Save the Date: Entrepalooza 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

Below is last year's program:
Entrepalooza 2011: The Path Forward
Friday, September 16
Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan

9:00 a.m.- Blau Auditorium

“Entrepreneurship: The Time is Now”
Brad Keywell (BBA ‘91, JD ’93), Co-founder & Director of Groupon, Inc., will tell the story behind the multiple business ventures he has created and provide insights on taking risks and turning visions into success.

Panel Discussion Topics
- Getting Started: Making an Idea Reality (R2210)
- Growing a Company (R2220)
- Inside the Mind of a VC (R2230)
- Entrepreneurial Careers (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. Box lunches will be provided in the Executive Residence Dining Room, Lower Level.

View 2011 Keynote Presentation of Groupon Co-founder and Director Brad Keywell (BBA ’91, JD ’93).

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 Model Competition
Sponsored by the Ross School of Business Entrepreneur and Venture Club

Monday, September 12, 2011
5:00-8:00 p.m.- Blau Auditorium
Kick Off!
Using Alexander Osterwalder's Business Model Canvas, students from across the University of Michigan will meet and mingle to form teams and see who can work together to develop the best business model. Three days later the teams that have submitted the best video pitch and most refined business model canvas will have the opportunity to pitch in front of their peers and professional judges with prizes on the line.

Thursday, Sept. 15
5:30-7:00 p.m.- Blau Auditorium
EVC Business Model 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 audience will pick the best overall and the most creative business plan. Judges will pick the best business plan. Cash prizes will be awarded.

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