YEI/YES Entrepreneurship Seminar Series, Spring 2008 - Seminar 1: Getting Started - The Foundation for Growth and Financing: A two-part educational seminar series providing a comprehensive overview of the key legal issues and the venture capital financing process in starting a new business taught by Yale's and New Haven's most experienced professionals. Presented by: the Yale Entrepreneurial Society (www.yesatyale.org ); the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (www.yale.edu/yei ); Wiggin and Dana, Counsellors at Law (www.wiggin.com ). Seminar 1: "Getting Started - The Foundation for Growth and Financing": Thursday, April 3rd, 6-7pm. Wiggin & Dana, One Century Tower, 17th Flr, 265 Church St, corner Grove/Church: a discussion of key business and legal issues in starting a business, including founders' equity, using consultants, and the entanglements that can strangle a company's growth.

2008 Rice University Business Plan Competition: April 3-5, 2008. The Competition is hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University. Thirty-six teams from top MBA programs will be selected to compete at Rice University, in Houston Texas, for over $345,000 in prizes; including an investment opportunity of $100,000 for the grand prize winner, $100,000 in cash that will be distributed among all 36 teams, and the opportunity to advance to the international finals of the MOOT CORP® competition. For more information please visit, http://www.alliance.rice.edu/alliance/RBPC.asp?SnID=1293828742.

2008 Connecticut $60,000 Spring Collegiate Business Plan Competition: Sponsored by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, the Apple Picker's Foundation, Connecticut Innovations, and the Connecticut Venture Group. Spring Semester Entry Deadline: Monday, April 7, 2008. Finalists will be posted Monday, April 14 at 5:00 pm on www.CVG/contest.html Orientation for Finalists: Thursday, April 17, 1:30 pm at the New Haven Lawn Club. Finals (four-minute presentations plus Q&A): Friday, April 25, 1:30 pm at the New Haven Lawn Club.

YEI/YES Entrepreneurship Seminar Series, Spring 2008 - Financing the Emerging Enterprise: Process and Terms: A two-part educational seminar series providing a comprehensive overview of the key legal issues and the venture capital financing process in starting a new business taught by Yale's and New Haven's most experienced professionals. Presented by: the Yale Entrepreneurial Society (www.yesatyale.org ); the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (www.yale.edu/yei ); Wiggin and Dana, Counsellors at Law (www.wiggin.com ). Seminar 2: "Financing the Emerging Enterprise - Process and Terms". Tuesday, April 8th, 6-7pm. Wiggin & Dana, One Century Tower, 17th Flr, 265 Church St, corner Grove/Church: getting from term sheet to closing, including understanding how venture capital firms work and what drives them as well as a mock negotation of a VC term sheet.

Perspectives on Venture Capital: The Rise of the Young Entrepreneur event: Yale School of Management Entrepreneurship Club along with Yale Entrepreneurial Institute and the Yale Entrepreneurial Society is sponsoring the Perspectives on Venture Capital: The Rise of the Young Entrepreneur event on April 9, 2008 (Wednesday) in the GM Room from 6pm-8pm with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists on the panel. Panelists include: Rob Bettigole, venture capitalist, founder and managing partner at Elm Street Ventures; Eric Strauss, entrepreneur, CEO of Legitime and former CEO of NetFabric Corporation; Maneesh Sagar, venture capitalist, Director of Investments at Connecticut Innovations; Victor Wong, entrepreneur and current Yale student, founder of several ventures, such as Diagnostic Dynamics and paperG.

SABF Speaker Series: Gautam Prakash (Monsoon Capital): Monday, April 14th. Gautam Prakash is founder and Managing Director of Monsoon Capital, an alternative asset management firm dedicated to India. The firm currently manages Monsoon India Inflection Fund, a $1.4 billion hedge fund investing in mid-market Indian companies using a private equity-like approach. Mr. Prakash holds a B.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and a B.A. in Economics from Yale University, summa cum laude, with Distinction in Economics. Focus: Hedge funds, Private Equity, Entrepreneurship.

SOM Entrepreneurship Club Speaker Series - Phil Gilbert (Lombardi Software): Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 11:30 AM, Steinbach Lounge. See Speaker Series link above for speaker bio. Event co-hosted with Yale SOM Technology Club.

