IT Entrepreneurship Initiative at Yale Office of Cooperative Research : If anyone is interested in helping the Yale Office of Cooperative Research plan their new IT Entrepreneurship Initiative at Yale, come to their planning event on Wednesday, December 13th. These are paid positions. The event is from 4-6 pm (or thereabouts), and pizza/refreshments will be provided. RSVP for details.
YES-Microsoft Business Brainstorming Contest : Monday, Dec 11th @ 7:00 pm; Yale Art Gallery Room 206. Don't have an idea for the Y2K yet? Think you can be the next big thing in Web 2.0? (or maybe start Web 3.0?) so what's going on? Participants will form impromptu teams and have 30 minutes to come up with a business idea during the event. Teams will then present their idea to a panel of special guest judges who will select the grandprize winner! The team with the best technology-related idea will receive a Microsoft-sponsored grandprize of $250 in gift certificates and a copy of MSMoney to all the team members. Also, cool raffle prizes will be provided by Microsoft. However, we welcome those with no previous experience in technology or tech business. We will define "technology" rather broadly, so don't fret if you think a server crash has something to do with bad service at a restaurant. Food and refreshments will be provided. To get to Rm. 206 of the Art Gallery, come under the Street Hall bridge over High Street (at the corner of High and Chapel) and a YES member will show you in.
Lecture with Integrated DNA Technologies Thursday, December 7th @ 9:00 AM; N203 The Anylan Center (300 Cedar St.). Dr. Mark Behlke, VP of Integrated DNA Technologies, will be presenting on RNAi technology and how Integrated DNA Technologies is advancing RNAi research. For more information, visit www.yale.edu/ybps/lectures.html. To register, email Richard.Reznick@yale.edu.
TechComm IV - CVG's Annual Technology Fair/Conference Fair takes place on December 5th, 2006. Applications due this Friday at 6 pm! Omni Hotel, New Haven. Pitch your idea or new company, or just go to see the region's top new tech companies. No Charge for Yalies to Exhibit or Enter. Online application at www.back-offices.com/TechComm4.
Entrepreneurship Around the World : "To be or not to be an Entrepreneur" series organized by SOM Entrepreneurship Club. December 5, Conversation over tea at Anamaria's house, 5.30 – 7 pm. Featuring Yale World Fellows: Saleh Barakat, Founder and Executive Manager, Agial Art Gallery; Igor Shevchenko, Founder and Managing Partner, Shevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners Law Firm; Laszlo Szekfu, Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Transport, Government of Hungary. Please RSVP for details to anamaria.aristizabal@yale.edu by Sunday at noon. First ten people to respond will be invited.
Sixth Annual Private Equity Conference:The Yale School of Management is pleased to announce that our Sixth Annual Private Equity Conference will be held on December 1, 2006 at the Hilton Rye Town Hotel in Rye Brook, New York. The focus of this year’s conference is Capitalizing on Change, highlighting the changes the private equity industry has experienced over the past year and providing conference attendees with the insights and contacts to help capitalize on this change. Industry luminaries and acclaimed panelists will discuss topics that no private equity professional can afford to miss, including the continued global expansion in private equity investing, the unprecedented capital inflows into the buyouts space, the (re)emergence of distressed debt, the state of the industry as seen from the vantage point of leading Limited Partners, the recent trend towards public markets fundraising, and the growing importance of sound corporate governance in an increasingly stringent regulatory environment.