Upcoming Events
All events are open to the public.
University-wide Events
Wednesday, April 23: 10:30am -12:15pm
Churchill Club Telecast
"Successful Strategies for Early Stage Companies: The Investor Perspective"
Gowen Room, Wilson Commons
Wednesday, April 23: 3:30 -5:00pm
Panel Discussion: "Can Entrepreneurs Develop Economies?"
Havens Lounge, Wilson Commons
Thursday, April 24: 2:30-5:00pm
KEY Capstone Event
Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library
Friday, May 2
Submittals for Mark Ain Business Model Competition due
Friday, May 2: 9:00am-12:00pm
Forbes Entrepreneurial Competition
Dewey Hall 2-110D
Thursday, May 7 6:30pm-8:30pm
Rochester Regional Business Plan Competition
HSBC Building, Chestnut St.
Tuesday, May 13: 12:00-3:00pm
Golden Horseshoe Business Challenge
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Rochester
Wednesday, May 14: 4:00-5:30pm
Final presentations for Mark Ain Business Model Competition
($10,000 awarded!)
Thursday, May 15: 5:00-7:00pm
Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Trade Show
May Room, 4th Floor, Wilson Commons
Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year (KEY) Calendar
Click here to view more information about the Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year Program.Wednesday, January 30: 4:00-5:00pm
Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year (KEY) Information Session
Lattimore 311A
Thursday, February 7: 4:00-5:00pm
Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year (KEY) Information Session
Lattimore 311A
Monday, February 11: 4:00-5:00pm
Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year (KEY) Information Session
Lattimore 311A
Tuesday, February 19: 4:00-5:00pm
Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year (KEY) Information Session
Lattimore 311A
Tuesday, February 26: 4:00-5:00pm
Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year (KEY) Information Session
Lattimore 311A
Thursday, March 20: 5:00pm
Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year (KEY) Application Due
Lattimore 311A
Thursday, April 24: 2:30-5:00pm
KEY Capstone Event
Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library
Kalmbach Leadership Lecture Series - Simon Graduate School of Business
All lectures are held in Schlegel Hall 207
Tuesday, January 22: 4:30-5:30pm
David Rusin, Founder & CEO, American Fiber Systems
Wednesday, January 23: 4:30-5:30pm
Robert Sands, CEO, Constellation Brands
Wednesday, March 26: 4:30-5:30pm
John Shiely, President & CEO, Briggs & Stratton
Thursday, May 1: 4:30-5:30pm
Joe Abrams, Venture Capitalist (lecture in Schlegel 107)
Wednesday, April 4: 4:30-5:30pm
Jon Judge, President & CEO, Paychex
Wednesday, May 7: 4:30-5:30pm
Ron Fielding '76, Sr. VP, Oppenheimer Funds
Tuesday, May 15: 4:30-5:30pm
Thomas Hendrickson, President & CEO, CPAC, Inc.
Mark Ain Business Model Workshop Series and Competition
http://www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/ain.html
In 2006, Mark Ain, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Kronos Incorporated, made a generous donation to fund a Business Feasibility Competition ($10,000 prize). The second annual Ain Business Model Workshop Series and Competition is scheduled for January-May 2008, and all University of Rochester undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to compete. The cost of the workshops and entry to the competition is $40, however, undergraduates and members of the Simon Entrepreneurs Club enter free of charge.
Thursday, November 1: 5:00-6:00pm
Mark Ain Lecture and Business Model Kick-off “Identifying and Seizing an Entrepreneurial Opportunity” in Schlegel 207, followed by a reception in the Eisenberg Rotunda
All workshops to be held in Schlegel 102
4:30pm-5:45pm
Refreshments served at all workshops
Thursday, January 17: 4:30-5:45pm
Ain Workshop 1: “Articulating your idea and constructing business model prototypes - an introduction to various models of looking at the value; chain(s) involved with a business idea and identifying where and how to capture value.”
Thursday, February 28: 4:30-5:45pm
Ain Workshop 2: “Market/business feasibility: research the startup way - an examination of the types of research helpful in early stages.”
Thursday, April 3: 4:30-5:45pm
Ain Workshop 3: “Financial feasibility: early stage financial modeling and sources of financing.”
