History

2003 ~ 2004

Founded October 23, 2003 by Sam Shank (Kellogg '04, founder of travelpost.com) with support from Evanston Illinois Technology Enterprise Center (ITEC) and the Northwestern University Technology Transfer Program (TTP)
200 Students join the listserv
Co-sponsors the Kellogg Cup, an annual business plan competition

2004 ~ 2005

Cooper Marcus (Kellogg '05) chairs president
Lab tours (LIMS robotic lab, DevLab), Entrepreneurship panels, TTP presentations, and networking events sponsored
Wiki-based website created

2005 ~ 2006

David Gardner (Kellogg '06) and Josh Seigel (Kellogg '06) co-chair presidents
Expansion to Kellogg, McCormick graduate and undergraduate chapters (and law school rep)
Sponsor of Inaugural Small Business Opportunity Conference (NU Law School)
Advisory board organized and convened
Fall: TTP presentation, idea-exchange workshop, and speaker series
Winter: Business plan writing, marketing research, and financial pro-forma workshops
Spring: Expansion of group to further reach students
Website upgrade to Joomla-based platform

2006 ~ 2007

James Sulzer (McCormick PhD) and Todd Melby (Kellogg '07) co-chair presidents
Merger with NUTEC (Undergraduate club), McCormick Entrepreneurship Club, and Life Sciences Technology Club (Feinberg) as chapters
Establishment of Law, Medill, and Weinberg graduate chapters
1100 student, faculty, and business professionals subscribe to listserv
Establishment of NUvention (Tood Melby, Swami Gnanashanmugam and Neel Patel - Kellogg, Feinberg, Feinberg) - Seven high level faculty members from Kellogg, McCormick, Law and Feinberg join offering "Medical Innovation" classes - a two-quarter medical technology development course (Fall 2007) focusing on identifying unmet clinical needs, innovating novel medical technology, and delivering this innovation to the bedside. Innovation/business life cycle from ideation to prototyping and business plan development translates academic pursuits into tangible medical innovations that will impact patient care. (more about NUvention)
First Applied Research Day, learning research around campus
First NU Venture Challenge, the campus-expansion version of the Kellogg Cup - 200 participants, 60 ideas, and over $27,000 prizes awarded

2007 ~ 2008

Andrew Chen (Kellogg '08 - founder of CoNotes.com) and Stanley Tsao (McCormick, PhD) co-chair presidents
Merger of the Weinberg/McCormick graduate clubs
Merger of the Kellogg Club
1100 student, faculty, and business professionals subscribe to listserv
Applied Research Day, learning research around campus
NU Venture Challenge, the campus-expansion version of the Kellogg Cup - 100+ participants, 36 ideas, and over $22,000 prizes awarded

2008 ~ 2009

InNUvation