LaunchU at Oberlin College and Conservatory by Creativity & Leadership: Entrepreneurship at Oberlin

 

launchU Pitch Competition

January 25-26, 2013

Oberlin College & Conservatory

 

Pitch Competition:

15 New Ventures From
Oberlin Alumni and Current Students

Saturday January 26, 9:00am-4:00pm, Clonick Hall

 

Keynote Address:
Tom Kelley '77, IDEO

Saturday January 26, 11:30am, Clonick Hall

 

See Full Schedule of Events
See Venture Profiles

 

 

A program by:
Creativity & Leadership:
Entrepreneurship at Oberlin

Andrea Kalyn, Director
John Knific, Program Associate
440.775.8200
creativity@oberlin.edu
www.oberlin.edu/creativity

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2013 mentors

Before participants pitch to the LaunchU investor panel and audience on January 26th, they will have spent up to three weeks working with LaunchU mentors: a two-week bootcamp workshops our entrepreneurs through both business-model and organizational development, followed by an accelerator week focussed on pitch development and networking.

Among the mentors working with our LaunchU entrepreneurs are:

Nick Barendt

Director of Labs at LeanDog

Eugene Carr

Founder/President of Patron Technlogy

Todd Federman

Executive Director of North Coast Angel Fund

Jeff Hanson

President of Hanson Advisors Corp

Robert Hatta

Founder/COO at Tackk, Partner at Hatch LLC

Ken Hejduk

Partner and Creative Director at Little Jacket Design

Deb Hoover

President & CEO of The Burton D. Morgan Foundation

John Knific

CEO and Co-Founder of DecisionDesk

Terri Browne Kutzen

Executive Coach and Faciliator

Edward McElvey

Visiting Professor of Economics, Oberlin College

Deb Mills-Scofield

Partner, Glengary LLC and Founder/CEO Innovanomics

Susan Morse

Associate Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Oberlin College & Conservatory

Joseph Rubin

Founder and Senior Partner, Rubin & Bailin, LLP; Director, Executive Training International

Eve Sandberg

Department Chair, Associate Professor of Politics, Oberlin College

Pam Snyder

Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Oberlin College & Conservatory

Charles Stack

Founder/CEO of FlashStarts

David H. Stull

Dean of Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Steven Roth

Independent Marketing Consultant and President of The Pricing Institute

Jonathon Vinocur

Partner at Thompson Hine LLP