Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative
"turning ideas into enterprises"

Calendar

Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr
September
Sept. 3, 2009
Carolina Innovations Seminar
"Being a Scientist for 60 Years"

Guest speaker: UNC Nobel Prize winner Oliver Smithies
5:30-6:30 p.m. Seminar, 014 Sitterson Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
6:30-8:30 p.m. Networking Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery
Sponsor: Office of Technology Development
Contact: Jennifer Cole, jcole@unc.edu No RSVP required
Sept. 4-5, 2009
UNC 2009-2010 Process Series
"Afterimages of the Disappeared"

One-woman performance of a play written by Carina Cortese, 2007 CEI-funded Kauffman Undergraduate Research Fellow

8 p.m., Gerrard Hall, UNC- Chapel Hill.
Sponsor: UNC Office of the Executive Director of the Arts
Contact: Joseph Megel,
(919) 843-7067, megel@email.unc.edu
Sept. 17, 2009
Panel Discussion on Social Entrepreneurship
4 p.m. Hyde Hall Incubator (2nd floor)
Free and open to the public
Sponsors: Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative and Institute for the Arts and Humanities
Contact: John McGowan, jpm@email.unc.edu
October
Oct. 1, 2009
Deadline to apply for Launching the Venture II
Open to UNC students, faculty and staff
Contact: Patrick Vernon, (919) 962-9257, launch@unc.edu
Oct. 1, 2009
Carolina Innovations Seminar
"Launching the Venture: Lessons from UNC Entrepreneurs" featuring:
  • Ted Zoller — Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Patrick Vernon — Associate Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Randy Myer — Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship
  • Alumni and current teams
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Sitterson Hall Room 014
Contact: Jennifer Cole, jcole@unc.edu
Oct. 5, 2009
Catherine Rohr
Founder & CEO
Prison Entrepreneurship Program
5:30 p.m., UNC-Chapel Hill
Details and RSVP
Hosted by Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise with Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative, Minor in Entrepreneurship, UNC Social Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Campus Y, Governor's Crime Commission, and N.C. Department of Justice
Oct. 15, 2009
Deadline to apply for Carolina Launch Pad 2010
Oct. 28, 2009
Carolina Challenge Kick-Off Interest Session
6 p.m., McColl 2500
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
November
Nov. 5, 2009
Carolina Innovations Seminar
"Recent Developments in Patent Law"
Speaker: Murray Spruill, Alston & Bird LLP 5:30-6:30 p.m. Seminar, 014 Sitterson Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
6:30-8:30 p.m. Networking, Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery
Contact: Jennifer Cole, jcole@unc.edu
No RSVP required
Nov. 6, 2009
Minor in Entrepreneurship Inaugural Alumni Event
R & R on Franklin Street (formerly Goldies)
Join friends, instructors and mentors for the first-ever gathering of minor alumni
Alumni Committee: Ally Baker, James Dillard, Ford Eubanks, Brad Evans, Braden Rawls, Joel
Thomas, Anna Wyatt
Contact: Elizabeth Basnight, elizabeth.basnight@unc.edu, (919) 843-8824
Nov. 17, 2009
UNC Entrepreneurship Fair
12-2 p.m., Great Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
Contact: Matt Barber, Carolina Entrepreneurship Club, (336) 687-0238, Matthew_Barber@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
Nov. 17, 2009
Carolina Challenge Prep Session
"Idea vs. Opportunity"
6 p.m., McColl 2500, UNC-Chapel Hill
Nov. 19, 2009
Public Lecture: Ping Fu, chairman, president and CEO, Geomagic Inc.
5:30 p.m., Maurice J. Koury Auditorium, UNC-Chapel Hill
Contact: (919) 962-8201, cei@unc.edu
Nov. 21, 2009
Undergraduate Venture Capital Investment Competition (uVCIC)
McColl Building, UNC-Chapel Hill
Contact: Matt Barber, Carolina Entrepreneurship Club, (336) 687-0238, Matthew_Barber@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
December
Dec. 2, 2009
Carolina Challenge Prep Session 2: Business Plan Structure
6 p.m., McColl 2500
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
Dec. 3, 2009
Carolina Innovations Seminar
5:30-6:30 p.m. Seminar, 014 Sitterson Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
6:30-8:30 p.m. Networking, Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery
Contact: Jennifer Cole, jcole@unc.edu
No RSVP required
January
Jan. 7, 2010
Carolina Innovations Seminar
5:30-6:30 p.m. Seminar, 014 Sitterson Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
6:30-8:30 p.m. Networking, Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery
Contact: Jennifer Cole, jcole@unc.edu
No RSVP required
Jan. 15, 2010
Carolina Challenge Intent to Compete Deadline
5 p.m.
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
Jan. 20, 2010
Carolina Challenge Prep Session 3: Financing
6 p.m., McColl 2250
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
February
Feb. 4, 2010
Carolina Innovations Seminar
5:30-6:30 p.m. Seminar, 014 Sitterson Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
6:30-8:30 p.m. Networking, Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery
Contact: Jennifer Cole, jcole@unc.edu
No RSVP required
Feb. 7, 2010
Carolina Challenge Venture Pitch Submission Deadline
12 p.m.
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
Feb. 9, 2010
Carolina Challenge Venture Pitch Event
6 p.m.
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
Feb. 17, 2010
Carolina Challenge Prep Session 4: Reverse Challenge
6 p.m., McColl 2250
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
March
March 3, 2010
Carolina Challenge Prep Session 5: Entrepreneurial Law
6 p.m., McColl 2250
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
March 4, 2010
Carolina Innovations Seminar
5:30-6:30 p.m. Seminar, 014 Sitterson Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
6:30-8:30 p.m. Networking, Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery
Contact: Jennifer Cole, jcole@unc.edu
No RSVP required
March 7, 2010
Carolina Challenge Semifinals Business Plan Deadline
5 p.m.
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
March 17-18, 2010
Carolina Challenge Semifinals
6 p.m.
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
March 23, 2010
Carolina Challenge Final Business Plan Deadline
5 p.m.
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
March 24, 2010
Carolina Challenge Prep Session 6: Pitch and Polish
6 p.m., McColl 2250
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
March 25, 2010
Carolina Innovations Seminar
5:30-6:30 p.m. Seminar, 014 Sitterson Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
6:30-8:30 p.m. Networking, Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery
Contact: Jennifer Cole, jcole@unc.edu
No RSVP required
March 27, 2010
Carolina Challenge
Noon
Contact: Akshay Ahuja, unc.carolina.challenge@gmail.com
April
April 29, 2010
Carolina Innovations Seminar
5:30-6:30 p.m. Seminar, 014 Sitterson Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
6:30-8:30 p.m. Networking, Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery
Contact: Jennifer Cole, jcole@unc.edu
No RSVP required

 

 

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