Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum
11th Annual UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition
Finalist Presentations and Awards Ceremony
April 30, 2009
6:00-9:00 PM
Andersen Auditorium, Haas School of Business
Click here for program description
Video (video on YouTube site):
View Finalists' Business Descriptions
Watch Quicktime movie: scenes from the semi-finals
Special Guest Speaker: Josep Miguel Pique
The UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition is the marquee entrepreneurship event at Berkeley, nurturing entrepreneurial action across the UC Berkeley community. The competition gives students, alumni and local entrepreneurs the opportunity to work together to turn innovative ideas into real businesses. The event also brings together the finest research and technology ideas from both UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. Each year participants develop business plans that are based on some of the most exciting new technologies.
The UC Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum will present a very special program on April 30th when it joins with the student organizers of the 2009 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition to showcase the finalists of this year's competition and award prizes to the winners. The Bay Area entrepreneurial community is invited to join us for an exciting evening featuring the best and the brightest new ventures. Forum audience members will be invited to participate in the selection of the People's Choice Award, which carries a $5000 prize.
2009 Business Plan Competition co-chairs
Angus Hildreth (L) and Richard Mordini (R),
with Lester Center executive director Jerry Engel.
Special Guest Speaker
We are pleased to welcome Josep Miguel Piqué to the Forum who will announce a major new international Berkeley-Barcelona collaboration.
Josep Miquel Piqué is the CEO of 22@Barcelona, a world leading example of public-private partnerships to create an innovation economy in one of the world’s most renowned cities. Mr. Piqué has had a diverse career of public service and leadership positions including college professor, a leader of postgraduate entrepreneurship programs, technology transfer centers, university incubators and innovation science and technology parks.
The program begins earlier than usual, at 6 PM, with a networking hour with complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres in the Bank of America Forum at the Haas School of Business. The program begins at 6:45.
Registration is required. If you are currently a UC Berkeley faculty, staff, or student, a Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory employee, or associated with the UC Office of the President, call 642-4255 or e-mail lester@haas.berkeley.edu for special rates. If you are unfamiliar with the UC Berkeley campus, check out the campus map to locate the Haas School on the east (uphill) side of campus.
Click here for more information on the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition.
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