Final Round Results
Congratulations to the winners!
Joint 1st Place Prize - $8,500 |
NeuRDS Inc |
Arjun Sharma, Christine Rosso, Jacob Babcock, Justin Derbas, Matthew Geary, Megha Punreddy, Anita Suresh |
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Onyx Instruments |
David Nahlik, Gary Gratson, Marc Lim |
3rd Place Prize - $3,000 |
Osseo Magnetic Link |
David Nahlik, Elliot Rouse |
Best Undergrad Pitch Prize - $1,500 |
Knowledge Bay |
Andrew Ertell, Elan Zamri, Lauren M. Primiano, Micah Friedland |
Best Social Enterprise Idea Prize - $1,500 |
Frontline SMS |
Josh Nesbit, Nicholas Evans |
Photos available here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38879170@N08/sets/72157618750514385/
Agenda for the Final Round on Thursday, May 21, 2009
Venue: Northwestern Room, Norris University Center, Evanston, IL |
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Time |
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| 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM | Welcome & Opening Remarks: Dean Ottino |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Concurrent Panels a) Financing Ventures in a Recession b) Being an Entrepreneur in a Recession |
| 2:45 PM - 4:30 PM | NU Venture Challenge |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Reception |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Keynote Speaker & NUVC Award Presentation |
Note: Please make sure that all you check-in at the buy a new spongebob games front desk by 2:15 pm. Each team will get a total of 15 minutes (10 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A)
Also, please register here. If you plan on inviting friends/family please ask them to register too. This event is open to everyone.
- Visuals(Presentation, prototypes, marketing material etc) are allowed.
- Two judges will be judging each of free hidden object games the groups in Round 1. The judges (6 in all) will come together to judge Round 2. We shall be sending you their biographies in a couple of days.
- The presentations usually describe:
a. Main point the idea is going to address
b. Marketing Plan
c. Financial Feasibility
d. Competition
e. Patents, if any
The following teams have made it to the final round:
NeuRDS Inc., Knowledge Bay, Vasotrex Therapeutics, Frontline SMS Medic, Osseo Magnectic Link, Onyx Instruements