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  • Social e-challenge Competition 2008

    25 April 2008
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  • Table of contents:

    1. List of Finalists
    2. Join our online community
    3. Submit your Social e-challenge entry to SSE Ventures, due April 27th!
    4. Participate in the DFJ Venture Challenge
    5. Energy Crossroads Conference: "From Vision to Action: Sparking Global Change"
    6. CCTO's Technology and Entrepreneur Matching Event
    7. Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy

  • 1. List of Finalists

    Join our team in congratulating the following teams for passing to our final round of judging (to be held on May 30th, more information will be sent only to finalists):

    Cascade Clean Energy
    Embrace
    Market for Change
    Small Engines
    Swayam

    This was the toughest second round in the history of the Social e-challenge Competition. We encourage all teams to read the following section since there are many more opportunities for funding that you are eligible for!

    We would like to extend a special thanks to our judges for their time and dedication to our judging process.

  • 2. Join our online community

    Join our Social e-challenge Community in YouNoodle and learn more about our 2008 participants. Come get discovered, share what you're working on, and support the teams however you can.

    To get started:

    1. Follow the link below:
    http://younoodle.com/groups/social_e_challenge_competition_2008

    2. Click 'Join group' under the group logo.

    3. Submit your resume for automatic upload.

    4. Connect to others and invite your friends.

  • 3. Submit your Social e-challenge entry to SSE Ventures, due April 27th!



    SSE Ventures is the newest and largest entrepreneurial funding source for students on the Stanford campus. We aim to be the premiere destination for student entrepreneurs looking for financial backing as well as the resources critical to every start-up company. SSE Ventures has partnered with top venture capital firms, The Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures, to provide advisory and strategic insight for our selected entrepreneurs. In addition, Rajeev Motwani, a prominent angel investor at Stanford will be serving in an advisory role. SSE Ventures furthers Stanford Student Enterprises’ continued mission to expand business education and entrepreneurship on campus. Our ultimate aim is to connect student entrepreneurs to the venture capital community.

    SSE Ventures looks to fund several student business ideas in the next year on the order of $50-100K each. As a division of Stanford Student Enterprises, SSE Ventures has an extensive business network which can be leveraged by the entrepreneurs. Furthermore, the business relationship with SSE Ventures will continue beyond the initial funding. We will facilitate ongoing interaction with the SSE Ventures Advisory Board and the possibility for additional financing from SSE Ventures, our venture capital partners, or other members of the venture capital community.

    SSE Ventures is now accepting business plan submissions from the undergraduate and graduate Stanford student body. The submission deadline for our first round of funding is April 27, 2008. Please see our website, sse.stanford.edu/ventures, for more information.

    * Please note that this is an opportunity for for-profit companies only*

    To Submit your entry, please go to:

    1.http://younoodle.com/groups/sse_ventures
    2. Click on "Submit Entry" (under the SSE logo)
    3. Select your startup from the drop-down menu (if you haven't submitted an entry to Social e-challenge, then create a new competition)
    4. If you have not uploaded a business plan for Social e-challenge already, upload your business plan

    Good Luck!

  • 4. Participate in the DFJ Venture Challenge

    Social e-challenge finalists are exclusively invited to participate in DFJ Venture Challenge, a "best of the best" competition, bringing together the winners and top finalists from the business plan competitions at top West Coast Universities to compete for $250,000 in seed stage funding.

    More information on the event can be found at www.dfj.com/venturechallenge

    Entrants are expected to complete an application to the competition within two weeks following their college or universities business plan competition, and no later than by 5pm on May 21, 2008. Applications can be requested by e-mailing bryan@dfj.com.

  • 5. Energy Crossroads Conference: "From Vision to Action: Sparking Global Change"



    The Stanford chapter of Energy Crossroads proudly presents the 2008 Spring Conference:

    "From Vision to Action: Sparking Global Change"
    April 30 and May 1 - Stanford University

    With keynotes by

    -Cathy Zoi, CEO of Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection
    -Michael Shellenberger, Author of Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility

    At last year's conference, Thomas Friedman challenged us to take Clean Energy "down Main Street". This year, join us in a multifaceted discussion on mainstreaming clean energy.

    Register Here! www.stanford.energycrossroads.org

    Join the Energy Crossroads online community in YouNoodle:
    http://younoodle.com/groups/energy_crossroads

  • 6. CCTO's Technology and Entrepreneur Matching Event

    CCTO's Technology and Entrepreneur Matching Event
    Thursday, May 1 at SRI International in Menlo Park

    RSVP here:
    http://cacleantech.org/events.php?page=eventDetail_matching


    Leaders from CCTO's Innovation Partners will share technologies that
    are ready for commercialization NOW. The networking session is your
    chance to meet hundreds of entrepreneurs and technologists looking to
    create partnerships. Build your team and ENTER the Clean Tech Open's
    2008 California Competition. Last year, this unique event drew a
    capacity crowd of over 300 people, so RSVP now to guarantee spot.

    SRI International
    333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA
    Cost is $20 for online registration and $30 at the door (cash only).
    Click HERE to RSVP and for directions.
    Walk-ins are welcome, but space is limited, so make sure you join us
    and RSVP NOW!

    4:30 pm Registration & Networking
    5:30 pm Speakers (see full list below)
    7:00 pm Open Networking Session
    8:00 pm Adjourn

    Light appetizers and refreshments will be served during Open Networking.

    The program will include:

    * Ammi Amaranth, Electric Power Research Institute
    * Tom Anyos, Technology Ventures Corporation
    * Meg Arnold, UC Davis OTL
    * Alex Beavers, SRI International
    * Mike Cohen, UC Berkeley OTL
    * Robin Johnston, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
    * Luis Mejia, Stanford University OTL
    * Nitin Parekh, Palo Alto Research Center
    * Leah Rogers, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    * TBD, Sandia National Lab

  • 7. Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy

    Looking to make an impact with your research?

    Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy
    July 7 - 11, 2008
    Incline Village, Nevada
    The Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy (GTEA) provides science and engineering research faculty, post-docs and doctoral students with the necessary knowledge and skills to move environmentally sustainable and green technology research out of the laboratory and into practice. The one-week academy will be held July 7 - 11, 2008 at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences (TCES) located at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Nevada.

    The Academy is a one-week workshop (all expenses paid) at which faculty, postdocs and PhD students developing envirnomental health and green technologies spend time working on a commercialization plan for their research in collaboration with some of the best investors, entrepreneurs, faculty, intellectual property officers and others from across the country.

    Participants leave with the knowledge and skills needed to recognize, develop, and communicate potential commercial and knowledge distribution opportunities arising from their research and how to tap the social networks linking them to the entrepreneurial community.
    GTEA 2008 Keynote: Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute

    Participating partners (partial list) include:

    * American River Ventures
    * CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund
    * DFJ Frontier
    * MDV - Mohr Davidow Ventures
    * Morrison | Foerster
    * Nth Power
    * National Instruments
    * Physic Ventures
    * Sempra Utilties
    * Sierra Angels

    For more information, visit the Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy website.
    Cost and Application Deadline

    Applications due May 15, 2008
    Accepted participants receive fellowships to cover room/board and tuition for the week.

    The UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship's ongoing objective is to serve as the nexus for entrepreneurship education and research - and as a springboard for entrepreneurial initiatives on the UC Davis campus. To accomplish this, we bring science, engineering and business students and faculty together with experienced entrepreneurs, investors and corporate leaders in an environment that blends effective theory with hands-on participation and solution-driven innovation. The Center for Entrepreneurship is a Center of Excellence at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.