Thursday, May 2
Submittals for Mark Ain Business Model Competition due
Wednesday, May 14: 4:00-6:00pm
Final presentations for Mark Ain Business Model Competition ($10,000 awarded!)
Farash Lecture Series (Simon Graduate School of Business)
All lectures are held in Schlegel 207.
Tuesday, January 15: 12:40 – 1:20
First lecture in a three-part Investment Series
Tom Thaney ’84, VP, Citigroup and Gabe Potter ’04, Registered Client Service Associate, Citigroup
Monday, January 28: 12:40 – 1:20
Dick van Belzen, Managing Director, Northpoint Advisors
Thursday, February 14: 12:40 – 1:20
John Anderson '80, President, Northern Capital Group, Inc.
Tuesday, February 19: 12:40 – 1:20
Ahmet Abaci '95, Director of Global Strategy, Bausch & Lomb
Wednesday, February 20: 12:40 – 1:20
Investment Series (Lecture II)
Tom Thaney ’84, VP, Citigroup and Gabe Potter ’04, Registered Client Service Associate, Citigroup
Tuesday, March 4: 12:40 – 1:20
Norman Snyder, President & CEO, High Falls Brewery
Thursday, March 6: 12:40 – 1:20
Investment Series (Lecture III)
Tom Thaney ’84, VP, Citigroup and Gabe Potter ’04, Registered Client Service Associate, Citigroup
Thursday, April 17: 12:40 – 1:20
Doug Pileri '90, Vice President, Integrated BTO Delivery, IBM Global Services
Biotechnology Management & Entrepreneurship Seminar Series
Wednesday, February 27: 5:30-6:30pm
Joseph Brozino, Professor of Applied Science, Trinity College
and President of the Biomedical Engineering Alliance and Consortium (BEACON)
UR Medical Center, Main Lobby Board Room (2.1321)
Wednesday, March 19: 5:30-6:30pm
Michael Lysaght, Professor Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology &
Biotechnology,
and Director of Brown University Center for Biomedical
Engineering
UR Medical Center, Main Lobby Board Room (2.1321)
Wednesday, April
16, 2008: 5:30-6:30pm
Norton Peet, International R&D Consultant
UR Medical Center, Main Lobby Board Room (2.1321)
Sustainable Energy Lecture Series (A KEY Student Project)
The University of Rochester Virtual Institute for Energy (URVIE) was created by a group of students accepted into the Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year program for academic year 2007-2008.
In the broadest sense, the goal of URVIE is to encourage research in the area of renewable energy research at the University of Rochester. The university has a unique opportunity in making a great strategic plan for improving the future of our institution and humanity. We also plan to encourage more interdisciplinary research (especially among natural and social sciences) because the energy challenge is going to require input from many academicians to create a sensible solution. To create these new relationships between departments and to take advantage of an enthusiastic student body, we are encouraging more undergraduate involvement in this area of research. We understand that undergraduates are the most passionate about these issues and we seek to empower them by using these research projects to teach and give a sense of contribution to a noble cause. If we are to find the solution to this challenge it will be beneficial to involve the next generation of researchers.
To make this a reality we are creating this website (urvie.org), a speaker series in the spring semester(s) of knowledgeable researchers, professors, writers, authors, and government officials who all are concerned about the issue of energy. We are also going to create an energy themed undergraduate summer research program to help stimulate new research as well as providing valuable research experience to undergraduates.
View lecture series PDF for more information.
