Innovation Summit

Friday, May 1st, 2009 Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect Street

Online Registration at: yesy50k.eventbrite.com

Program of Events
9:00am - Breakfast
9:30am - 6 Final Round Presentations*
11:45am - Lunch
12:30pm - Keynote Address
1:30pm - Award Ceremony

* presentations = 10 min, judge discussion = 5 min, total per team = 15 min

Finalists

Please click here to download: Finalists List

Deadlines

Registration   /  6:00am, Monday, February 9, 2009   /  Application & Executive Summary Due
First Round   /  6:00am, Monday, March 23, 2009  /  Business Plan Due
Final Round   /  9:00am, Friday, May 1, 2009  /  Pitch Presentations at Innovation Summit

Submission

Apply to YES's 2009 Y50K Entrepreneurship Competition and/or YEI's 2009 Summer Fellowship Program using the joint application here: www.yes.studentbusinesses.com.

Entry Materials

Please click here to download: Contestant Kit
Please click here to download: Entry Agreement
Please click here to download: Prize Claim Form

Eligibility

All full-time and part-time Yale students (including those on University-approved leave of absence), staff, and faculty at all levels of education and from any department are eligible to enter. Individuals that do not meet this requirement may join or form teams, provided that at least one of the principal contestants on the team is a current Yale student, staff, or faculty member. In short, any individual carrying an active Yale ID card is eligible to enter.

Prizes

This year's Y50K prizes include a $50,000 grand prize sponsored by LaunchCapital and four $1,000 prizes sponsored by the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute:

* LaunchCapital Challenge = $50,000 Grand Prize, optional convertible note
* Best Business Plan = $1,000, cash award upon incorporation
* Best Pitch Presentation = $1,000, cash award upon incorporation
* Best Undergraduate Submission = $1,000, cash award upon incorporation
* Best For-Profit Social Enterprise Submission = $1,000, cash award upon incorporation

       

Program Schedule

Week of Monday, January 26, 2009 / Info Session
Week of Monday, February 2, 2009 / Y50K Program Educational Seminar
Monday, February 9, 2009 / Application & Executive Summary Due by 6:00am
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 / Business Plan Writing Seminar
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 / Dinner/talk with Seth Sternberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Meebo
Week of Monday, February 16, 2009 / Y50K Program Educational Seminar
Friday, February 20, 2009 / Judge Feedback on Executive Summary Returned
Week of Monday, February 23, 2009 / Y50K Program Educational Seminar
Week of Monday, March 2, 2009 / Y50K Program Educational Seminar
Monday, March 23, 2009 / Business Plans Due by 6:00am
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 / BioHaven Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Lecture
Week of Monday, March 30, 2009 / Y50K Program Educational Seminar
Week of Monday, April 6, 2009 / Y50K Program Educational Seminar
Week of Monday, April 13, 2009 / Y50K Program Educational Seminar
Monday, April 20, 2009 / Final Round Contestants Announced
Friday, May 1, 2009 / Final Round Pitch Presentations at Innovation Summit

Resources

Please click here to download: Info Session Presentation
Please click here to download: Info Session One-Page Overview

Mailing List

Email jason.weed@yale.edu to be added to the Y50K mailing list. The mailing list is emailed once weekly with event details, competition updates, and other important announcements.

Questions?

Alex weed, Y50K Director, jason.weed@yale.edu