University Startups Presentations, August 14, 2008
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On each day, 10-15 university startups will make 15-minute online presentations. To attend the 15-minute online presentations you need to become a judge. Click Here

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PURPOSE OF THE COMPETITION

The purpose of the National University Startups Competition is to provide education and feedback to entrepreneurs and universities on how to create better venture-backable companies that investors can actually invest in, and to provide connections to those investors.

HOW TO START:

Submit your university startup to the University Startups List '08 . The University Startups List is the foundation of the National University Startups Competition '08. The submissions to the List are converted into profiles that are sent to the judges for them to decide which company presentations they will attend. Judges are invited to attend only the companies that interest them.

HOW THE COMPETITION WORKS:

FIRST ROUND (June-July):

The university startups listed on the University Startups List will be invited to make online 15-minute presentations to university judges (staff, faculty and students) from around the country for scoring and feedback in the first round. Some startups that are presented as part of a "university day" of a particular university will bypass the first round and be immediately presented to investors (and university judges) for the second round.

SECOND ROUND (August-September):

In the second round, the startups will incorporate the first round feedback to make online 15-minute presentations to VCs, angel investors and Fortune 500 technology scouts from around the country (who will also score the companies and provide feedback).

CONFERENCE (October 2-3, 2008):

The 10 top scoring companies will be invited to make final presentations at the annual University Startups Conference in Washington, DC at the end of September, where the top 3 scoring companies will be given 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards (non monetary).

Scoring by all the judges will be conducted online.

CONNECTING UP WITH INVESTORS:

The VCs, angel investors and corporate technology scouts are encouraged to directly contact, work with and invest in any company that interests them at any time during or after the Competition.