Startup Matchmaker for Duke MBA Students: May 2010

Monday, May 24, 2010

Opportunity from Greg Dale in Documentaries

We are establishing a production company that focuses on the world of sports on a global scale. Initially, we plan to do a series of documentaries in an attempt to educate people about various issues within the world of sports. In particular, we are hoping to investigate the world of coaching and characteristics that separate highly credible coaches from others. We hope to investigate the current state of youth sports with a critical eye on specialization at an early age, over-involement of parents, the negative effect sport has on moral character, and the general "arms race" to athletic stardom. Finally, we hope to investigate the landmark legislation that is known as Title IX and how it currently affects women in sports.

A second phase of this company will focus largely on dramatic television and feature length films in the sports genre.

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From: Greg Dale <gdale@duaa.duke.edu>
Date: Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:41 AM
Subject: Business Plan
To: jon.fjeld@duke.edu, hwr2@duke.edu

Hello Jon and Howie,

I received your names from Leslie Marx. I am in the process of developing a "boutique" production company with a producer and production company in Hollywood. The producer's name is John Carls and the production company is the Herzog Group. Our work will focus on the world of sports. We plan to develop and produce a series of documentaries as well as a dramatic television series and feature length films. We have developed a mission statement and a general outline of our proposed projects.

We are interested in developing a business plan to help raise the initial funds for these projects. We have several potential investors in mind and would like to present them with a business plan. I thought it might be a good exercise for one or two second year Fuqua student/s to develop this type of plan. Please let me know if this is something that is feasible and perhaps we can talk further about it.

Thanks

Greg

Gregory A. Dale, Ph.D.

235 Krzyzewski Center

PO Box 90555

Duke University

Durham, NC 27708

Phone - 919-613-7520

Fax- 919-681-6181

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Howie Rhee, MBA
Managing Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Office A236
919-617-1123 Google Voice / Mobile
919-660-1929 Office

Learn more about Entrepreneurship at Duke - www.EntrepreneurshipAtDuke.com
and read our Duke Entrepreneurship Manual - www.dukeven.com.
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Fwd: Find the next great startup - connect to Duke startups and entrepreneurial students

Hello Startup Matchmaker blog followers,

We've decided that a Google Group is needed to help facilitate more connections between students and student startups. We've just launched the Startup Matchmaker Google Group (see below).

Hope you'll join us.

Howie

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From: Entrepreneurship At Duke <entrepreneurship@duke.edu>
Date: Sat, May 22, 2010 at 4:44 PM
Subject: Test Message - Find the next great startup - connect to Duke startups and entrepreneurial students
To: howrhee@gmail.com

Greetings from Durham,

It's the beginning of the summer, which means it's time to start thinking about your own startup, or get connected to other Duke students who have startup ideas.

Find the next great startup idea in our new cross-campus Entrepreneurship At Duke - Startup Matchmaker Google Group. Students from all across campus are welcome to join.

Get connected and be a part of the great entrepreneurial culture at Duke.

-Howie Rhee '04

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- See all the great things going on at EntrepreneurshipAtDuke.com (and on our Facebook page)

- And connect with all 1900+ Duke alumni and students at the Duke Global Entrepreneurship Network

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Friday, May 21, 2010

Fwd: Duke TIP - Entrepreneurial Leadership - Instructional Needs - this summer

Some of you may be interested in this.

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From: Wendy Torrance <wtorrance@kauffman.org>
Date: Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Subject: Duke TIP - Entrepreneurial Leadership - Instructional Needs - this summer
To: Wendy Torrance <wtorrance@kauffman.org>

Dear Colleagues,

Duke TIP is looking for qualified instructors for the opportunity outlined below. I thought I would send this along to you in case you have any channels for distribution or students that might still be looking for a summer opportunity.

With best wishes for a wonderful summer,

Wendy

Wendy E.F. Torrance, Ph.D.

Director, Global Programs

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

(816) 932-1034

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The Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP), is seeking instructors for a summer course on entrepreneurial leadership. Duke TIP works with gifted middle and high school students across the country. Information about the program and instructional needs is attached. To summarize (see attached for more details):

The Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) is seeking instructors to teach Entrepreneurial Leadership courses being offered at both Davidson College (Davidson, NC) and Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) during the summer of 2010. For Term 1, on-site instructor training begins June 8, and courses begin June 14. For Term 2, on-site instructor training begins July 8, and courses begin July 12. Individuals hired into this position will be compensated with a competitive stipend, housing, and meals.

The instructor is responsible for designing a course, or using a Duke TIP syllabus, to teach a group of approximately 16-20 academically-gifted middle and high school students. The instructor position requires at least a year of graduate coursework and/or teaching experience with specific emphasis in subject areas related to entrepreneurship.

Monday, May 17, 2010

YouTern.com

Interesting idea http://www.youtern.com/

Find startup internships.

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Howie Rhee, MBA
Managing Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Office A236
919-617-1123 Google Voice / Mobile
919-660-1929 Office

Learn more about Entrepreneurship at Duke - www.EntrepreneurshipAtDuke.com
and read our Duke Entrepreneurship Manual - www.dukeven.com.
Twitter: @EshipAtDuke

Killer Startups

Enjoying this website: www.killerstartups.com.

They review 15 startups and you vote for your favorite.

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Howie Rhee, MBA
Managing Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Office A236
919-617-1123 Google Voice / Mobile
919-660-1929 Office

Learn more about Entrepreneurship at Duke - www.EntrepreneurshipAtDuke.com
and read our Duke Entrepreneurship Manual - www.dukeven.com.
Twitter: @EshipAtDuke