Archive for May, 2008

Undergraduate Entrepreneur Panel

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Come hear how your peers started their businesses!

Thursday,May 29th

5 pm to 6:30 pm

Ford Motor Building, ITW (Room 1-350).

There will be free food.

Bios:

Matt Cohlmia is a senior in Industrial Engineering originally from Wichita, Kansas. He has been president of Chicago Unzipped for one year, and in that year turned the business from printing 1,000 copies of the 2nd edition to a planned 5,000 copies of the 3rd.

Li learned about money and finance from his penny-pinching grandmother and was fortunate to be born into a family with many business savvy people. He got his start in entrepreneurship when he joined a small company The Boxing Co., a Northwestern started summer storage and shipping company. As a consultant for Northwestern Student Holdings, Li has helped start two other student companies, NUTutors and Wildcat Express Delivery. He is passionate about real estate and Goldman Sachs.

Neal Sales Griffin has done everything from selling Christmas trees to starting two companies. Griffin’s interest in business began when he sold Christmas trees during junior high school for money. His interest was piqued and he began selling more items. When he graduates, this Learning and Organizational Change major in the School of Education and Social Policy, would like to do the impossible: become a venture capitalist. As a freshman, Griffin also worked with a startup, Context Media, founded by two Northwestern students: Rishi Shah and alumni Derek Moeller.

William Pulte, Jr., a Medill sophomore, has created two new ventures during his time at Northwestern. His first company, Campuslist, co-founded by himself and Jon Drake, is a online marketplace for college students. The second company that he is currently running is Great Lake Helicopters, a service that specializes in aerial photography in the North Shore area.

InNUvation Alumni & Student Social (Co-hosted by Kellogg Alumni Club of Chicago)

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Come meet Chicago-area Alumni with entrepreneurial experience. Hear about experiences after graduation and maybe find new opportunities!

Tuesday, May 20

5:30-7:30pm

Prairie Moon, Back Room (1502 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60201)

Appetizers will be provided

NUVC Finals

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Sunday, May 11, 2007 from 1PM to 5PM
McCormick Tribune Center (1870 Campus Dr., Evanston, IL 60208)
Northwestern University

 

Come watch the exciting business plans by our 6 finalists!

Biotic Laboratories

Element Bars

Februus

Opthometrics

Passaggio

The Next Big Sound

 

1.10PM – 1.30PM: Sign In (Participants, judges and audience arrives)
1.30PM – 2.30PM: Presentation I (First three finalists present: 10 min presentation + 7 min questions from judges)
2.30PM – 2.45PM: Break
2.45PM – 3.45PM: Presentation II (Second set of three finalists present: 10 min presentation + 7 min questions from judges)
4.00PM – 4.30PM: Keynote Speaker - Gordon Segal (Crate & Barrel, Founder and CEO)
4.30PM – 5.00PM: Awards Ceremony (Announcement of winners followed by networking reception)