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NUVC Updated Details

Remaining Competition Rounds:– Semifinals Elevator Pitch April 25th, 2011– Finals Presentation May 24, 2011

1st Prize$14,000

2nd Prize$7,000

3rd Prize$3,000

Best Green Energy/Sustainability, $1,500Best Nanotech/Healthcare, $1,500

Best Social Media, $1,500Best Undergrad, $1,500

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Round 2: Semifinals

• 25 Teams, 2 Presentation Rooms– 3 minute elevator pitches, 4 minutes Q&A

• Semifinalist judges are divided between two rooms• Presentations are in front of a live audience• Scores in each room are normalized by ‘room

average’ and ranked• Qualifying top ranked teams pass to finals• Category prizes can be won at this stage

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Judging Criteria

• Creativity and innovation involved in the business concept

• Likelihood of business success• Stage of idea development • Knowledge of the product/service and its market • Growth potential and capability to become

market leader• Sustainability of the business and competitive

advantage• Capital needs and rationality of the financing

strategy

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Semifinals Event Details

LR2LR2 LR3LR3Reg/FoodReg/Food

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Semifinals Schedule

Time Activity5:30 – 5:50 Registration5:50 – 6:50 Session 16:50 – 7:30 Break7:30 – 8:40 Session 28:40 – 9:40 Judge Deliberations

9:40 – 10:00 Cleanup

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Semifinals Schedule Session 1Lecture Room 2 Lecture Room 3

Treating Mental Disorders - Shah TicketPitch - Liu

Accuflow Diagnostics - Nabatiyan Gadgeted - Rosenberg

Vaccess Medical - Yu VectorBus - Wald

Medago - Schultze SmartShop - Rajendran

Sanjeevini Diagnostics - Miller Course Management Explorer - Shih

San + Co - Chaturvedi Goalify.it - Veeramasuneni

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Semifinals Schedule Session 2Lecture Room 2 Lecture Room 3

SiNode - Valente Online Radio - Hale

Zinc - Gopal PlanCo - Buffi

Higher Realm Photonics - Patni DropSocial - Erwin

S2E Solar - Servaites RevCaptcha - Amin

Functional Jewelry - Wilmer Prescouter - Ganesarajah

PowerShare - Shen Fantasy Debate - Daks

PresentBee - Sell

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JUDGES LR2

• Brad Morehead Bolster Security (President), Feldco Factory Direct (CFO)

• Christopher Rollyson The Executives Guide to Web 2.0 & LinkedIn (Founder), CSRA (Managing Director)

• Jamie Jones Social Enterprise Program KSM (Assistant Director)

• Ron Kirschner Heartland Angels (President), Physician/anesthesiologist

• Aaron Ferber IDEO (Senior Engineering Designer)

• Alan Hauser NU Tech Transfer Office, Business Development

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JUDGES LR3

• Len Bland Concept Equity Partners (Managing Partner), LEDOlas (VP Strategy, CFO), Concept Equity Group (CEO & Capital Matchmaker)

• Tony Swanson Ernst and Young (Management Consulting)

• Tim Lavengood Technology Incubator in Evanston (Executive Director)

• R. Dean Malmgren Northwestern University and Managing Partner, Data Scope Analytics

• Praveen Gupta Entrepreneur and Adjunct faculty, IIT

• Jeff Smith Clarity Consulting

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Round 3: Finals

• 6 Finalists present during Farley Center Annual Summit– 10 minute presentation, 5 minutes Q&A

• Presentations are in front of a live audience• Awards announced after deliberation• You are not obliged to start a company if you

win, but are given resources to start

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Confirmed Final JudgesMr. Bob Shaw, Med. Tech. Entrepreneur, Angel

InvestorMr. Larry Levy, Entrepreneur, Levy RestaurantsMr. Gary Dollinger, AdalyzeMr. Adam Koopersmith, New World VenturesMr. Ben Slivka, NU Trustee, Social Venture

PartnersDr. Dan Watkins, Managing Director, DFJ MercuryMr. Kenneth Jones, Fusion VenturesMr. David Schonthal, Fusion VenturesMr. Peter Prommer, Nixon PeabodyMr. Troy Henikoff, CEO, ExcelerateDr. Michael Peshkin, NU Mech. Eng. FacultyMr. Walter Herbst, Herbst LaZar Bell Inc.

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Intellectual Property

• Access to submitted abstracts is only granted by NUVC to the members of its judging panel, lead organizers, and IT team

• We urge you to confirm with appropriate advisors or legal counsel that any intellectual property described in your plan is protected

• The semifinal and finals rounds are public disclosures

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Additional Information

Web: http://nuvc.innuvation.org/Email: innuvation@gmail.com

NUVC 2011 Steering CommitteeGali Baler, InNUvation Co-President and NUVC Director

Rachit Kumar, NUVC Operations Director

James Sbarboro, NUVC Marketing Director

John Brundage, InNUvation Technology Director

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Available Leadership Roles

Talk to me after tonight’s event if you are interested in leadership roles with InNUvation or with the NUVC Steering Committee.

Questions?