InNUvation

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)

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.

Northwestern’s university-wide entrepreneurship competition presents…

Team Building Event

LOOKING to be part of a winning business idea?
SEARCHING for people to join your team?

When: Wednesday, January 30, 7:30-9:30PM
Where: Prairie Moon, 1502 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL

Light appetizers provided.

We’ll have booths set up by interest to help you find the ideal group:
Hi-tech, Retail, Clean Energy, Biotech, & Social Entrepreneurship

http://nuvc.innuvation.org

Northwestern’s university-wide entrepreneurship competition presents…

Finance Workshop

Taught By
Bhavan Suri

Learn how to build sound financials for your business plan.

Bhavan is an exciting and experienced entrepreneur, having co-founded Elytics, an enterprise software company and worked with Answerthink and OCA Ventures. He also is on the Board of Advisors of Next Step Technologies, CoboTech Inc, the Aspire Group, Liquid Pixels, and the One Acre Fund. Bhavan is a graduate of Kellogg and Brown University, and currently is an Associate Analyst at William Blair.

When: Saturday, Februrary 2, 10am-12pm
Where: Jacobs Center (Kellogg), Room 101

Free lunch provided.

http://nuvc.innuvation.org

Northwestern’s university-wide entrepreneurship competition presents…

Marketing Workshop
Taught By
Prof. Alexander Chernev

What role will marketing play in taking an innovative idea to market?

Gain hands-on experience marketing your idea!
All students welcome. No registration necessary.

When: Saturday, January 19, 10am-12pm
Where: Jacobs Center (Kellogg), Room 1246

Free lunch provided.

http://nuvc.innuvation.org