IdeaBounce

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Summer Friday Speaker Series Topic: Innovative Social Service Models
Date 7/30/2010
Time 2:30PM
Location Simon Hall, room 106. Parking is available for $1 per hour in the Danforth University Center garage just east of Simon Hall.
Description Join our Skandalaris Center summer interns and the commercial and social ventures who are sponsoring them for a panel discussion of innovative methods of providing a variety of services in the St. Louis region. The event concludes with a reception.
Cost FREE


Summer Friday Speaker Series Topic: IT & Software in New Enterprises
Date 8/6/2010
Time 2:30PM
Location Simon Hall, room 106. Parking is available for $1 per hour in the Danforth University Center garage just east of Simon Hall.
Description Join our Skandalaris Center summer interns and the commercial and social ventures who are sponsoring them for a panel discussion about programming, hosting and using information technology in new ventures. The event concludes with a reception.
Cost FREE


Summer Friday Speaker Series Topic: “What I learned from my Skandalaris Center Internship”
Date 8/13/2010
Time 02:30PM
Location Simon Hall, room 106. Parking is available for $1 per hour in the Danforth University Center garage just east of Simon Hall.
Description Join our Skandalaris Center summer interns and the commercial and social ventures who are sponsoring them for presentations from the students about what they learned about innovation, entrepreneurship, the St. Louis community, and their own skills and motivations this summer. The event concludes with a reception.
Cost FREE


Olin Cup and YSEIC Kickoff
Date 9/16/2010
Time 6:00 PM
Location Simon Hall, May Auditorium
Description

Come be a part of the official start to the Olin Cup and YouthBridge SEIC Competitions! Learn more about the competition, hear from a dynamic speaker, and meet lots of people who can help you with your idea for the competition. Open to anyone and everyone--those who want to compete, and those who just want to see what the Olin Cup or YouthBridge SEIC is all about. Hope to see you there! A Networking Reception will follow this event.

Cost FREE


YouthBridge SEIC/Olin Cup IdeaBounce®
Date 9/24/2010
Time 1:00 PM
Location Simon Hall, Room 106
Description This event is an overview of both competitions, the YouthBridge SEIC and the Olin, and the required deliverables for each. It includes time to present your idea and receive feedback from participants. This is a great opportunity to hear nonprofit and commercial venture ideas.
Cost FREE


IdeaBounce®
Date 9/30/2010
Time TBA
Location TBA
Description IdeaBounce® returns with great new ideas from budding entrepreneurs! Come learn about some of the innovative and maybe off-the-wall ideas from students and community members. Fifteen - twenty bouncers will present their 2-minute pitch to a group of judges and an auditorium full of people. The judges will select five winners who receive $100 each and an invitation to dinner with our judges later that evening. Browse all ideas and register for the event at www.ideabounce.com.
Cost FREE


Skandalaris Seminar Series: Idea Generation and Testing
Date 10/8/2010
Time 1:00 PM
Location Simon Hall,Room 106
Description The Skandalaris Seminar Series: Developing Entrepreneurial Skills, Perspectives and Relationships, is a free opportunity for entrepreneurs, their team members and supporters. Both social and commercial entrepreneurs are welcome. At these seminars, teams can explore possibilities, understand their skills, motivations, and passions, learn, and connect with each other. In the first session from 1 – 2:30, Ken Harrington and Norty Cohen will lead a discussion on Idea Generation and Testing. This seminar will help early stage innovators understand their personal motivations and the development of an idea. From 2:30 – 4, a panel of start-up and experienced social and commercial entrepreneurs will give their perspectives on how they developed and utilized their own skills in implementing their ventures, and will conclude with a reception at 4:00PM.
Cost FREE


Skandalaris Seminar Series: The Market and Value Proposition
Date 10/22/2010
Time 1:00 PM
Location Simon Hall, Room 106
Description The Skandalaris Seminar Series: Developing Entrepreneurial Skills, Perspectives and Relationships, is a free opportunity for all entrepreneurs, their team members and supporters. Both social and commercial entrepreneurs are welcome. At these seminars, teams can explore possibilities, understand their skills, motivations, and passions, learn, and connect with each other. In the first session from 1 – 2:30, Steve Finkelstein will lead a discussion on The Market and Value Proposition. This seminar will address next steps after an entrepreneur has presented and tested his idea and is determining his place in the market. From 2:30 – 4, a panel of start-up and experienced social and commercial entrepreneurs will give their perspectives on how they developed and utilized their own skills in implementing their ventures, and will conclude with a reception at 4:00PM.
Cost FREE


