Nov 17th meeting flier

The UIS Entrepreneurship Club

presents

Kick off Meeting

Join the excitement of starting a brand new student organization at UIS. Come for the UIS entrepreneur club kick off meeting and you will get a chance to be part of the founding team of the club.

Saturday, November 17^th, 2007

UHB 4068 conference room
2 P.M. – 3 P.M.

 

Why Join?

• Meet others who share similar interests.
  
• Exchange ideas with other students.
  
• Great experience that will be used in your future business exploration.
  
• Looks good on your resume.
  
• Opportunity to become active
  
• Network with local area business
  
• Join the One on one mentorship program with local entrepreneurs
  
• Learn how to run a business
  
• Go for national conferences and seminars
  
• Many more activities that capture your imagination.
  

 

Elections will be held Nov. 17^th during the meeting.

Lunch will be served

November 17, 2007 Meeting Agenda

Welcome to the UIS Entrepreneurship Club

AGENDA:

2:00 pm – 2:10 pm          Welcome Reception

Lunch will be served

 

2:10 pm – 2:15 pm           Opening Address: Ranjan Karri

    

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm           Club Constitution

Open discussions

• Entrepreneurship Journey Discussions
  
• Idea generation: contests, seminars, field trip to businesses, etc
  
• Questions and Answers
  
• Vision and Mission for the Club
  
• Networking opportunities    
  
• Entrepreneurship week event for 2008        
  

                

2:45 pm – 2:50 pm           Vote for officers

• Offices Open are:
  
  • President    
    
  • Executive Vice-President    
    
  • Vice-President of Finance
    
  • Vice-President of Programs and Promotion    
    
  • Vice-President of Marketing and Membership
    
  • Head of Information Technology (Webmaster)    
    

 

2:50 pm – 3:00 pm           Networking Time with Attendees

 
 

 

Future meeting agendas:

Each month business owners will give presentations at club meetings allowing members to acquire information through the owner's real life experiences.

Field trips to businesses will also be on the clubs agenda, to allow us to see the complex and/or simple business procedures.

 

Mentorship program:

Mentorship program is aimed at creating a network of support for current UIS entrepreneurs, and providing hands-on experience in the entrepreneurial process. Also, students will get the chance to work at a start-up company, and learn about the problems and complexities of running a business.

 

Future topics

• How appealing is Your Business Idea?
  
• Setting up The Books;
  
• Building Business Plans; Making Your Idea into a Business;
  
• Business Structure and Legal Requirements of Setting up Your Business;
  
• Elevator Pitch Clinic- mentoring for writing and practice
  

 

Business Plan Contest

This is a copy of the email that was sent to the entrepreneur club advisor Ranjan Karri. Email me if you are interested.

Dear Colleagues:

I am delighted to invite your graduate students to submit proposals to compete in the 6th annual University of San Francisco International Business Plan Competition. 

The USF International Business Plan Competition is one of the World's Premier Graduate Student Entrepreneurial Events.  The 2008 Contest will be held April 3 - 5. All Graduate Students from every nation are invited to submit business plan proposals for participation.

Total Awards for the 2008 Competition will total approximately $25,000; however, the real prize is the chance for your students to offer their business proposals before dozens of leading Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists and Chief Executives. Judges from our previous competitions have included venture capital partners with: Kleiner Perkins, Crosslink Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, De Novo Ventures, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Nth Power, Garage Technology Ventures, Globespan Capital, and many more; such as those featured in the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index (Bloomberg ticker: USFSVVCI)  http://www.usfca.edu/sobam/nvc/pub/svvcindex.html. 

As the only University Business Plan Competition in Silicon Valley open to complete graduate teams from other universities, the USF Competition provides a unique entrepreneurial opportunity for all graduate students. 

We invite currently enrolled graduate students to submit a 5 - 7 page executive summary of their business plans by email attachment by February 4, 2008 for full consideration. Submissions should be emailed to the contest founder: Professor Mark Cannice (Cannice@usfca.edu <http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=Cannice@usfca.edu&YY=66700&order=down&sort=date&pos=1&view=a&head=b> ).

Full contest information is at:
http://www.BusinessPlanCompetition.org <http://www.businessplancompetition.org/>

 
 

Please consider posting this opportunity for your students on your university website.
 

Response Required

The Entrepreneurship Club is planning a kick off meeting Saturday, November 17 at 2pm. Please email me if you plan to make it. I need an idea as to how many people to expect so I can order enough food and reserve a room big enough to host everyone?

Thanks,

Evelyn Ivy

eivy001s@uis.edu

Meeting

The Entrepreneurship Club would be meeting November 17^th at 2pm. If you have any ideas for the meeting, please email me at eivy001s@uis.edu or comment on this blog.

Entrepreneurship Week

November 17 -23 is global Entrepreneurship Week http://www.unleashingideas.org/about .

Any ideas on becoming a part of this global event?

Please share your ideas

The Entrepreneurship Club was founded in 2007 to harness and enable the deep pool of entrepreneurial genius that exists within the UIS communities. It is entirely student-run and is positioned to complement the offerings of other clubs at UIS. The club was created to promote:

 

• entrepreneurial activity among students,
  
• Working for, or advising new businesses in high-growth environments. In order to accomplish this, we have established the following objectives:
  
  • Build an entrepreneurial network
    
  • providing access to information and job opportunities
    
  • Foster the development of new businesses through ongoing series of workshops, entrepreneur-executive speeches
    
  • The Entrepreneurial Club aims to support entrepreneurs through all steps of the Entrepreneurial Process:
    
    • Idea Generation
      
    • Market Research
      
    • Business Planning
      
    • Financing
      
    • Staffing and Implementation
      

 

If you can dream it, we can find a way to make it happen.

Do you have any business ideas you would like to pursue? Please share no matter how wild you think your ideas are?

What inspires you?

What drives you? I would like to know what your passions are?

Becoming a member

Email me at ecivy@yahoo.com
Everyone is welcomed to join !!!

UIS Entrepreneurship Club opens

Welcome to the UIS Entrepreneurship Club blog.
Join the excitement of starting a brand new student organization at UIS. Sign up for the UIS entrepreneur club and you will be part of the founding team of the club.

Did you ever dream of starting your own business? Join the UIS entrepreneur club to learn more about pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities. As a member of the club, you will get a chance to………..

· Learn about being an entrepreneur.
· Learn the skills of starting a new business.
· Listen to successful entrepreneurs.
· Network with Springfield area business professionals.
· Organize speaker series.
· Organize and participate in entrepreneurship events.
· Many more activities that capture your imagination.

This is the first year of the UIS entrepreneur club and consequently you will get a chance to participate in setting the direction of this club.