The schedule for most events is: 6-7pm - Social Hour and Networking; 7-8pm – Speaker
Thurs 1/21 - Duke Start-Up Challenge and EVCC Spring Kickoff with Tim Berry, CEO of Palo Alto Software
- Tim Berry is the CEO of Palo Alto Software, makers of Business Plan Pro, and a sponsor of Entrepreneurship at Duke
- Learn about how the Duke Start-Up Challenge will run this Spring
- Learn how you can engage with the EVCC this Spring
- Hear Tim Berry’s great story and tips on how to create a winning business plan
- Location: Teer 203
- 6-7pm - Social Hour and Networking; 7-8pm – Speaker
Thurs 1/28 - “Run it by the Pros” Free Startup Consultation with CEOs, CFOs and Startup Attorneys
Thurs 2/4 – No event due to Duke Basketball game (Go Devils!)
Wed 2/10 - Duke Start-Up Challenge – Executive Summaries due @ 5pm
- Upload your Executive Summary via younoodle at www.dukestartupchallenge.org
Thurs 2/18 - Creating your Startup Financials 101 with Bobby Bahram, CFO & COO of TransLoc - Location: Teer 203
- 6-7pm - Social Hour and Networking; 7-8pm – Speaker
Wed 2/24 – Semi-Finalists Announced & Panel “Strategies for Raising Money While You’re Still a Student”
- Duke Start-Up Challenge Semi-Finalists Selected - 35 selected, 7 tracks, 5 per track
- Panel session with Duke entrepreneurs who raised money while they were students
- Jed Carlson ‘05, Co-founder and COO of Reverbnation
- Doug Eisner ‘07, Co-founder and COO of GrassRoots Biotechnology
- Matt Kane ‘06, Co-founder and CEO of Precision Biosciences
- Jonathan Gindes '03, Co-founder and CFO of Affinergy - proposed panelist
- Jesse Lipson ’00, Founder and President of ShareFile
- Taylor Mingos ‘07, Founder and CEO of Shoeboxed.com – proposed panelist
- Location: Fuqua, HCA Classroom (6-8pm)
3/3-3/5 - National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Summit, Raleigh, NC
Event Website: http://www.grandchallengesummit.org/raleigh-summit
Registration: http://www.grandchallengesummit.org/raleigh-registration
Hosts: North Carolina State University and Duke University
Entrepreneurship and technology innovation have the potential to raise our nation out of its economic downturn. Making this happen requires everyone to step outside traditional roles. In particular, centers of higher education have a responsibility to cultivate better marry technical fields with those of business and entrepreneurship.
With this in mind, Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering and NC State’s College of Engineering invite you to a high profile event designed to help prepare the next generation leaders to address the "grand challenge” level issues that will shape the 21st century. The Summit will touch on all fourteen NAE Grand Challenges through a discussion of American innovation and competitiveness and will be of interest to all disciplines. Participants should leave the Summit with a heightened awareness of the link between technology innovation and public policy on the world stage.
Why YOU should attend this conference:
Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE, will open the Summit with a call to action on the NAE Grand Challenges. Immelt has been named one of the "World's Best CEOs" three times by Barron's, while GE was named "America's Most Admired Company" by Fortune magazine and listed as one of the “World's Most Respected Companies" in polls by Barron's and the Financial Times.
John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, will present a keynote address on American innovation and competitiveness and will then lead a panel discussion. Chambers has been recognized as one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People,” one of Barron’s “World’s Most Respected CEOs,” the “Best Boss in America” by 20/20, and one of BusinessWeek’s “Top 25 Executives Worldwide,” among many other awards.
3/11 – No session - Fuqua and Undergrad Spring Break & ACC Tournament
Sun 3/21 (new date) – Duke Start-Up Challenge Business Plans submitted – from the 35 semi-finalists @ 5pm
- Upload your Business Plan at www.dukestartupchallenge.org
3/18 – No session - Fuqua Spring Break & NCAA Tournament Begins
Wed 3/24 – 11:30am-2:30pm – Semi-Finalists Investor Pitches (10 minutes)- 35 pitches, 7 tracks
- By invitation only
- Duke Start-Up Challenge Finalists will be selected - 7 Finalists (1 per track) and 7 Runners-up (1 per track)
Thurs 4/8 – Duke Start-Up Challenge - Investor Pitch Competition
- 7 Investor Pitches from Finalists to Finals Judges
- Spectators Welcome: Open to all students
- Location: HCA Auditorium
- 6-7pm - Social Hour and Networking; 7-8:30pm – Competition
Fri 4/16 – 10th Annual Duke Start-Up Challenge Finals Event
- Keynote speaker (To Be Announced)
- 14 pitches from Finalists and Runners-up - 1 minute each
- Audience Choice will be based on the Elevator Pitch
- Judge’s Choice will be revealed at the Finals and is based on the Investor Pitch & Business Plan
- 6-7pm - Social Hour and Networking; 7-8pm – Speaker; 8-8:15pm Elevator Pitches; 8:15-8:30pm Awards
For more information about the Education Series, go to www.dukedees.com or contact Joe Knight at joe.knight@duke.edu
For more information about the Duke Start-Up Challenge, contact Shalav Gupta at shalav.gupta@fuqua.duke.edu