Skandalaris Seminar Series: Finances and the Business Model
Date 11/5/2010
Time 1:00 PM
Location Simon Hall, Room 106
Description The Skandalaris Seminar Series: Developing Entrepreneurial Skills, Perspectives and Relationships, is a free opportunity for all entrepreneurs, their team members and supporters. Both social and commercial entrepreneurs are welcome. At these seminars, teams can explore possibilities, understand their skills, motivations, and passions, learn, and connect with each other. In the first session from 1 – 2:30, Tim Farquhar and Theresa Ruzicka will lead the discussion on Finances and the Business Model. This seminar will address financial considerations and defining the business model. From 2:30 – 4, a panel of start-up and experienced social and commercial entrepreneurs will give their perspectives concerns and issues and their particular business model, and will conclude with a reception at 4:00PM.
Cost FREE


Social Change IdeaBounce®
Date 11/11/2010
Time TBA
Location TBA
Description This IdeaBounce® is specially designed for undergrads with social change ideas to bounce. Every few months, we invite 10 to 15 people who have posted their ideas on the website to present a 2-minute pitch to our panel of expert judges. Not quite ready to present an idea? IdeaBounce® events are free and open to everyone so feel free to come listen to the pitches, and bring as many friends as you like. For those who do present, several winners are selected at each event each of whom walk away with a $100 prize and an invitation to dinner with the judges after the event. Talk about making connections. IdeaBounce® puts you face-to-face with the people who can help you get your idea off the ground.
Cost FREE


Elevator Pitch Competition & Finalists Annoucement
Date 11/18/2010
Time TBA
Location TBA
Description You be the judge! Come hear elevator pitches from this year's Olin Cup semi-finalists. We'll provide you with an evaluation form, and if your ratings are closest to those of the judges, you'll find yourself $250 richer. And plus, you'll be providing our semi-finalists with valuable feedback on their ideas. This is a perfect opportunity to hear some great business ideas, find out who will make it to the next round of the Competition, network with our contestants and judges, and maybe even win a little cash.

This is a free event and a reception will follow. Open to anyone and everyone!
Cost FREE


Skandalaris Seminar Series: The Business Plan and Telling Your Story
Date 11/19/2010
Time 1:00 PM
Location Simon Hall, Room 106
Description The Skandalaris Seminar Series: Developing Entrepreneurial Skills, Perspectives and Relationships, is a free opportunity for entrepreneurs, their team members and supporters. Both social and commercial entrepreneurs are welcome. At these seminars, teams can explore possibilities, understand their skills, motivations, and passions, learn, and connect with each other. In the first session from 1 – 2:30, Sandra Marks and Arthur Porter will lead a discussion on The Business Plan and Telling Your Story. This seminar will summarize important points from the previous seminars and help develop the business plan and tell the story. From 2:30 – 4, a panel of start-up and experienced social and commercial entrepreneurs will give their perspectives on how to tell your story, and will conclude with a reception at 4:00 PM.
Cost FREE


IdeaBounce®
Date 2/24/2011
Time TBA
Location TBA
Description IdeaBounce® returns with great new ideas from budding entrepreneurs! Come learn about some of the innovative and maybe off-the-wall ideas from students and community members. Fifteen - twenty bouncers will present their 2-minute pitch to a group of judges and an auditorium full of people. The judges will select five winners who receive $100 each and an invitation to dinner with our judges later that evening. Browse all ideas and register for the event at www.ideabounce.com.
Cost FREE


IdeaBounce®
Date 3/31/2011
Time TBA
Location TBA
Description Join us for the last IdeaBounce® of the semester! Come learn about some of the innovative and maybe off-the-wall ideas that are coming out of the local community. Fifteen - twenty bouncers present their 2-minute pitch to a group of judges and an auditorium full of people. The judges will select five winners who receive $100 each and an invitation to dinner with our judges later that evening. Registration at 5:00, Bouncing at 5:30, followed by a reception for all.
Cost FREE



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