June 05, 2009

In this issue

• Northwestern University Venture Challenge
• Join Innuvation
• Other Events

Upcoming Events

• 6/15 - InNUvation Officer Applications DUE

What's New with InNUvation

NUVC Final Results

Keywords: competition, team building, social, kickoff, NUVC, ideas

Congratulations to the winners!

Photos available here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38879170@N08/sets/72157618750514385/

Join InNUvation

Position descriptions and applications are available. Please submit applications by June 15, 2009. Click here for more information.

Other Events

Call for Nominations: The 2009 Whiteboard Challenge

Time: June, 2009

Keyword: Entrepreneurship, challenge, innovation

What do five minutes, a whiteboard and a chance to win cash prizes all have in common? Presenting the 2009 Whiteboard Challenge, June 16 2009.
Are you an entrepreneur with a product concept that just needs some recognition to take off?
Perhaps you're a scientist or researcher at a university or corporation with a world changing technology.
Or maybe you just have been inspired by a novel way to solve a big problem.
If you have a brilliant idea that is missing some public recognition, plan to join us at the 2008 Whiteboard Challenge on June 16. Finalist will have five minutes, a whiteboard, a captive audience and a chance to win cash prizes. This event is the highlight of the spring event season.
Everyone is eligible to submit their own innovative concept for consideration, and presenting finalists will be selected by a distinguished panel of judges.
Presenter applications are NOW OPEN!
Audience registration will be open after our May 20 event “Stump the Innovators”.
For more information, visit the 2009 Whiteboard Challenge page.
To submit an entry, click to open the submission window.

Illinois Technology Development Alliance

Time: Monday, June 8th, 2009 (Register here)

Keywords: Networking, technology, entrepreneurship

This is a quarterly networking and educational event that prepares early-stage entrepreneurs to raise capital efficiently.
The moderated event features three companies presenting their investor pitches to an audience of investors, industry leaders, service providers, state and local government representatives, and serial entrepreneurs.

Presenting companies receive constructive feedback on their presentations and business models and assistance in addressing questions and concerns that prospective investors would likely raise. In addition, the event is an excellent forum for any organization to build contacts with capital sources, potential business partners, possible suppliers, and prospective employees.

Purdue University Sixth Biannual Life Sciences Business Plan Competition

Time: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 (event)

Keywords: Conference, ideas, technology, entrepreneurship

Purdue University announces the other free hidden object opening of easy free spongebob games for kids registration for its Sixth Biannual Life Sciences Business Plan Competition, which will be held on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Offering total prizes in excess of $100,000, the Purdue Life Sciences Business Plan Competition seeks commercially viable business plan entries for innovative products and services in the life sciences industry. The aim is to foster translational research and accelerate the commercialization of intellectual property in the life sciences arena.

Participating teams must represent an actual life sciences company that is no more than three years old; recent start-up life sciences companies are of particular interest. For more information and to register, please visit the competition website at http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/entrepreneurship/programs/lifesciences/registration.php.
The registration deadline is Monday May 18, 2009.

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