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Hi,

I am writing to inform you of an opportunity open to all students to compete in a clean energy venture creation competition being held at MIT.  

We would be extremely grateful if you could pass this information along to engineering or business students you believe would be interested.  Thank you in advance for your help!

Compete to win $200,000 in the 2010 MIT Clean Energy Prize business plan competition! 

Open to both undergraduates and graduates of all US universities, this business plan competition offers a platform to:

• Make a Difference -Have an idea to change our energy future? Prove it!

• Generate Exposure - VC's, industry leaders, engineers, scientists, media

• Win Money - $200,000 for the grand winner plus another $300,000 in prizes

• Launch a Business -Turn an idea into reality

For more information, see our website at http://www.mitcep.org

The deadline for submission is February 25, 2010.  All that is required is a two-page executive summary and a 12 slide PowerPoint Presentation (submit online in one of the 5 categories: Renewables, Clean Non-Renewables, Transportation, Energy Efficiency and Infrastructure, Deployment). Semifinalists in each category will receive entrepreneurial, legal, and technical mentoring from high caliber professionals who are MIT Clean Energy Prize sponsors and mentors.

Please contact me with any questions.  If you would like to receive updates from us, sign up from http://www.mitcep.org.

I look forward to seeing entries from your school!

Laure-Anne Ventouras
Ph.D. Candidate
Biological Engineering, MIT
2010 MIT Clean Energy Prize Organizing Team
lav@mit.edu

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Thanks for everyone who came to the Pizza Networking event last
Saturday at Rosati's with members of the Illini Entrepreneurship
Network, TEC, and the guest EIR Cory Levy.

Here are some pictures from the event.

         

Click here to download:

Photos_from_Cory_LevyTECIEN_Ne.zip (6514 KB)

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Call for entries opened yesterday (10/19) and runs through 11/20. In
case you aren't familiar with the Lemelson competition, it is open to
both graduate and undergraduate students who have created or improved
a product or process, applied a technology in a new way, redesigned a
system, or demonstrated remarkable inventiveness in other ways. A cash
prize of $30,000 is awarded to the student who wins the competition.
TEC is hosting informational sessions on 10/27 from 12-1 in 2240 DCL
and on 10/28 from 5-6 in 162 NOYES. Food will be served at both
sessions. More information can be found at www.30kprize.illinois.edu.

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Palantir is hosting an information session tonight (Wednesday, 10/14)
at 6:00 p.m. in 2405 Siebel Center. Stop by to hear about how Palantir
is radically changing how groups analyze information. Demos, Papa
Del's, and a chance to win an iPod Touch.

About Palantir
Palantir Technologies is working to radically change how groups
analyze information.

Palantir's two products, Palantir Government and Palantir Finance, are
platforms for integrating, visualizing, and analyzing the world’s
information. We support many kinds of data including structured,
unstructured, relational, temporal, and geospatial. Our products are
built for real analysis with a focus on security, scalability, ease of
use, and collaboration.

Palantir Government is broadly deployed in the intelligence, defense,
and law enforcement communities, and is spreading rapidly by
word-of-mouth. Palantir Finance is in use at some of the world’s
leading hedge funds and financial institutions.
Check out the Palantir Goverment Analysis Blog and the Palantir
Finance Analysis Blog for some in-depth scenarios covering everything
from piracy, overhead imagery, cyber-defense, to currency volatility
and oil trading strategies.

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The Illini Entrepreneurship Network would like to invite you to Pizza
Networking event with student entrepreneur Cory Levy.

When: This Saturday, October 17th at 5:30 pm
Where: Rosati's Pizza (701 S. Gregory St. #H, Urbana)
How: Register via https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/3736710

RSVP is limited to 40 students so register quick!

Special thanks to Technology Entrepreneurship Center (TEC) for
sponsoring the event.

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Thanks to everyone that attended our October IdeaStorm event.  We had a great turnout and tons of ideas.  Keep brainstorming and work on your pitch for next month's event.

Checkout the pictures from the event.

Illini Entrepreneurship Network

Sponsored By: Technology Entrepreneur Center, Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, 37Signals, EatCU.com, Linode.com, Unfuddle.com, and Pragmatic Programmers

           

Click here to download:

Thanks_to_everyone_who_attende.zip (5824 KB)

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Introduction

The Challenge

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Hi everyone,

The Illini Entrepreneurship Network will be hosting an IdeaStorm
Brunch this Sunday.

Come share your business ideas with fellow U of I entrepreneurs while
enjoying a free brunch from Howbowda Bagel. The IdeaStorm is the best
place on campus to polish a start-up pitch or get feedback on your
ideas.

When: October 4th, 10am
Where: Siebel Center, Room: 2405

Also, for those of you interested in IEN Consulting we will now be
accepting new applicants. Please use this link to apply online.

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