Startup Matchmaker for Duke MBA Students: March 2010

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Fwd: Business Insider Conference: Competition for Digital Start-ups

Of interest to those of you with digital ideas.

Howie

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From: Ehab D. <edahdouli@businessinsider.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:42 AM
Subject: Business Insider Conference: Competition for Digital Start-ups
To: entrepreneurship@fuqua.duke.edu

Hi there, I am an intern at Business Insider and wanted to reach out to make sure your members knew about this year's Business Insider Start Up Conference. It's a pitch event for early stage companies for the chance to win $100,000 in prizes, including a $25,000 cash investment from General Catalyst Partners.

We have partnered with a number of venture capital firms, and NYU. Here's a link to more info: http://www.businessinsider.com/startup2010 .

If you could include this in your email list or any blog posts for your student/member entrepreneurs to see, that would be greatly appreciated.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions. Hope to see some of your members on the stage!

Best,
Ehab Dahdouli

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Howie Rhee, MBA
Managing Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Job Opportunity with fast-moving startup

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From: Gautham Pandiyan <gautham.pandiyan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:43 AM
Subject: Job Opportunity with fast-moving startup
To: Howie Rhee <hwr2@duke.edu>, Howie Rhee <howrhee@gmail.com>

Hi Howie,

I was recently approached by a serial entrepreneur who successfully started and sold the company Mercury MD for $50 million, to find an MBA student for a part-time Business Development/Marketing role. The student will preferably have healthcare and/or IT experience, and will initially take ownership of and help write the business plan for the company, which expects to raise funds this summer leading to a full-time Business Development/Marketing role for that student. Either a 1st year willing to work part-time next year or a 2nd year looking for a permanent job are acceptable candidates and work will start by mid-April on a part-time basis. The company is focused on a data repository and communication device solution for nurses to remove their administrative burdens and allow them to focus on clinical care. This is a great opportunity to work with a team that is seasoned and fast-moving, and learn the business side of the hospital markets.

Could you kindly post this on your startup matchmaker blog and forward amongst students on appropriate email lists? Interested candidates can send me their resume & a brief cover letter to gautham.pandiyan@gmail.com.

Thanks much!
Gautham

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Fwd: Reminder: NC IDEA Grant Application Deadline THIS Friday, March 19th at 5pm

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From: Andrea Cook <acook@ncidea.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Subject: Reminder: NC IDEA Grant Application Deadline THIS Friday, March 19th at 5pm
To: NCIDEA Grants <grants@ncidea.org>

Good Afternoon,

The ninth cycle of the NC IDEA grants program is accepting applications through THIS Friday, March 19th at 5:00 p.m. Submissions can be made through the NC IDEA website at www.ncidea.org.

We thank you in advance for sharing this information with anyone in your network that may be interested in being considered for this current grants cycle. Your past support has allowed our grants program to grow and maintain high quality applicants. Since its inception in 2006, NC IDEA's grants program has awarded approximately $1.5M to forty-two companies across the state.

We are grateful for any assistance you can provide in sharing this opportunity. Please refer to the NC IDEA website at www.ncidea.org for additional information. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Warm Regards,

Andrea Cook | Grants Program Manager
NC IDEA | INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT
|P| 919.941.5600 x109 |F| 919.941.5630
acook@ncidea.org | www.ncidea.org

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

NC IDEA Grants Cycle is closing on March 19th

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From: Andrew Simon <andrew.simon@fuqua.duke.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:40 AM
Subject: NC IDEA
To: "Howie Rhee, M.B.A." <hwr2@duke.edu>

Howie,

The spring cycle deadline for NC IDEA is this Friday, March 19th. NC IDEA is looking to provide grants of up to $50,000 to 4-6 NC based companies in the fields of IT, advanced materials, medical device/diagnostics or clean energy.

EntoGenetics received a grant in the Fall 2009 cycle.

Students can find more info about the eligibility and application form at www.ncidea.org.

Thanks,
Andrew

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Smarthome looking to help entrepreneurial students

Duke's Smarthome is a live-in laboratory on campus. http://www.smarthome.duke.edu/ They are looking for some potential entrepreneurial projects. This may be of interest to some of you. If interested, contact Jim Gaston directly.

Howie

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From: Larry Moneta <larry.moneta@duke.edu>
Date: Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:23 PM

Begin forwarded message:

From: Jim Gaston <jim.gaston@duke.edu>

Date: March 15, 2010 11:12:39 AM EDT

To: lmoneta@duke.edu

Subject: Smarthome

Reply-To: jim.gaston@duke.edu

Hi Larry,
Thanks again for meeting with me today.
If any of the entreprenueral groups need a place to test (or help to build) a prototype device that involves energy or new technology related to smarter living, have them contact me or the smarthome student group.

Jim
Smart Home Program Director
(919) 399-5501

www.smarthome.duke.edu