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Elevator Pitch Competition Winner - QuickCampaigns!
Oct 21st
Congratulations to QuickCampaigns for winning the 2010 Yale Entrepreneurial Society Elevator pitch competition! Founders Steven Winter, Seth Bannon, and Ben Stango are looking to make campaign finance reporting requirements simple with their new software solution.
Yale Daily News writeup here: http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/oct/20/quickcampaigns-wins-yes-competition/
Elevator Pitch Competition 2010
Oct 12th
Got an idea for the next big thing? Want to make $1,500/hr (in ice cream gift certificates)??? Come give a 60 second elevator pitch on Monday, October 18th at 5:30 PM in LC 317 and you could win a glorious, glorious $25 gift certificate to Ashley’s Ice Cream. Use the form below to register to give a pitch.
The Elevator Pitch Competition is a warm-up for the Yale Venture Challenge in the spring. Get to meet the other teams competing in the competition and recruit additional members for your own venture.
You’ll also get professional feedback on your idea from an experienced entrepreneur. The competition will be judged by Yale’s very own Barry Nalebuff, Milton Steinbach Professor of Management. Professor Nalebuff is the co-founder of Honest Tea and the author of best-selling books such as “Thinking Strategically” and “Why Not?”
Prof Barry Nalebuff - Total Boss
Register below:
Yale Venture Challenge
May 3rd
The Yale Entrepreneurial Society is proud to announce the winners from our Yale Venture Challenge Innovation Summit held on Saturday, May 1, 2010. Congratulations and thank you to our participants, judges, YES leadership, and our many sponsors and partners, including The Study for the use of their spectacular facilities. Special thanks to our speakers: Dan Doctoroff, President of Bloomberg, LP., and Nina and Tim Zagat, of the Zagat Restaurant Survey.
Each of the six finalists gave fantastic presentations, impressing both the judges and the audience.
1st Place: KiSS
Kiss is an early stage venture that makes seats that fit into manual wheelchair frames to make them more comfortable.
$3,000 cash + $5,000 financial consulting from Brentmore Evaluation Advisers + $10,000 legal services from Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) corporate partner
2nd Place: GentleMed
Gentlemed specializes in developing opthalmologic drug delivery systems. The company’s mission is to develop products which take into account patient lifestyle and comfort.
$1,000 cash + $5,000 financial consulting from Brentmore Evaluation Advisers + $5,000 legal services from YEI corporate partner
3rd Place: oSnapplications
oSnapplications develops web and mobile applications for creating and viewing campus tours on mobile devices. The first product, uTourX, is a distribution channel for specialized tours of college campuses.
$1,000 cash + $5,000 legal services from YEI corporate partner
We at YES Competitions thank all participants and judges in this year’s Yale Venture Challenge. We are all looking forward to next year’s competition, which promises a new round of exciting ventures.
We would like to especially thank our sponsors, the following Yale Entrepreneurial Institute corporate partners :
Withers Bergman, LLP.
Brentmore Evaluation Advisers
Wiggin and Dana, LLP.
Announcing the Martin F. Mayer Internship Program
Mar 3rd
Martin F. Mayer Internship Program
Administered by the Yale Entrepreneurial Society, the Yale Club of New Haven and the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute
Introduction
In line with the philosophy that the best way to learn about entrepreneurship is to work for an entrepreneur, YES and YCNH have partnered to launch a summer internship program dedicated to placing Yale undergraduate students at exciting, local start-up ventures and providing those students with a $3500 stipend.
Martin F. Mayer ’58 was a spirited and dedicated member of the Yale and New Haven business communities who passed away on February 11, 2010. We have named this program in honor of his impassioned commitment to entrepreneurship.
Sponsorship
Current internship opportunities are being sponsored by the Yale Club of New Haven and Winstanley Enterprises, LLC.
We hope to raise funds to create an enduring initiative, and continue to offer internship opportunities to students and start-ups for years to come. If you are interested in supporting this fund, please email [email protected] or mail donations to: Yale Club of New Haven, PO Box 775, New Haven, CT 06503-0775.
2010 Summer Internships
We have two internship opportunities for summer 2010, open to all Yale undergraduates. Both companies are seeking self-driven, entrepreneurial candidates who are able to commit to 8-12 weeks over the summer. To apply, email a resume and cover letter to [email protected] by March 8, 2010. Applicants will be notified by March 15, 2010 if they have been selected for an interview.
Rib-X Pharmaceuticals – www.rib-x.com
Rib-X, co-founded by Yale University professor and Nobel Prize Winner Thomas Steitz, is a product-driven small molecule drug discovery and development company focused on the structure based design of new classes of antibiotics. Rib-X has several early stage programs that are about to enter clinical trials.
Rib-X is seeking to hire an intern who will work with the Chief Financial Officer on a range of tasks, including financial analysis, competitive intelligence work, and creating revenue projections.
SeeClickFix – www.seeclickfix.com
SeeClickFix encourages residents to become citizens by participating in taking care of and improving their neighborhoods. We allow anyone to:
* See - see a non-emergency issue in your neighborhood
* Click - open a ticket describing the issue and what can be done to resolve it
* Fix - publicly report the issue to everyone for resolution
SeeClickFix is seeking to hire an intern who will work on creative projects, particularly in sales and marketing. Possible responsibilities also include determining optimum pricing structure and international business development.
YES 10th Anniversary Event
Mar 3rd
Great coverage by the New Haven Independent, article here.
We were also in the New Haven Register and the Yale Daily News
Y2K Awards Ceremony!
Jan 11th
