Entrepreneur Challenge at UC San Diego

05/30/2018

Congratulations to all of our winners of the 2018 Business Plan Challenge and thank you to everyone that made this event possible! Join us next year! From everyone at the Entrepreneur Challenge team, we would like to thank you for attending our 11th Annual Business Plan Challenge. This year’s event was by far the best event we have had as an organization and we hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!

A quick recap of the event:

Our finalist winners:

High Tech:

GLXY

Family Proud

Beggy Smart Bags

Life Tech:

Navega Therapeutics

CReATE

NatalHealth

Impact Tech:

Mi Mate

The Green Stop

TAIGA

We said goodbye to our current CEO, Alex Boone, as he graduates in a few weeks from the Rady School with an MBA. We look forward to seeing what he accomplishes post-graduation with his companies and wish him all the best!

We introduced Sural Ranamukhaarachchi (Current CFO) and Nayan Behera (Current CMO) as next year’s Co-CEOs.

We wanted to give a special shoutout to the phenomenal Mason, a 9 year old kid entrepreneur and founder of Child Hunger Sucks who inspired and motivate us to find our way to leave an impact. To learn more about Ever and her journey, please visit:

Website: https://childhungersucks.com/

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12th Annual Business Plan Competition (Early Bird Special):
If you enjoyed networking with the exciting Entrepreneur Challenge student community, buy a ticket by Monday, June 4th for next year’’s 12th Annual Business Plan Competition and receive 50% at https://events.com/r/en_US/tickets/2019-business-plan-challenge-san-diego-ca-may-738273 using the Promo Code EARLYBIRD19. We will be hosting the event at the Hyatt Regency in La Jolla on May 23rd, 2019. If you are unsure about availability, buy a ticket today and we will provide a full refund up until April 1st, 2019.

Volunteer Challenge:
The Volunteer Challenge is our challenge to the community to help support student entrepreneurs with simple pledges such as introductions to potential sponsors, mentoring student teams or volunteering time at events like the Business Plan Competition.

When you sign up by Monday, June 4th for the Volunteer Challenge and pledge at least 10 hours, you get a free ticket to next year’s 12th Annual Business Plan Competition. PLEDGE today to help next year’s organization! https://na3.docusign.net/Signing/?insession=1&ti=399e0ffb0fbe4249965b2464cd40cd9e

Entrepreneur Challenge Donations:
The Entrepreneur Challenge provides young entrepreneurs with the means and resources to achieve their goals and aspirations. In doing so we rely on donors that share the same perspective with regards to the ever growing entrepreneurship field. If you donate just $100 dollars by Monday, June 4th we will provide you and a student a free ticket to next year’s Competition. Please donate to our charity HERE: https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/entrepreneur-challenge-business-plan-challenge

Finally, we would like to thank all of our sponsors, our keynote speaker, Pierre Sleiman, who delivered an inspiring speech, our student volunteers, and our panel of judges that spanned across the entire generation of entrepreneurs! To keep up to date on the Entrepreneur Challenge, please visit theechallenge.org.

We look forward to seeing you next year!

05/18/2018

If you haven't already be sure to register for our flagship Business Plan Challenge on next Thursday, May 24th. Be sure to take advantage of the promotional discounts given for tickets before next Monday!

Our keynote speaker this year will be Pierre Sleiman the founder and CEO of Go Green Agriculture. Pierre is a Rady Alum who was recognized by the San Diego community and featured in the “Top 50 People to Watch” by San Diego Magazine and named one of the “Most Admired CEO’s” by San Diego Business Journal.

We are pairing budding student entrepreneurs with industry leaders this year at our gala style event so don't miss out! Feel free to invite friends and especially any students who you may think can benefit from this event!

Students can get free tickets from fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7faH8o9u5yIZi21xmK2gH5da38__9kwBBexicyVvK5iQWZw/viewform

Register: https://events.com/r/en_US/tickets/2018-business-plan-challenge-san-diego-ca-may-734696

04/09/2018

"$300K Business Plan Challenge”

Come to the 11th anniversary of UC San Diego's EC $300,000 Business Plan Challenge, where UC San Diego's top 6 companies will compete in High Tech, Life Tech, and CleanTech tracks to win up to $50K in prizes.

This year we will be hosting this event at the beautiful Hyatt Regency La Jolla for the Entrepreneur Challenge’s first gala-style event, where you will enjoy a full-course dinner, network over cocktails with investors, mentors, entrepreneurs, students, and influencers. This is a unique opportunity to engage with and give back to the community — your participation directly supports the next generation of entrepreneurs. With the ticket you purchase, the Entrepreneur Challenge will give a free ticket to a student entrepreneur, whom you will dine with at the event.

