***Congratulations to the Winners of the 2009 Elevator Pitch Competition Finals*** Judge's Choice: Biogenic Medical Devices Audience Choice: The Produce Purity Project
Congratulations to the Track Winners of the 2009 Elevator Pitch Competition
Undergraduate Wasabi Know It, Win It
Energy & Environment Token Energy CarBone
Healthcare & Life Sciences Medici Medical Technologies Biogenics Medical Devices
Women Entrepreneurs ImmunoDispense Pro Optimal Surgical | IT & Media NationalField.org AdStream
Social Enterprises StumpWorks The Produce Purity Project
Products & Services 25th Hour Media General Nano |
Elevator Pitch Competition Finals w/ Google Ventures
Friday Nov 20 @ 5:30pm, Fuqua School of Business
Spectators welcome. Networking reception with FREE food and beverages starts at 5:30pm. Watch Duke's most promising entrepreneurs compete for $5,750 in cash and prizes
Global Entrepreneurship WeekThe Duke Start-Up Challenge Elevator Pitch Competition is part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, during which millions of young people around the world will join a growing movement of entrepreneurial people, to generate new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things. For more information, reference the Global Entrepreneurship Week website: http://www.unleashingideas.org/
The Elevator Pitch Competition runs from November 16th through 20th. Any Duke student (undergrad or grad), faculty, or post-doc can participate.
Each team gets two minutes to pitch their idea to a panel of judges. Teams can compete in multiple tracks of the competition. Each night during E-Week, different tracks compete for cash and prizes and to advance to the Finals event on Friday where they can win a $1000 grand prize.
Track semi-finals events are as follows (SPECTATORS WELCOME):
Date | Track | Location | Detail & RSVP | Monday, Nov 16 | Undergraduate-led Startups Track
(must be led and pitched by an undergraduate)
| Bryan Center, Von Canon Rooms | RSVP | Tuesday, Nov 17 | Energy & Environment Track | CIEMAS, Schiciano Auditorium | RSVP | | Healthcare & Life Sciences Track
| CIEMAS, Schiciano Auditorium | RSVP | Wednesday, Nov 18 | IT & Media Track
| Fuqua, Dansby Classrooms | RSVP | | Women-led Startups Track
(must be led and pitched by a woman)
| Fuqua, Lilly Classrooms | RSVP | Thursday, Nov 19 | Social Enterprises Track
| Fuqua, Lilly Classrooms | RSVP | | Products & Services Track | Fuqua, Lilly & Dansby Classrooms | RSVP |
The winners from each track will advance to the big finale, the Finals: Elevator Pitch Finals with special guest speaker Bill Maris, co-founder of Google Ventures - Friday, Nov 20 @ Fuqua, Geneen Auditorium, 5:30pm Networking Event, 7pm Finals
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