Graduate Programs
Venture Development Center will be hosting BizLaunch 2014 presentations on Thursday, May 8th, from 4:30 pm to 6 pm. There will be five teams presenting, and only one will take home the 1st prize of $5,000. Please stop by to cheer up the teams!
Venture Development Center
Wheatley bldg., 3rd floor
Thursday, May 8th
4: 30 pm – 6 pm
If you have any questions please email at vdc@umb.edu
Sign up today by completing the application package and win $5,000 cash! This year we will be using www.leancanvas.com to manage the application process. If you have questions regarding the application package please come to the workshop on Monday February 10th from 4pm-5pm. Please RSVP to vdc@umb.edu with “Lean Canvas Workshop” in the subject to attend.
Join us for this exciting annual event! Hear the top student entrepreneurs at UMass Boston describe their business launch, as they compete for $15,000 in prizes! Find out about the newest, fastest growing ventures on campus, meet the Entrepreneurship Center board, and learn how you can get involved.
BUSINESS LAUNCH COMPETITION FINALIST PRESENTATIONS
Fourteen student-based startups have been competing over the last sixty days to show who can make the most progress in launching their start-up. Come and hear the six finalists present!
Tuesday, May 7th 4:30-6:00pm Venture Development Center Wheatley Hall, 3rd floor. Get there on time – it will be standing room only!!
Prizes Awarded:
1st Prize: $1,500 + $10,000 Value Legal Consulting Package provided by Gunderson Dettmer
3 months access to the Venture Development Center
2nd Prize: $1,000 and 3 months access to the Venture Development Center
3rd Prize: $500 and 3 months access to the Venture Development Center
Judges:
Michael Hacker – Gunderson Dettmer
David McFarlane – TCH Services
Glynn Lloyd – City Fresh Foods, Inc.
Questions – email Prof. Benyamin: b.lichtenstein@umb.edu,or vdc@umb.edu
Wishing you the best,
The Business Launch Competition Team
Join the Venture Development Center and cheer on your fellow students at the 2nd Annual Business Launch Competition on May 9th in the VDC, from 4:30-6:00pm in Wheatly Hall, 3rd floor.
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!