Business Launch COMPETITION Hosted by the Entrepreneurship Center Alumni Board

Win up to $20K in prizes at the Business Launch COMPETITION
Hosted by the Entrepreneurship Center Alumni Board

Winning first place at last year’s competition set off a chain
of events for Green Lightning Surfboards. They landed a
finalist spot in the Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards,
they were featured in Boston Business Journal and they
closed their first customer sales. So… Where will your business launch take you?

SIGN UP and LAUNCH today! Mentors available to help.  
1st Prize
$2,500 cash + Startup Legal Consulting Package provided by
Goodwin Proctor, LLP, valued at $10,000
12 months access to inbound marketing solution provided by
Hubspot, valued at $6,000
12 months access and support for email marketing solution
provided by Yesware, valued at $1,500
3 months access to the Venture Development Center

2nd Prize
$1,500 and 3 months access to the Venture Development Center

3rd Prize
$1,000 and 3 months access to the Venture Development Center

– Special Startup Banking Consulting Package provided by Silicon
Valley Bank for all Technology-based finalists
-Free training to all finalists for Yesware’s base freeware solution

Competition starts March 1st. Presentations and Awards at the Venture Development Center May 9th
Winners chosen by how much progress is made in 2 months
All UMass Boston students eligible to compete, so apply today!

Email vdc@umb.edu to request an application package

Green Energy and Clean Tech Info Session

Join us as Professor David Levy, the Director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness discusses the merits of the Green Energy Certificate as well as research initiatives and employment prospectives within the green energy field.

Students interested should RSVP to gradcm@umb.edu with “Green Energy Info Session” in the heading.

http://www.umb.edu/serc

[Feb 21]
Green Energy and Clean Tech Info Session
(McCormack -5-Rm:617)      [5:00-6:00pm]