Flywheel Ventures position

Dear Amy and Bobby:

I’d like to get the word out about our Summer Fellows program for graduate students interested in entrepreneurship and/or venture capital.  We are a venture capital firm located in New Mexico that offers a unique learning experience for MBA students. Please share this information with the members of the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club at Duke.

 

This link has a brief description of the Fellows Program. http://www.flywheelventures.com/index.php/website/fellows_description/

This link has a brief description Flywheel Ventures: http://www.flywheelventures.com/index.php/website/about_flywheel_ventures/

 

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Regards,

Lawrence

Comcast Interactive Capital

http://www.pehub.com/classifieds.php?id=848

Comcast Interactive Capital (CIC) is a venture capital fund focused on broadband, interactive and enterprise businesses and is currently searching for a Summer Associate to join a small team of investment professionals. With over $500 million under management, CIC represents a new breed of strategic investor as a true partner in innovation and technology development. CIC is affiliated with Comcast Corporation, a diversified global leader in cable, broadband services, communications, media, and entertainment. CIC\'s primary goal is to generate superior financial returns from venture capital investments in early and growth-stage technology, consumer and services businesses. To achieve this goal, CIC works to enable the success of its portfolio companies by applying the unique resources, contacts, experience, and insight of both CIC and the Comcast family of companies. For more information, see http://www.civentures.com. Responsibilities for this Summer Associate position include analyzing and reviewing investment proposals, gathering industry research on areas of interest to the fund, providing assistance on portfolio companies, and conducting due diligence on potential investments, among other tasks. Requirements: -Work experience in position(s) requiring critical analysis of business models, financial projections, and management teams -Familiarity with or interest in the media, cable and telecommunications industries -Strong quantitative skills and proficiency with Excel -Demonstrated aptitude in understanding technology and technology-related industries -Candidate for 2010 MBA degree NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED REGARDING THIS POSITION. A RESUME AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS SHOULD BE SENT TO recruiting@civentures.com.

Senior Analyst/Associate*, PureTech Ventures

We received the following note:

"PureTech Ventures is a Venture Capital firm in Boston, focusing in the Life Sciences.  We are currently looking to fill a position for a Senior Analyst. 

Please have applicants send cover letter and resume to careers@puretechventures.com."

-Howie

Senior Analyst/Associate^*, PureTech Ventures

 

Company overview:

PureTech Ventures creates and funds ground-breaking life science companies with a focus on pre-clinical and early clinical stage therapeutics, medical devices and research tools.  PureTech’s team collectively has hundreds of years of experience, has created billions of dollars in value and has developed some of the most important drugs of the last twenty years. After sourcing best-in-class technology for a company, PureTech runs the company while assembling permanent management, establishing the required infrastructure and driving clinical, intellectual property and business strategy development.  

 

Job Description:

The Senior Analyst/Associate^* will support PureTech’s portfolio companies and team members, as well as conduct sourcing and due diligence of early stage life science deals.  This includes:

 

• Driving venture creation activities and operations for portfolio companies
• Structuring and executing scientific and market opportunity analyses
• Crafting and developing business plans and presentations
• Managing project plans and timelines
• Sourcing opportunities and conducting due diligence on potential deals
• Participating in deal negotiations

 

Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in life sciences from a top-tier institution required (MD or PhD)
• Business experience in a life science related company preferred, but not required  
• Strong presentation and communication skills; candidate should feel comfortable presenting to groups
• Excellent quantitative analysis and research skills
• Entrepreneurial and self-motivated work style

The position is full time with a competitive salary and benefits.  This is a unique opportunity to join one of the most innovative companies in the venture/life sciences space while getting hands-on startup experience in our portfolio companies.  Please send a cover letter and your resume/CV to careers@puretechventures.com.  Please mention the job title in your correspondence.  For more information on us, please visit www.puretechventures.com.

 

*Title to be determined based on experience

Trip to Silicon Valley - one part workshop, one part bplan competition

EntrepreneurTrek grew beyond the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab's scope and now operates as a separate non-profit.  Many of Bay Area investor and startup communities have confirmed their participation and interest in connecting with young entrepreneurs and getting access to early stage ideas.

