12pm
Location: Jacobs 101 (Kellogg)
Learn how to pitch your business idea to gain investors and customers.

Come meet, hear, and chat with Steve Olechowski, an NU alum whose company, Feedburner, was recently acquired by Google. Learn about how his struggles, how he did, and how you can do it, too!

This event is to promote the new Principles of Entrepreneurship Class being offered this Spring in a joint effort between the Business Institutions Program and the Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences Department (IEMS395 & BIP390). This class will cover the main principles and basics of entrepreneurship and of starting a business.

This event is being co-sponsored by BIP, IEMS, InNUvation, and ISBE (the Institute for Student Business Education).

This even is open to both undergraduates and graduate students alike.

Food will be available.

When: Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Where: Ford Building, ITW Auditorium (1-350)