Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge
Yesterday, Haas hosted this year's final of the Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge, one of the highlights of the Global Faculty Colloquium on Entrepreneurship Education (organized by the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship). With 21 teams selected from several hundred business plans from competitions around the world, the challenge was able to attract some of the world's brightest entrepreneurs to Berkeley and the public pitches for the people's choice award made for a very interesting evening.
In the end, Navaris Medical, a start-up developing new imaging solutions for breast-cancer surgeons, won the $25,000 first-prize, and Trivial Solutions, a start-up providing navigation support for visually impaired people, won the people's choice award. I was especially excited to see Navaris Medical win, as they were founded by students and researchers from Technische Universität München, my German Alma Mater, and the MBA Bar of the Week, held right after the award ceremony, provided a great way to mingle with some of the finalists and to learn more about their ideas.
For anyone interested in innovation and entrepreneurship the final round of pitches was an exciting experience and I can highly recommend to attend some of the programs organized by the Lester Center, if you are in the area.
Update: Check out the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition as well. This is Berkeley's marquee entrepreneurship event, bringing together entrepreneurs from the entire campus community.
In the end, Navaris Medical, a start-up developing new imaging solutions for breast-cancer surgeons, won the $25,000 first-prize, and Trivial Solutions, a start-up providing navigation support for visually impaired people, won the people's choice award. I was especially excited to see Navaris Medical win, as they were founded by students and researchers from Technische Universität München, my German Alma Mater, and the MBA Bar of the Week, held right after the award ceremony, provided a great way to mingle with some of the finalists and to learn more about their ideas.
For anyone interested in innovation and entrepreneurship the final round of pitches was an exciting experience and I can highly recommend to attend some of the programs organized by the Lester Center, if you are in the area.
Update: Check out the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition as well. This is Berkeley's marquee entrepreneurship event, bringing together entrepreneurs from the entire campus community.
Labels: entrepreneurship, technology, venture capital
posted by olistrut at 12:44 PM
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For anyone interested in entrepreneurship, check out the website of the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition: http://bplan.berkeley.edu/
It is the marquee entrepreneurship event at Berkeley and involves the whole UC Berkeley community (not just the business school).
Helen, you should post a plug for the business plan competition.
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