Now, it's a 2-day intensive program designed to help MBA students and young entrepreneurs network and sharpen their tool kit for securing funding and seeking a rewarding job or internship in the startup space.  Over 1000 (mostly MBA) students and alumni from the top 30 schools (e.g. Chicago GSB, Cornell, Stanford, India School of Business, MIT Sloan, Wharton, etc.) are expected to attend with well-vetted business plans and a chance to pitch in front of a live audience and potential investors.  At EntrepreneurTrek, you can expect to

• Meet and network with 20+ leading venture capitalists and angel investors

• Meet and network with 20+ premier start-up and high-tech companies

• Get an opportunity to pitch your ideas to potential investors

• Network with other experienced and successful entrepreneur

Here are some of the speakers and venture firms that have been invited

• Ron Conway, Founder, SV Angels
• Steve Jurvetson, Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
• Drew Clark, Director of Strategy, IBM Venture Capital Group
• David Lawee, VP Corporate Development, Google
• John Ham, CEO, Ustream.tv
• Charles River Ventures, Intel Capital, Kleiner Perkins, KPMG, Morgan Stanley, Venrock
• Facebook, RIM, Rock You, and many more!
  

Please let me know if you have additional questions.  If you would like the current Fuqua students to participate, just let me know and we will set up an additional $50 discount (off of the $250 for early birds) for them.  Registration fees include food and beverages.

Regards,

Tan Nguyen
EntrepreneurTrek Foundation
innovation that transcends boundaries
tan@entrepreneurtrek.org

Possible Internship in VC

I chatted with a couple of Duke alumni Venture Capitalists recently, and they said they might be willing to bring someone on for the summer.  The student needs an IT background, very smart, and willing to live and work up in Boston or the Bay Area, possibly for no pay.  Really, you'd be doing it for the experience.  

Are you the right person?  Send me a brief email, subject "VC summer opp"

Howie

New Mountain Ventures

Christopher Gergen writes:

"Our firm is looking to hire a smart, motivated, entrepreneurial intern for a few hours of work/ week.  This would have been the job I would have loved as an undergrad.  It's a nice mix of helping us with market research, business development, and researching stories for our blogs on Harvard Business, Inc, etc.  If you can send this job announcement around to your respective networks that would be great.  Note the deadline for receiving cover letters and resumes is Friday, September 26th"

www.newmountainventures.com

JOB TITLE: Entrepreneurship Intern

TERMS: Part-Time Flexible Hours, approximately 10 hours per week

LOCATION: Anywhere

POSITION OBJECTIVE: Support the continued growth of an exciting national leadership development company and its founders, while also supporting the publicity efforts surrounding their new book, Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives (Jossey-Bass, 2008, www.lifeentrepreneurs.com).  Candidate will be a self-starter who is dynamic, entrepreneurial, well organized, results-oriented, professional, and dedicated. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Market and competitive research in the leadership development space
• Research and idea generation to support the authors’ columns and blogs: Harvard Business Online, Inc.com, Life Entrepreneurs, Washington Times
• Updating the company and book web site on a weekly basis
• Supporting business development and sales & marketing activities, including marketing materials, client scheduling and follow-up, database management (via HighRise online), marketing strategy/messaging support, etc.
• Supporting product development efforts
• Identifying potential partner organizations and new business possibilities and leads
• Identifying and soliciting appropriate “thought leader” support (e.g., authors of related books)
• Scouring Google alerts for related initiatives
• Conducting online research, as needed
• Keeping authors regularly informed on progress

 

QUALIFICATIONS: Ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• Excellent writing and communications skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage a number of projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks.
• Advanced computer knowledge and skills.
• Team player.
• Proven track record of seeing projects through to completion with little or no supervision.
• Commitment to our mission and philosophy. 

 

To learn more about New Mountain Ventures, please visit www.newmountainventures.com

To learn more about Life Entrepreneurs and the authors, please visit www.lifeentrepreneurs.com

 

If interested, please send resume and email cover letter to info@lifeentrepreneurs.com before Friday, September 26^th.