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.

5:30-7:30pm

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

Appetizers will be provided

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)

The only broker ranked in the top two places in Barron’s Annual Broker Comparison for the past three years - 2006, 2007, 2008

Come with us to the company’s headquarters and Q & A with the company founders.

Vans leave in front of the Technological Institute

April 30^th, 2:45pm

Limited spaces available!

Registration is closed. Thank you for your interest!

Want to meet new and upcoming Chicago companies?

Come to InNUvations’s informal recruiting event and meet top Chicago firms on the rise. Some participating companies are Natropolis Inc., Zaplee.com, Greenamericaproject.com, ParkWhiz LLC, and more..

Free Dinner!

Informal dress code

Bring your resumes…

Event is on May 1^st, 4:30-6:30pm in the Cohen Commons, 4^th floor of the Technological Institute (follow the signs from the main entrance).

This event is open to public

Click here for detailed descriptions of each position

Click here for the application document

Applications are due by Friday, April 18th at 11:59pm.

Open Positions:

• Co-President
• Events Director
• 2009 NU Venture Challenge Director
• Downtown Campus Director
• Marketing Director
• Finance Chair
• McCormick Graduate Chapter President
• Weinberg Graduate Chapter President
• Law School Chapter President
• Feinberg Chapter President
• Mentorship Director
• Alumni Relations Director
• Social Director
• Workshop Director
• Speaker Director
• Historian
• Graphics Designer

Please send electronic versions of the application to Andrew Chen at .

This is the fourth and final NUVC workshop. Some topics that will be covered are:
* Differences between patents, trademarks, and trade secrets and when to consider using each
* What the process is for filing a patent
* How to pick a good attorney and also when is it necessary to pick a specialist versus a generalist
* How to protect the ability to patent an idea by maintaining confidentiality of the idea
* What are some of the common mistakes entrepreneurs make regarding IP

Come listen to Kellogg alumnus, David Weinstein ‘00, talk about his journey to helping found and serve as the managing director for the Illinois Innovation Accelerator Fund, a $10MM seed stage venture capital fund in Chicago.  David will talk about some of the lessons he learned along the way and also offer advice to aspiring entrepreneurs and students trying to maximize their school experience.  David will also discuss the importance of having sales experience and a strong network, and how they proved invaluable in his career.

VP of Marketing - Rachel Gou

VP of Events - Kathy Duan

VP of Relations - Yee Hoong Chow

VP of Internal Affairs - Jonathan Cagadas

Entrepreneur Idol Director - Daniel Arnold

Internal Marketing and Development Director - Talya Mizrahi

External Marketing and Development Director - Sam Zhang

Graphics Designer - Andrea Fraga

The registration and abstract deadline is on April 11, 2008. The online submission will be available soon. Please check the NUVC website for the latest information.