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Y50K Biotechnology Entrepreneurial Competition 2008
Location: YES
The Y2K Biotechnology Entrepreneurial Competition is an entrepreneurial competition designed to help generate ideas and form teams for the Y50K Biotechnology Entrepreneurial Competition in the spring. Teams that enter the competition must submit a short, written description of the market opportunity for their company, their competitive advantage, and a description of the skills each team member brings to the team.
Please read the rules for the Y2K Biotechnology Entrepreneurial Competition.
Y50K Team-Building Events
Y50K Teambuilder Event
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Time: 7:00PM – 8:30pm
Location: Naples Pizza, 90 Wall Street, New Haven, CT
Description: Stop by Naples anytime between 7:00-8:30pm to recruit new teammembers,
join an existing team, and share business ideas over pizza. (Click here to see attached flyer)
Y50K Business Plan Writing Seminar
Date: Monday, February 11, 2008
Time: 8:00-9:00pm
Location: School of Management, 135 Prospect Street, Room TBA
Description: In this educational seminar, learn how to write a 30-page Business Plan for YES's 2008 Y50K Business Plan Competition. Presented by Yale lecturer Maureen Burke, MBA, of the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. (Click here to see attached flyer)
Y50K Social Entrepreneurship Event
Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Time: 7:30-8:45pm
Location: Where: Linsly-Chitteden Hall (on Old Campus next to Dwight Hall), Room 317
Description: Social Entrepreneurship is becoming a hot topic. Everyone is talking about social entrepreneurs and the power of social entrepreneurship to solve complex social problems. But what does it really mean for you? Ashoka is hosting an interactive workshop about social entrepreneurship and career opportunities in the organization. Please join us to learn more about our Ashoka Fellows, participate in simulations of "entrepreneurial challenges" faced by social entrepreneurs, and hear about Ashoka's unique vision of being a home for entrepreneurs. Ashoka (www.ashoka.org) is a global association of the world?s leading social entrepreneurs - men and women with system changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems.
***If you would like to be added to future weekly communications highlighting the details, events, and updates regarding the Yale Entrepreneurial Society's 2008 Y50K Business Plan Competition, please email joseph.walker@yale.edu and view the Y50K Business Plan Competition website.
Dates
Registration
Date: Saturday, February 23, 2008
Time: 6:00amPM
Location: YES
First Round, Business Plan Due
Date: Saturday, March 22, 2008
Time: 6:00am
Location: YESDeadline
Final Round, Live Presentation
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Time: 8:00am
Location: YES
Rules
Please read the rules for the Y50K Biotechnology Entrepreneurial Competition.
Past Winners First Place Winner:
Aid Networks (AIDN). AIDN is a seed-stage medical device and healthcare information technology research and development company. Its mission is to produce the lowest-cost vital sign sensors enabling hospital-wide patient monitoring. Unlike traditional telemetry units or patient-worn monitors available on the market today, the AIDN patent-pending solution is smaller and 15 times less expensive. Designed using low cost sensors and a self-configuring and self-healing wireless mesh network, AIDN can be quickly deployed throughout the hospital and at mass casualty sites to accommodate both regular patient care and surge conditions. The system includes software that provides surveillance and alarm notification to caregivers, via a nurse-carried device, and central locations like nursing stations. AIDN has begun multi-center clinical trials at the Washington Hospital Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, and Harvard Beth Israel.
Second Place Winner:
SeroLogic. Ovarian cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in women, with a five-year survival rate under 35%. Its high mortality rate is driven by the fact that roughly 75% of patients are not diagnosed until the cancer is well-advanced and has spread beyond the ovaries. SeroLogic has developed a simple blood test to detect ovarian cancer in its earliest stages when it can be treated and cured. Our business will generate revenue by selling easy-to-use blood test kits, manufactured under contract, that can be used in clinical laboratories and doctors' offices to screen at-risk patients for ovarian cancer.
Third Place Winner:
SciCircuit.
SciCircuit seeks to bring the scientific community together under one roof, creating a network of researchers and industry professionals. The site will provide tools for researchers to enhance their work on a daily basis.
Past Events
Y50K Biotechnology Entrepreneurial Competition 2007
Y50K Biotechnology Entrepreneurial Competition 2006
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