Stanford Innovation Tournament 2008
Your challenge is to use an assigned, everyday object to create as much "value" as possible. The mystery object will be revealed during the Stanford Entrepreneurship Week Kickoff event. Students from around the world are invited to participate.
| Group type: | Competition |
| Focus: | Ideas |
| Organizer: | University Program |
| Funding: | Corporate Sponsors, University Support |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Food and Drink, Gaming, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Nanotech, Real Estate, Retail, Sports, Travel |
| Location: | Stanford, CA, USA |
| Website: | http://eweek.stanford.edu/2... |
ABOUT US
Download the Innovation Tournament Official Rules.
We will reveal the specific challenge on Friday, Feb 22 during the launch of Stanford Entrepreneurship Week at 4:00 PM PST, at Memorial Auditorium.
Students are encouraged to form teams to take on the challenge. Teams can be of any size.
Teams should sign up for email updates on the Entrepreneurship Week main page so that they get important updates during the week.
Teams have five days to complete the challenge.
All submissions must be in video format, must be three minutes or less, and less than 100 MB. We have a YouTube Group for all of the submissions. For more information on uploading and submitting your video, explore these pages.
Videos will be evaluated based on the content and creativity, not video production quality.
All videos will be viewable by the general public.
Stanford Students
Stanford students participating in the Innovation Tournament are eligible to win experiential prizes such as:
Handmade guitar plus an afternoon with Deloitte's Financial Advisory Services Partner
A day of sailing on the San Francisco Bay on a 36' yacht provided and skippered by Club Nautique
Box seats to Sharks game - Donated by Deloitte
Dinner party at Teresa Briggs' home with Deloitte Silicon Valley Leadership (she is the Managing Partner of Deloitte's Silicon Valley practice)
Meet Deloitte's Global leaders, hear Al Gore speak in person, and enjoy cocktails and dinner at Deloitte's World Meeting at Stanford University
Lunch and Deathball at Tim Draper's House
Dinner at Google with Kevin Systrom (Google Analytics)
The renowned Guy Kawasaki will blog about the most innovative submission
Become a VC for a Day with Highland Capital Partner
Shadow an ER Doctor, who is also a VC
Have lunch with Orbit Baby Founders (also Stanford alums)
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Ting Chen
Chinese,Spent a few years in Australia, Majoring in Engineering, Economics and Management, Vice President of Business Development at AIESEC in Oxford( 2006-7), President of Engineers Without Borders in Oxford (2006-7)
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Koussalya Balasubramanian
I am from India pursuing MS in EE at Stanford. I am involved with Asha for Education, a on campus organization which helps eduction in India. I aim to restructure the educational system, especially in rural areas of developing nations, which h...
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Felix Mathew
Indian, 21, Vice President, BASES Entrepreneur's Challenge, Co-lead, 8th Start-Up@Singapore, Singapore's premier business plan competition. Computer Science Major, Addicted to startups and soccer
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One2.me
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SIRUM
Supporting Initiatives for the Redistribution of Unused Medicine [SIRUM] connects clinics with charitable suppliers to ensure that billions of dollars worth of usable medicine helps reach communities in need. Founded over two years ago at Stanfo...
i want this..
A day of sailing on the San Francisco Bay on a 36' yacht provided and skippered by Club Nautique
looks cool
Enter the Innovation Tournament: Dont miss the Kick-off event in Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University at 4 PM