Best HBS Alumni New Ventures Teams go Head to Head in Final Showdown
Date: March 28, 2012
Time: 4:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Place: HBS - Spangler Auditorium, Reception in Williams Room
*FINAL FOUR SELECTED
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the Final Four HBS alumni teams in the
New England New Venture Competition. Thirty-five teams have competed. We are now down to the Final Four.
The Final Four will make their 30 minute pitches to a panel of well-known investor & CEO judges. It will be an exciting and fun-filled evening as these teams who have already made it through two prior rounds have their last opportunity to impress the judges and the audience.
What’s on the line for these teams? The winning team gets $10K in cash,
entry into the HBS Worldwide Venture Competition, fast track into the Mass
Challenge venture competition, exposure to the investor community and ongoing
counseling from experts in legal, accounting and other issues critical to
start-up ventures. You can be sure
that all of these teams, each of which has at least one HBS alum on its core
team, will be putting their best foot forward.
| As of this writing, early-stage venture teams have entered
from a variety of fields including: |
- software
- biotechnology
- social media
- apparel
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- beverages
- food
- e-commerce
- healthcare
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See firsthand how the final four
teams deal with critical issues such as: |
- defining the problem they are solving
- building a strong team
- finding the money
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- building a defensible strategy
- reaching a target market
- scaling the opportunity
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Audience members will give direct feedback to the judging panel on who they think is the winning team.
This promises to be a prime networking opportunity for all
those who are interested in entrepreneurial activity in the Greater Boston area
and throughout New England. See
you on the 28th!!
New Venture Contest Judges
Joe Caruso
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Jeffrey Glass
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Hambleton Lord
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Akhil Nigam
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Gus Weber
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Partner
Bantam Group
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Partner
Bain Ventures
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Managing Partner
Launchpad Venture Group
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Founder and President
MassChallenge
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Entrepreneur in Residence
Dog Patch Lab
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*FINAL FOUR TEAMS
Roberts Wineware, Inc.
Roberts Wineware develops and markets wine glasses and other
drinkware which feature its patented Taste Stimulating Technology.
Sanaya
Birchbox for cultural connection and exploration -
Participate authentically in your heritage
TrophoMax, LLC
TrophoMax is an agricultural Biotech firm. It is developing
patented technology based around a naturally occurring bacteria to improve
plant growth and increase yield.
Social Butter
Social Butter allows social network users to aggregate
popular social media streams into one place, while at the same time being
rewarded for spreading targeted advertising messages through their social
network.
Summaries of all 22 business plans are on the HBSAB web site
- Click Here.
Registration
*Qualified Contestants in NVP Competition*
Receive TWO Free Tickets to this event by emailing
Sally Millwood at programs@hbsab.org (send names and email addresses) |
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President's Club: Free
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HBSAB Member: $25
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Non-member $25
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Current HBS Student: $15
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Click Here to Register
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Additional Details
| Date: |
March 28, 2012 |
| Time: |
4:30 - 5:00 PM Registration
5:00 - 7:30 PM Team Presentations & Judging
7:30 – 8:30 PM Reception with Light Dinner, Wine and Beer
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| Place: |
Presentations - Auditorium
Reception - Williams Room
HBS, SPANGLER (Map/Directions) |
| Parking: |
Parking is included, HBS Campus Lot. Enter Batten Way or Gorden Road Entrance - see map |
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Event Date:
Wednesday, 03/28/12 4:30pm - 8:30pm [ iCal ]
Location:
HBS, SPANGLER (see details in description)
60 Harvard Way
Boston, MA 02163
Look Who's Coming:
Stephen Perry, Securitas Robert Steingart Alexander Gimpelson Rick Krementz Stephanie Koczela Tarlin Ray Randall Fuller Marty Rowland Elaine Boltz Ajit Jhangiani Kate Asher Robert Ristagno Patricia Carr Ronald Kutrieb Sean Dalton, Highland Capital Partners Joel G. Kinney, Fort Point Legal Janet Nicholas Charlie Stolper, Pivotal Strategies LLC Peter Kroon Jim McQuade, Clockwork Recruiting Robert DeNoble Yi Gao David Harris, Janda Associates Joe Sieber, Inscribe Margaret Fox Chad Donvito Brian Kelley, Cambridge Trust Karthik Narasimhan Paul Nicholas Judy Pagliuca Mugdha Narasimhan Kevin Fisher, Dartmouth Research & Consulting Tom Walker, ImageMatters Allen Fullerton Andrew Knott Russ Vanderpool, Fusedata Consulting Theresa Fong, Nipia LLC John Cavanaugh Saeko Tsuchihashi Rick Williams, The Equity Company Sandy Creighton Robert MacArthur, Team: EcoValuePoints Ed Sullivan, KPMG Alex Kayyal, Team: TableZest Matt Svetich, KPMG Jim Boyer, KPMG Eric Wanta, Team: EcoValuePoints Marcelo Burbano, Team: UrGift.in Ana Victoria Ricaurte, Team: UrGift.in Steve Kahn, Team: TrophoMax Bart Howe, Team: Ubiquitous Energy Eric Mellin, Team: 425 Cheeses Eric Groft, Team: 425 Cheeses Eric Kaviar, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks PC Ed Walsh, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks PC Bob Sullivan, Team: TradeGrouper Dave Hoch Lauren Landry, BostInno Stuart Berzin, The Sharma Group - Merrill Lynch Charles Johnson, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP Brian Goldstein, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP Brooke Colella Indira Patel Joe Thompson Jim Sullivan, Team: TradeGrouper Christina Licursi, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks PC Robert Zakon, Zakon Productions Paris Wallace Bob Bray, The Bray Group Darrol Roberts, Team: Roberts Wineware Christine Phillpotts Christopher Keefe, Nixon Peabody LLP Tony Navarro, Team: TableZest Lew Weinstein, BSG Team Ventures Matt Gannon, Team: Social Butter Michael Fater, Team: Social Butter Matthew Hannon, Team: Social Butter Joe Caruso, Bantam Group Michael Cronin, Weston Presidio Gus Weber, Dog Patch Lab Akhil Nigam, MassChallenge Hambleton Lord, Launchpad Venture Group Jeffrey Glass, Bain Ventures Avni Patel Thompson, Team: Sanaya Mugdha Narasimhan, Team: Sanaya Shiqiang Xie Gongleue Trang Hillary Sieber Alex Steinbergh Alexandra Laurita Theodore Laurita Jack Henry Grannis-Phoenix Jerry Schaufeld Bob Bray Janet Pendelton ... a total of 95 guests.
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