Register here: https://events.com/r/en_US/tickets/2018-business-plan-challenge-san-diego-ca-may-734696

Students please fill out this form for free tickets:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7faH8o9u5yIZi21xmK2gH5da38__9kwBBexicyVvK5iQWZw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Agenda:

5:30pm - 6:30pm: Showcase, Networking

6:30pm - 7:30pm: Introduction and Dinner

7:30pm - 8:30pm: Keynote and Finalist Presentations (Top 6)

8:30pm - 9:00pm: Awards & Closing

Date: May 24th, 5:30-9:00 pm

Location: Hyatt Regency: 3777 La Jolla Village Dr, San Diego, CA 92122

For more information please visit: http://www.theechallenge.org/events/

Come celebrate the 11TH year anniversary of the Annual Business Plan Challenge where you will be able to dine with entrepreneurs, investors, students, and influencers at the beautiful Hyatt Regency La Jolla. The night begins with a startup showcase where you will be able to network with the best ent...

02/16/2018

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02/03/2018

Applications are open for our Elevator Pitch Competition this year UC San Diego. Register for the Ignite Conference and sign up for this opportunity here: http://ignite.ucsd.edu/get-involved/competitions/
DEADLINE EXTENDED till February 17th.

This event is open to ideas at any stage, the $10,000 Elevator Pitch Competition is a smaller scale, lighthearted competition designed to inspire young entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams. Teams will craft a 90-second pitch to impress a panel of judges. After the competition, take part in a series of workshops to improve the way you pitch your idea.

Undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and recent alumni (up to one year out of school) from UC San Diego are all welcome to apply!

11/06/2017

Join us for our very first meeting today November 6th at UC San Diego's StartR room (across from Peet's Coffee @ Rady) at 6pm. We will be going over exciting news and events for this year as well as open up officer applications. Make sure to come out if you're interesting in joining the Entrepreneur Challenge and see how you can be involved! Applications for the "Elevator Pitch Competition" will also be unveiled with $10,000 in prizes.
Please register here: https://events.com/r/en_US/registration/info-session-november-728427

11/04/2017

If you haven't signed up already be sure to register for our first meeting this upcoming Monday, November 6th from 6pm-8pm at the StartR room (across from Peet's Coffee @ Rady)
Register for our first event here: https://events.com/r/en_US/registration/info-session-november-728427

For more information on the Entrepreneur Challenge please see our website theechallenge.org to stay up to date on news and upcoming events.

Join us for our very first meeting on November 6th at UC San Diego. We will be going over exciting news and events for this year as well as open up applications for officer positions. Make sure to come out if you're interesting in joining the Entrepreneur Challenge and see how you can be involve...

10/23/2017

We have an exciting year ahead of us for the 2017-2018 term at UC San Diego. This year we have many new affiliates and are excited to share some of our new events with you! Register for our info session where we will be opening up our officer applications as well as briefing everyone on upcoming events. Applications for the "Elevator Pitch Competition" will also be unveiled with $10,000 in prizes.

Register for our first event here: https://events.com/r/en_US/registration/info-session-november-728427

If you or a friend has an idea that you’ve been working on we can help you get started! We will be there every step of the way, from creating a business model, to pitching your vision, all the way to getting funding. In the last 10 years we've helped over 40 teams raise over one billion dollars in spin out valuations.

Be sure to come out to our first information session regarding the Entrepreneur Challenge next Monday, November 6th 6pm at the StartR room (across from Peet's Coffee @ Rady) to learn more about us.

For more information on the Entrepreneur Challenge please see our website theechallenge.org to stay up to date on news and upcoming events.

05/31/2017

And the winners for the 2017 $300,000 Business Plan Challenge are: ARC (High Tech), South 8 Tech (Clean Tech) & Veocor (Life Tech). Congratulations to all of the teams competing this year including 2nd place for each track: Waitz (High Tech), ShERs (Clean Tech), & Geminice (Life Tech).

04/26/2017

Come celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Annual Business Plan Challenge on May 30th where you will see the Top 6 companies compete in High Tech, Life Tech, and Clean Tech Track to win up to $60,000.

Use Promo Code: EC to SKIP the waitlist and get a 100% FREE General Ticket. Share this code with your friends!

In celebration of a decade of helping entrepreneurs, the keynote speaker is Brad Chisum, the former CEO and co-founder of Lumedyne Technologies, a MEMS Inertial Sensor Company, who was the very first winner of the Entrepreneur Challenge which was acquired by Google in 2015 for $85M.

In the past 10 years, the Entrepreneur Challenge has given over $1 Million, have awarded over 40+ teams with 85% still operating or have been acquired and with a staggering total combined valuation of $1.2 Billion. Past winners include Biological Dynamics, Lumedyne Technologies, Interra Energy and Nasseo.
https://events.com/r/en_US/tickets/300000-business-plan-challenge-san-diego-may-31574

Location: Qualcomm N Auditorium, Irwin M. Jacobs Hall 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA, 92121 Agenda: 5:00pm - 5:45pm: Food, Networking, Showcase 5:45pm - 6:45pm: Introduction and Keynote 6:45pm - 8:15pm: Finalist Presentations 8:15pm - 8:30pm: Awards & Closing Come celebrate the 10th year an...

03/09/2017

The Entrepreneur Challenge at UC San Diego is hosting our 10th anniversary annual business plan competition for full­-time student, post­doctoral trainee, or recent graduate from either UCSD or the other Torrey Pines Mesa Research Institutions interested in pitching their startup company or business idea!

Register to attend mandatory workshops to quality as finalists! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-series-part-1-how-to-become-a-finalist-tickets-32599792858