Winners of the 3rd Annual Bright Ideas Competition:
1st Place:
H2Know: Tom Mazur, Kelly Ng, Joey Kovacs
2nd Place:
LazyLense: Janny Ke
People's Choice Award:
LazyLense: Janny Ke
Thank you to those who came out to the watch the competition.
Come listen to the top 5 teams pitch their bright ideas in the final round of the 3rd Annual Bright Ideas Competition, and VOTE for the one you like most. There will also be networking opportunities with judges, who are entrepreneurs from the biomedical, software gaming, and finance industry.
The evening will begin with a keynote speech by 2 young successful entrepreneurs from the Silicon Valley . Kenshi Arasaki and Eric Diep, co-founders of A Thinking Ape, will be talking their journey from students to entrepreneurs.
Food will be provided.
You think you have an entrepreneurial idea?
Compete in the third annual Bright Ideas Competition. Get your team together and complete the application form and submit it online.
This year's prize pool is $1500 (cash + professional services).
The application is MINIMAL! Just answer a few questions related to your idea. Teams are restricted to 4 or less members, consisting of undergraduate students only. Students from all post-secondary institutions are welcome to participate.
****Submission deadline is March 27, 2010 at 11:59pm. Submit application to Anna: anna.an@vsea.ca
The top 6 teams will present in the Final Round of the Bright Ideas Competition on April 8th, 2010.
The Rules and Application form are included.
Remember to get your applications in.
VSEA open meeting
Looking to get involved with student entrepreneurship or simply want to check out what we do? Come check out the VSEA open meeting on Monday. You will get the chance to meet our VSEA exec team prior to the meeting, and following the meeting is an optional workshop on "networking & approaching organizations for partnership". So come early, there will be plenty of food! Please rsvp with Anna at anna.an@vsea.ca.
Date: Monday, January 25
Time: 5:45pm for food, 6:00pm meeting start time.
Optional Workshop: 6:45pm to 7:15pm
Location: Hebb 12
Our featured speaker is David Helliwell, CEO of Pulse Energy, Inc. Trained as a GeoPhysicist at Harvard and received his MBA at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, Mr. Helliwell is presently dedicating his full effort in marrying innovative technologies and creative mathematical analysis to help companies and institutions, such as UBC, to reduce as much as 30% of their existing energy consumption. In the upcoming seminar, titled “How to build a Clean Tech company in 4,295 Easy Steps,” he will share with us his insights on using powerful economical and financial incentives reduce 30% of world’s environmental problems.
Come join us next Friday, and learn the best ways to tie economics to our environment!
Date: Friday January 15, 2010
Time: 5pm - 6pm, followed by a networking session and reception
Location: UBC Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, RM 182 (included map)
Cost: Free, Refreshment will be provided