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The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital student group at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business are looking for current and aspiring entrepreneurs! We're thrilled to announce that applications for the SeedCon fast-pitch competition are now open!
Organized in partnership with Built In Chicago, participating in the fast-pitch competition will give your start-up significant exposure and an opportunity to pitch in front of some great names in entrepreneurship and venture capital. You must have a Built In Chicago account, post your idea on a BIC blog post. There is an optional video pitch application.
The deadline for applications is November 2, 2012.
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What's SeedCon?
Join us at SeedCon on November 15th and 16th to celebrate entrepreneurship and venture capital in Chicago and explore the most exciting and disruptive trends of the near future.
Launched in 1999, SeedCon is the annual entrepreneurship and venture capital conference at Chicago Booth. Through inspiring keynotes, panels and an exciting fast-pitch competition, the conference provides fun and engaging opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors, and those passionate about start-ups to network and build businesses together. While it's entirely student-run, SeedCon is open to anyone with a passion for entrepreneurship and innovations.
The Line-Up So Far
Mark Suster (GRP Partners and Author of Both Sides of the Table blog), Sam Yagan (OKCupid), Matt Moog (CEO, Viewpoints/Founder Built In Chicago), Neal Griffin (The Starter League), Paul Lee (Lightbank), Bryan Johnson (Braintree), Matt Maloney (GrubHub), Lynda Smith (Twilio), Troy Henikoff (Excelerate Labs), Seth Kravitz (Technori), Matt Matros (Protein Bar), Lonnie Moulder (Tesaro)...and many more!
Learn more on the SeedCon website or feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the fast-pitch competition.
Chris Liang, EVC co-chair of Communications
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Paul Wu, EVC co-chair of SeedCon
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