Wednesday, January 30: 4:00PM
Philippe M. Fauchet - "Energy: Mankind's Gravest Challenge"
Sloan Auditorium (Goergen Hall 101)
Wednesday, February 6: 4:00PM
Ben W. Ebenhack - "Extending and Preserving the Energy Advantage"
Sloan Auditorium (Goergen Hall 101)
Wednesday, February 20: 4:00PM
Richard M. Ryan - "Consumerism vs. Happiness and our Environmental Footprint"
Sloan Auditorium (Goergen Hall 101)
Wednesday, March 5: 4:00PM
Wolf-Udo Schroder - "Energy Real-Politik"
Sloan Auditorium (Goergen Hall 101)
Tuesday, March 18: 7:30PM
Daniel G. Nocera, MIT - "Powering the Planet: The Challenge for Chemistry in the 21st Century"
Sloan Auditorium (Goergen Hall 101)
Wednesday, March 26: 4:00PM
Hector D. Abruna, Cornell - "Developments in Fuel Cell Technology"
Sloan Auditorium (Goergen Hall 101)
Thursday, April 17: 1:00PM
Steven Chu, UC Berkeley - "The Energy Problem and What We Can Do About It"
Gleason 318/418
Sustainable Energy Symposium
Friday (3:00-5:30pm) and Saturday (9:00am-3:00pm), April 4-5
Hubbell Auditorium
Speakers include: Joseph Tainter, Vaclav Smil, Tracey Holloway, John Turner, David Pimentel, Jay Golden
Topics include: Collapse of Complex Societies, Carbon Dioxide Pollution, Hydrogen Fuel Economy, Sustainable Materials, Renewable Sources of Energy
Rocester Regional Business Plan Competition
The 2008 Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest is designed to encourage entrepreneurship and advance new, high-growth ventures in the Greater Rochester New York Region. Each of four contest finalists will receive a customized package of professional services and incubation services to accelerate their growth. The contest winner will receive a $25,000 cash prize.
Contest Eligibility
- For-profit companies headquartered within the nine-county Rochester, NY/Finger Lakes Region
- Scalable business concept with high growth potential
- Companies must be early-stage defined as: 1) Less than $250,000 investment not including sweat equity, and 2) Less than $500,000 cumulative revenue excluding research grants
Judging Criteria
The Selection Committee will rely on information provided in each company's Application Form and Executive Summary to select Semi-Finalists who will then be reviewed based on their business plan and investor verbal presentation. Four Finalists will then be selected and invited to present before a panel of judges at the Awards Ceremony. The judges will choose the contest winners based on the written Business Plans and delivered Presentations. The winning teams will be chosen based on the following criteria:
- Business scalability and growth potential
- Clear, concise, compelling executive summary and business plan
- Probability of success
- Compelling investor presentation
Registration
Registration in the Business Plan Contest is $100 and includes attendance (limit two people per company) to workshops being offered to assist participants in developing meaningful business plans. Registration for the contest lasts until April 11, 2008. Executive Summary submissions are due April 21, 2008, 8:00 am. Business Plan submissions for semi-finalists are due April 28, 2008, 10:00 am.
- Workshop One - Assessing Your Business Opportunity - April 2
- Workshop Two - Planning Your Business - April 9
- Workshop Three - Communicating Your Plan & Funding Your Business - April 16
Workshop attendance is free to companies registered for the Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest. The workshops are available at $25.00 per person for companies not participating in the contest.
CLICK HERE to visit High Tech Rochester's website, where you will be able to download a contest application form and view the contest guidelines and a suggested Business Plan outline.
CLICK HERE to register for the Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest and Workshops.
Key Contest Dates
April 2: Workshop One: Assessing Your Business Opportunity
April 9: Workshop Two: Planning Your Business
April 11: FINAL REGISTRATION DEADLINE - Completed Application and $100 fee due
April 16: Workshop Three: Communicating Your Plan and Funding Your Business
April 21: Final submission deadline for Executive Summary - submit by 8:00 am in PDF or MS Word format via email to: BusinessPlan@htr.org
April 24: Semi-Finalists notified
April 28: Final submission deadline for Business Plan - submit by 10:00 am at HTR's Lennox Tech Enterprise Center, 150 Lucius Gordon Drive, W. Henrietta, NY 14586
May 7: Rochester Regional Contest Finals, winners announced at Awards Ceremony
May 13: 2008 Golden Horseshoe Business Plan Contest Finals
Undergraduate Leadership Workshop Series
The Rochester Center for Community Leadership (RCCL) offers workshops on a variety of topics for students and student groups; all workshops are scheduled at the request of students and student groups. Please click here for more information on the RCCL, and to request a specific workshop.
Current Workshop Topics:
- Meeting Management
- Navigating Systems
- Goal Setting
- Programming 101
- Leadership Styles
- Flavors and Diversity
- Campus Club Connection
- From Leadership to Internship
- Group Management
- Developing Your Communication Skills
- Values Auction
Center for Entrepreneurship
Dewey Hall 1-211
P.O. Box 270360
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627-0360
(ph) 585.276.3500
(fax) 585.276.2357
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