Santa Clara University to Host 10th Annual Venture Capital Investment Competition.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- The MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration Entrepreneurs' Connection at the Leavey School of Business The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University was founded in 1923 and accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business twenty years later. will host the 10th Annual Venture Capital Investment Competition on Jan. 19. Santa Clara University is one of six universities participating in the Western Wild Card competition, which is designed more like March Madness March Madness may refer to:
"The opportunity that the VCIC VCIC Venture Capital Investment Competition VCIC Vermont Crime Information Center VCIC Vehículo de combate de Infantería y Caballería brings to graduate students is complementary to the academic rigor rigor /rig·or/ (rig´er) [L.] chill; rigidity. rigor mor´tis the stiffening of a dead body accompanying depletion of adenosine triphosphate in the muscle fibers. that the Leavey School of Business provides and exposes select students first hand to the venture capital industry," said Jay Allardyce, MBA student and president of the MBA Entrepreneurs' Connection. The university's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is the main sponsor of this year's event. The Venture Capital Investment Competition - VCIC is the nation's premiere strategy competition for venture-minded and entrepreneurial MBA students. This competition gives students from top business schools a real-world venture capitalist Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. experience. Unlike business plan competitions, in which contestants pitch their own ideas to investors, students participating in VCIC play the role of investors and review pitches presented by real entrepreneurs. Each student team competing in the event will play the role of a venture capital firm that must go through the entire investment process real investors experience at VC firms. Entrepreneurs, with real business plans, then present to the student teams in a 10-minute pitch outlying out·ly·ing adj. Relatively distant or remote from a center or middle: outlying regions. outlying Adjective far away from the main area Adj. 1. their business visions. This role challenges the competing students to identify and analyze critical risks in the entrepreneurs' business plans. Through the VCIC, investors have funded startup ventures in excess of $325 million since 1996. The Entrepreneurs' Connection has invited a field of distinguished investors representing top-tier Angel Investors An individual who invests his or her own money in a private company, which is typically a startup. An angel investor is not an employee or member of a bank, venture capital firm or other financial institution that normally makes such investments. , Venture Capital and Private Equity firms to be judges in the competition. "With their support we look to make SCU's first year as a part of the VCIC a foundational one for years to come," highlights Sia Bani, Vice President of the MBA Entrepreneurs' Connection. What: Venture Capital Investment Competition, Western Wild Card Competition When: Jan. 19, 2007, 8 a.m. Who: MBA students, entrepreneurs, investors Where: Santa Clara University, Adobe Lodge 500 El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
This event is open to the public. Students, $20, Alumni $25, General public, $40. Registration is recommended. www.scunetworks-mbaec.org/vcic.htm About the MBA Entrepreneur's Connection SCU's MBA Entrepreneurs' Connection is one of premier graduate student organizations within the Leavey School of Business. The Entrepreneurs' Connection strives to bring entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, faculty, and industry partners together into an environment that educates, promotes, and fosters venture startup, growth, and exit activities driven out of the Santa Clara University community. More information can be found on the MBA Entrepreneurs' Connection website: ( http://www.scunetworks-mbaec.org ) About The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is an interdisciplinary in·ter·dis·ci·pli·nar·y adj. Of, relating to, or involving two or more academic disciplines that are usually considered distinct. interdisciplinary Adjective hub of the Santa Clara University Schools of Business, Engineering and Law designed to connect, educate and launch Santa Clara University entrepreneurs. Among the programs fostered by the CIE (Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage, International Commission on Illumination, Vienna, Austria, www.cie.co.at) An international organization that sets standards for all aspects of lighting and illumination, including colorimetry, photometry and the measurement of visible and mission are its Venture Information Network, which connects and informs Santa Clara University's entrepreneurial community; its Entrepreneur Leadership Program, which trains students for careers in entrepreneurship; and its Venture Accelerator Program, which enables new student and alumni ventures. More information can be found at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship website (www.scu.edu/cie). About the Leavey School of Business The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University began in 1926, and was one of the first business schools in the country to receive national accreditation. Its undergraduate business program has been recognized as one of the best in California, and its MBA program is ranked 10th in the nation among part-time graduate programs. More than 80 percent of its 1,100 MBA students are working professionals in Silicon Valley. About Santa Clara University Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,397 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees. Distinguished nationally by the second-highest graduation rate among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. More information is online at www.scu.edu. |
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