Calling UBC Student and Alumni Entrepreneurs!
Are you a UBC student or recent alumni with a company you would like to present to a panel of VC’s and UBC alumni at the Plug and Play Tech Centre in California? entrepreneurship@UBC is looking to send you there.
entrepreneurship@UBC is looking to identify six UBC entrepreneur-founded companies: three founded by students currently enrolled at UBC and three founded by recent (past three years) UBC alumni, who are interested in profiling their business venture in front of a panel of venture capitalists and distinguished UBC alumni at the Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale, California on August 31, 2010.
Application Deadline: July 31
entrepreneurship@UBC will cover travel and accommodation costs for up to two people per company (up to $680, based on flights out of Vancouver)
Event Details
entrepreneurship@UBC invites UBC entrepreneurs, past and present, to join Professor Stephen J. Toope, UBC President and Vice Chancellor, along with Dan Muzyka, Dean of the Sauder School of Business; Tyseer Aboulnasr, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science; and a panel of local alumni entrepreneurs for a lively discussion on the role of universities in fostering the next generation of entrepreneurs and the opportunity to profile their venture to an audience of venture capitalists, members of the C-100 and distinguished UBC alumni.
Each company will have 5 minutes to pitch their opportunity to a panel of investors moderated by Professor Toope.
Interested companies can apply by completing the simple on-line form by July 31. If you have any problems accessing or submitting the survey, please contact info@entrepreneurship.ubc.ca. The selection process will include a pitch to a Vancouver based panel early in August.
Successful candidates will be announced on August 10.
Accelerating Entrepreneurship: UBC’s New Venture
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Plug and Play Tech Center
440 N. Wolfe Road
Sunnyvale, CA, 94805
Keynote from Professor Stephen J. Toope: 6:20 – 6:30 pm
Panel Discussion and Pitch Sessions: 6:30 – 7:45 pm
Alumni and Friends Mixer: 7:45 – 9:00 pm
About entrepreneurship@UBC
entrepreneurship@UBC is a UBC campus-wide initiative led by the Sauder School of Business, the Faculty of Applied Science, the Faculty of Science and the University-Industry Liaison Office, in partnership with the BC Innovation Council.