YES-WLI Women Entrepreneur Conference: Tuesday, April 15th – 7:00-9pm. Location: LC 101. More details TBA. Panelists Include: - Harleen Kahlon—Graduate of Yale Law School; founder of damelsinsuccess.com, a website designed to spark dialogue between professional women on topics related to career, family, life, etc.http://www.damselsinsuccess.com/about/notefromfounder.aspx. - Lynn Tilton—principal and founder of Patriarch Partners (private equity firm). Lynn has over 24 years of Wall Street investment banking and portfolio management experience and is a graduate of Yale College. Read this article: http://www.observer.com/node/39590. - Emily Morell—Yale Undergraduate; founder of Gardens for Health, a program that provides nutritional support and economic empowerment for HIV-positive individuals in Rwanda. http://rooseveltinstitution.org/yale/press/morell.

SOM Entrepreneurship Club Speaker Series - Sanjyot P Dunung (Atma Global): Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 11:30 AM, A-51. See Speaker Series link above for speaker bio.

SABF Speaker Series: Ranjit Pandit (General Atlantic LLC): April 17 2008. Ranjit Pandit is a Managing Director at General Atlantic LLC. He is located in General Atlantic’s Mumbai office, where he focuses on growth investment initiatives in the India market. Prior to joining General Atlantic in 2007, Mr. Pandit served as chief of McKinsey & Company, India, where he served a number of major U.S. and other global companies in a variety of areas, including corporate governance/leadership, change management, corporate finance, alliances, technology management, manufacturing, marketing, sales and logistics. Mr. Pandit holds an MBA degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a BE degree in electrical engineering from VJTI, University of Bombay, India.

Yale BioHaven Entrepreneurship Seminar - Special Panel: Wednesday, April 16, 2008. 4.30pm. Special BioHaven Panel: The Next Big Idea: Creating a New Venture: This special BioHaven presentation will give VCs, entrepreneurs and the Yale community a chance to look into the future at the next generation of therapeutics. The program will feature presentations by leading industry observers on new trends in business formation. Panelists: 1. Barbara Dalton, Leader of Pfizer Inc., newly established venture capital group (moderator) 2. Richard Flavell, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman of Immunobiology; Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Yale University; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute 3. Haifan Lin, Ph.D, Professor of Cell Biology; Director, Yale Stem Cell Center 4. Roger Longman Managing Partner, Windhover Information Inc.

YES Innovation Summit: Friday and Saturday, April 18-19. Location: TBD (stay tuned). Stay tuned for more information on our biggest and final event of the year! Day 1 of the Innovation Summit on the evening of Friday, 4/18 is a public event - it is YES's largest annual event, including a banquet dinner, reception, several keynote speakers, and about 150 attendees consisting of Yale students, faculty, and community and regional professionals. The Summit is meant to celebrate a growing culture of innovation on Yale's campus and the variety of initiatives YES has pursued throughout the year. Day 2 of the Summit on the morning of Saturday, 4/19, includes the Y50K Business Plan Competition final round presentations as well as a public award ceremony in the afternoon.

Yale BioHaven Entrepreneurship Seminar featuring Vidus Ocular, Inc: Wednesday, April 23, 2008. 3:30 P.M. The Anlyan Center auditorium, Yale Medical School; 300 Cedar Street (Directions: http://info.med.yale.edu/maps/cab.html). Free registration but please RSVP in advance: e-mail to biohaven@yale.edu or call the Yale OCR main number: (203) 785-6209. Speakers: Ben Bronstein, M.D. Co-founder; President/ COO, Bruce Sheilds, M.D. Marvin L. Sears Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Opthamology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine; Co-Founder; Chief Scientific and Medical Officer. Vidus Ocular, Inc. is developing the Aquashunt™, an innovative medical device for the treatment of glaucoma, a leading cause of irreversible blindness.

CVG Event: 15th Annual Crossroads Venture Fair: April 29 & April 30, 2008. Stamford Marriott, Stamford, CT. Crossroads, celebrating its 15th year, has become the largest venture fair in the eastern United States. Taking place over two days in Stamford, Connecticut, this year's event will feature 70 select northeastern companies from early to late stage in IT, bioscience, and diversified technologies. The fast-paced event is geared to the high-tech, high-growth entrepreneur and investor. Prior companies have raised over $2 billion in venture capital. Complete the on-line funding application to be considered as an exhibitor and presenter. To register or get more info, go to http://www.cvg.org.