Brown University Entrepreneurship Program

Congratulations to the winners of the 15^th Annual Startup Competition!

First Place – BodyRox Fitness
Second Place – Fund for America
Third Place – NBA Math Hoops

Thank You to Our Judges!

First Round

Nate Lentz, Partner at Osage Partners
Brad Weinberg, Managing Partner at Shape up the Nation
Greg Baldwin, President and CEO at VolunteerMatch
Chris Savage, Founder and CEO at Wistia
Allan Tear, Managing Partner at Betaspring
Derek Scheuren, Co-Founder at Recommind Inc.
Sheila Ennis, Managing Director at Hypatia Capital Group
Richard Katzman, CEO at Kaz Inc.
David Martirano, Co-Founder and General Partner at Point Judith Capital
Jason Donahue, VP Brand Management at Zeo Inc.
Chris Abbot, President and Founder at Aslan Resort Fund
Deborah Mills-Scofield, Partner at Glengary LLC

Second Round

Andy Cutler, Founder and President at Cutler Communications
Saul Kaplan, Founder & Chief Catalyst at Business Innovation Factory
Charlie Kroll, Founder and President of Andera
Pamela O’Hara, President at Batchblue Software
Prithvi Tanwar, Attorney at Foley Hoag LLP
Jeffrey Weiss, Investor at the Clean Energy Venture Group

Members of the Brown EP community,

We are proud to announce that our largest event of the year, the Annual Startup Competition. Student teams have been working diligently to complete their business plans and pitch presentations. The competition will feature non-profit and commercial ventures alike, and teams will be competing for prizes totaling $50K in cash and in-kind services.

We would be honored to have you attend this phenomenal event, which is sure to be a close race.

When: April 14th, 2012, from 1:00-4:30pm
Where: Salomon 001 (on the Main Green)

Join us in showcasing and accelerating some of the brightest young minds at Brown!

Sharing and Inspiring Entrepreneurial Stories since 1997!

Date: Saturday, November 19th

Time: 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Brown Faculty Club (right next to Keeney) **note the change in venue**
Address: One Magee St, Providence, RI

Hear from renowned entrepreneurs and discover your own entrepreneurial spirit!              (To view the full schedule, click on the eventbrite link below)

 This event is free and open to the public, with a suggested donation
for attending alumni/community members. Please RSVP by visiting http://eprogram.eventbrite.com/

Social Kickoff Event

(FREE KABOB N CURRY)

Monday November 7th,  7-8pm (CIT Atrium)                                                                                                              

Think you have a startup idea for the next big thing? Then come to the CS-EP Social Kickoff to find out how you can get involved with the Brown entrepreneurial community.

While you’re at it, cross paths with some new people you might potentially want on your team (potential co-founder?), and engage with Brown alums Charlie Kroll (CEO of Andera; Venture for America Board Member) and Andres Douglas ’09 (CEO of Bakodo) as they speak of their experiences about starting a business. CS Professor Shriram Krishnamurthi will also provide his wisdom and inspiration in the start-up community.

Afterwards, take the challenge: what’s the worst startup idea you can think of? We’re talking ideas you wouldn’t consider prototyping in a million years. Bring a friend, come enjoy free tasty Kabob n Curry and hear people pitch their horrendous ideas.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 Elevator Pitch Competition! All the finalists did an amazing job, and we wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors.

1st Place: Cancer Creating Champions (Sidney Kushner)                                                                                                                                                             2nd Place: Munch Card (Ben Vishny)                                                                                                                                                                                   3rd Place: Sparketplace (Isaac Goldberg)

Thank you to all who participated! We look forward to hearing more about your ventures as they develop!

Students are given 60 seconds to pitch their business idea. The idea can be related to a non‐profit or for‐profit venture. In the past, elevator pitches have ranged from topics that include developing innovative software, providing cleaner-burning cooking stoves to rural villages in Peru, and creating a school fund for children in Africa. There will be two tracks for the E-Pitch Competition: Idea Stage Ventures and Developing Ventures to make sure teams at all stages of business development have the chance to win seed-funding.

 All participants must fill out this form by Thursday (10/6/11)

https://docs.google.com/a/brown.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEYtN1F1VnpGOXdpa0NpZ2QtRm9vOHc6MQ

We congratulate the winners of the 2011 EP Startup Competition on all of their accomplishments – we wish them the best of luck in realizing their dreams and changing the world with their incredible projects:

Grand Prize Winner
Rip van Wafels

First Runner-Up
The School Fund

Second Runner-Up
WaterWalla

We would also like to congratulate finalists PriWater and Privicare, the winner and runner-up of the 2011 RI Business Plan Competition Student Track!

RI Business Plan Competition Winners Announced