Come back soon for information on Entrepalooza 2013 which will be held on Friday, September 20, 2013.

 Entrepalooza 2012: Innovation in Many Forms
Friday, September 21, 2012
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

9:00 a.m.- Blau Auditorium
Welcome and Presentation of the Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Thomas Kinnear, Executive Director, Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies

9:15 a.m.
"Be More"
Keynote Speaker
Anil Arora (MBA '84), President & CEO, Yodlee
Arora will tell the story of leading Yodlee from 10 employees in 2000 to becoming one of the leading financial services companies in the country today, bridging the brick-and-mortar and online worlds to deliver richer, more personalized products and services to banking customers everywhere.

10:25-11:25 a.m
11:40 a.m.-12:40 p.m. (Repeating)
Panel Discussion Topics
- Startups: Successes and Failures (R2210)
- Innovating in Corporations (R2220)
- Financing Your New Venture (R2230)
- Launching While at School (R2240)

Afterwards, U-M students are invited to a 'Lunch & Learn' Networking Session to meet with entrepreneurs and investors for round table discussions on entrepreneurial topics. Lunch will be provided in the Colloquium.

View 2012 Keynote Presentation of Yodlee President & CEO Anil Arora (MBA '84).

Entrepalooza is co-presented by the Ross School of Business Entrepreneur and Venture Club and the School's Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies.

Pre-Entrepalooza EVC Business Concept Competition
Sponsored by the Ross School of Business Entrepreneur and Venture Club

Monday, September 17, 2012
5:30-8:00 p.m.- E0530
Kick Off!
In this session, you will have a workshop on "Ideation Shaping and Pitching" in which you will learn how to ideate and pitch your business idea to investors. You will then meet fellow students from around campus and brainstorm ideas that can be turned into a business concept. This is also an opportunity to form teams. Once you have picked a team and decided on an idea, you will then work to develop your concept.

By 6 a.m. on Thursday, September 20, you will submit a three-minute video which pitches your concept.

Thursday, Sept. 20
6:00-8:00 p.m.- Blau Auditorium
EVC Business Concept Competition
The five teams selected to present will be announced. Each team will give a three-minute pitch and then a panel of professional judges will conduct a three-minute question and answer session. The winning team will receive $500 and automatic advancement to the Venture Shaping round in Zell Lurie's Dare to Dream grant program. The runner-up will receive a private coaching session with the Venture Capitalists to further their idea.

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