Fwd: Just one week until the Student Ambassador application deadline

Could be of interest to some of you.

Howie

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From: National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) <pboynton@nciia.org>
Date: Tue, May 24, 2011 at 7:58 AM
Subject: Just one week until the Student Ambassador application deadline
To: hwr2@duke.edu

NCIIA's Student Ambassadors   Wanted: Great student innovators to represent NCIIA on your campus!   Application deadline May 31!  NCIIA's Student Ambassadors Program is a network of students that develop and deliver local events for university entrepreneurs, encouraging them to become involved in NCIIA programs and activities, and supporting them to create inventions and innovations that have a social benefit.    We're looking for go-getter students on key NCIIA-member campuses to form our 2011-12 cohort. Our geographic areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Bay area and southern California Seattle and Pullman, WA Portland, Corvallis and Eugene, OR Salt Lake City, UT Madison, WI Chicago, IL Austin, Houston and Dallas, TX Boston and Cambridge, MA New York, NY Research Triangle Park region, NC Florida Georgia  Students will gain valuable experience in marketing, program planning, networking and managing projects, and be recognized as experts on what's happening entrepreneurship-wise on your campus.   They'll be trained, receive a stipend, have goals to meet and be rewarded at the end of their one-year "term" if they fulfill the objectives.    Read the full position description.     Do you know a student who might be right for this position?  Encourage them to apply today! For more information or to apply, visit the the Student Ambassador web page. Questions? Contact us at: NCIIA 100 Venture Way Hadley, Massachusetts 01035 413-587-2172 www.nciia.org pboynton@nciia.org Reminder: Deadline MAY 31

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Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
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Fwd: Cherokee Challenge, up to $20k in awards for environmental entrepreneurs

If you are looking for an interesting opportunity, here is one.

Howie

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From: Chris Wedding <cwedding@cherokeefund.com>
Date: Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:24 PM
Subject: Cherokee Challenge, up to $20k in awards for environmental entrepreneurs
To: hwr2@duke.edu, Katie Kross <katie.kross@duke.edu>, "John Vaughn (CIP)" <jvaughn@cherokeefund.com>


Katie (and Howie),

Per our conversation this morning, I'm connecting you, Howie and JT Vaughn at Cherokee. JT is managing the Cherokee Challenge. More info is copied below are it. The due date is around the corner (next Friday), but at the least, we'd love your thoughts on how to get the word out, who to target, how to improve it, etc. Thanks!

- Chris

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Cherokee is an investment company focused on brownfield development and growing environmentally conscious businesses. We value creative, high impact solutions to environmental challenges. 

 

Currently, we have a number of ideas we are excited about, but we need passionate entrepreneurs to champion these ideas. The CherokeeChallenge is an invitation for entrepreneurs to build teams and rapidly develop our ideas. We are also open to entrepreneurs submitting their own ideas, as long as the ideas are creative, viable and closely aligned with our strategy and values. Moreover, we hope and expect their ideas will be much better than ours. 

 

Applications are due by 7PM on Friday, May 27 (ie, very soon!). Up to three teams will be selected to compete, and team members will be paid $300 per week for the duration of the competition (two months). At the conclusion of the Challenge in August, each team is eligible to win up to a $20,000 bonus, dependent upon their performance throughout the summer and the viability of their model. 

 

For details, visit www.cherokeechallenge.com.

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Christopher Wedding, PhD, LEED-AP

CHEROKEE
111 East Hargett Street, Suite 300
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601
www.cherokeefund.com
www.cherokeegivesback.org
919.743.2029 t
919.743.2501 f
cwedding@cherokeefund.com

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Howie Rhee, MBA
Managing Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Office A236
919-923-7113 Mobile
919-660-1929 Office

Learn more about Entrepreneurship at Duke - http://www.EntrepreneurshipAtDuke.com
and read our Duke Entrepreneurship Manual - http://www.dukeven.com
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Jobs at Appia

Hi everyone,

For those of you still looking for something for the summer or full-time, this is a great company locally, Appia.  http://www.appia.com/about/careers/jobs/

I should also remind everyone that there is a great site that talks about all the local startups - http://www.downtowndurhamstartups.com/

And here's a re-post of my own blog post on finding a job/internship - http://howierhee.blogspot.com/2010/12/startup-resources-for-finding-job-with.html

Howie

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From: Aris Baras <aris.baras@fuqua.duke.edu>
Date: Wed, May 4, 2011 at 7:28 PM
Subject: Jobs at appia
To: "Howie.rhee@duke.edu" <Howie.rhee@duke.edu>


Howie, how best to distribute? Appia is Jud Bowman's company. One of WSJ's top 25 start-ups. 100M valuation, that Venrock just invested in. Current investors include Steve Nelson, Eric Schmidt, Blackberry Ventures. Awesome opportunity. Need to get Duke undergrads and Fuqua folks looking at it. Offices here in Durham.

Aris


http://www.appia.com/about/careers/jobs/

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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

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