Deadlines
Registration / 6:00am, Saturday, March 1, 2008 / Executive Summary DueFirst Round / 6:00am, Saturday, March 22, 2008 / Business Plan Due
Final Round / 8:00am, Saturday, April 19, 2008 / Live Presentation
Registration and Submission
- 6am, Saturday, March 1, 2008 - mandatory final deadline to register your team and submit your Executive Summary
- Register and submit on YESnet (YESnet available at www.yesatyale.org/yesnet, usage instructions avaliable below under "Entry Materials" section
- Guidelines for Executive Summary included in 2007 Y2K Contestant Kit, available at www.yesatyale.org/y2k.php
- Individuals still looking for teams or teams still looking for team members:
register and search for others on YESnet (include in your profile any relevant
details about your experience and background and what kind of teams or team
members you're looking for); alternatively, email joseph.walker@yale.edu to be
included in announcements to the Y50K mailing list or email your Division
Liaison directly for teambuilding assistance (Division Liaison contact info
avaliable below under "Questions?" section
Entry Materials
Please click here to download: Contestant KitPlease click here to download: Entry Agreement
Please click here to download: Prize Claim Form
Please click here to download: YESnet Instructions
Program Schedule
Thursday, January 31, 2008 / 2008 Y50K Kickoff EventWednesday, February 6, 2008 / Teambuilder Event
Monday, February 11, 2008 / Business Plan Writing Seminar
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 / Social Entrepreneurship Event
Week of Monday, February 18, 2008 / No Events
Week of Monday, March 3, 2008 / No Events
Week of Monday, March 10, 2008 / Spring Break
Week of Monday, March 17, 2008 / Spring Break
Saturday, March 22, 2008 / Registration and Executive Summary Due
Thursday, March 27, 2008 / No Events
Thursday, April 3, 2008 / Legal Issues Seminar 1, 6pm
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 / Legal Issues Seminar 2, 6pm
Friday, April 11, 2008 / First Round Winners Announced
Friday, April 18, 2008 / Innovation Summit
Saturday, April 19, 2008 / 2008 Y50K Final Round Presentations
Final Round Presentations
SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 20088:00-8:30am - judges and teams arrive, breakfast, orientation
8:30-10:10am - final round presentations, part 1
10:10-10:20am - 10min judge break
10:20-12:30pm - final round presentations, part 2*
12:30-1:30pm - lunch/judge discussion
1:30-2:30pm - awards ceremony
* 8 final round teams in For-Profit, 8 in Social Entrepreneurship
* presentations = 15 min, judge discussion = 10 min, total per team = 25 min
* part 1 = 4 teams, part 2 = 4 teams
* extra half hour built in for time overruns
Resources
Please click here to download: Kickoff FlyerPlease click here to download: Kickoff Event Presentation
Please click here to download: Teambuilder Event Flyer
Please click here to download: Business Plan Writing Seminar Flyer
Please click here to download: Business Plan Writing Seminar Presentation, by Maureen Burke
Mailing List
Email joseph.walker@yale.edu to be added to the Y50K mailing list. The 200-person mailing list is emailed once weekly with event details, competition updates, and other important announcements.Questions?
Joe Walker, Y2K/Y50K Director, joseph.walker@yale.eduMike Ma, For Profit Liaison, m.ma@yale.edu
James Zhang, Social Entrepreneurship Liaison, james.zhang@yale.edu
Mike Zink, Life Sciences Liaison, michael.zink@yale.edu