It may be the middle of February, but the 2008 MITEF season is just heating up!
Mark your calendars today for these important dates...
** 02/26 - Startups Leveraging GPS and Web 2.0 Technology
How are startups using global positioning (GPS) and Web 2.0 technologies to develop fast-growing businesses that will make a difference?
WHEN: Tuesday, February 26, 6:30-9 p.m. (buffet and networking followed by presentations)
WHERE: NRECA, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA (by Ballston metro)
COST: FREE* for MITEF members, $30 for non-members
** 03/09 - Deadline to apply for the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Business Plan Competition
Your team could win thousands of dollars worth of prizes to start your business, and a trophy that no other business plan competition in the country gives - an authentic championship belt manufactured by a supplier to the professional wrestling industry!
Intrigued? Sunday, March 9 is the deadline for executive team registration and executive summary submission.
Please forward this email to your friends, colleagues and interested entrepreneurs.
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING MITEF EVENTS:
** 02/26 - Startups Leveraging GPS and Web 2.0 Technology
How are startups using global positioning (GPS) and Web 2.0 technologies to develop fast-growing businesses that will make a difference?
WHEN: Tuesday, February 26, 6:30-9 p.m. (buffet and networking followed by presentations)
WHERE: NRECA, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA (by Ballston metro)
COST: FREE* for MITEF members, $30 for non-members
Featured presenters:
Investors Without Borders: IWB will describe a new form of syndicated, remote mini-lending and investment in a Web 2.0 format. It's a web-based, peer-to-peer lending platform equipped with social networking tools, a credit/reputation building system, and investment and loan management tools to link borrowers and lenders across the globe. This lending platform will provide a new channel for monitored capital flows to small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing markets.
The goal: To attract socially responsible investors, Diaspora members (migrants living abroad), and philanthropists - giving individuals around the world the ability to browse and fund rated SME loan requests with online investments as small as $100. It's a low-cost investment mechanism that may shape the multi-billion dollar flow of capital from emigrants and socially responsible investors to developing countries - and influence the foreign assistance policies of countries and major NGOs.
TRX: This spin-off of Techno-Sciences, a 30+ year old company transitioning from research to engineering solutions, focuses on remote, wireless tracking and monitoring of people in high risk circumstances.
GeoRadio: Entertainment content company Gotham Studios is developing a GPS triggered, location-based advertising and entertainment network for mobile devices.
Three panelists and the Forum audience then will discuss the following questions:
- How will the companies be viewed by investors and customers?
- How well do the startups view their markets?
- Are they ready for market?
- What should investors consider in rating the startups?
- What should the startups alter in their plans?
Don't miss this exciting and educational event - RSVP today: www.mitef.org.
** 04/29 StartupLab: Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles
Mark your calendars now. Details coming soon...
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** Apply to be a MITEF presenter, or to participate in an invitation-only program:
- DC StartupLab - Emerging Washington metro area business present before an expert panel in a case-study format. - Maryland StartupLab - Emerging Maryland businesses present before an expert panel in a case-study format.
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Other items of interest to the entrepreneurial community...
The 2008 Southeast Venture Conference (SEVC) - February 27-28, Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, VA
Opportunity and collaboration will take center stage with exclusive networking opportunities, featured speakers, investor/executive panels and approximately 40 of the region's top private technology firms presenting to a national audience of venture capitalists, investment bankers and private equity investors
More info: http://www.seventure.org/
The Enterpreneur Center @ NVTC has launched its new website. View the site and access its resources at http://tec.nvtc.org.
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* MIT Enterprise Forum membership is open to the public.
The Forum is a nonprofit organization. A $75 annual membership provides free entrance
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