Princeton Entrepreneurship Club

Every year, Professor Ed Zschau, for students of his class, ELE 491: Hi-Tech Entrepreneurship, hosts a special talk about patents, trademarks, copyright, and tradesecrets.

This year, Entrepreneurship Club members have a special invitation to come to the workshop. Please come learn from Jeffrey Rosedale and let him answer your questions.

Who: Jeffrey Rosedale, Ph.D., J.D., of Woodcock Washburn

What: IP Seminar

Where: 006 Friend Center

When: 4:30-6:00 pm on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

The Princeton Entrepreneurs Network (PEN) Princeton Chapter is being brought back to life. We want input from students of the Entrepreneurship Club.

You are invited to attend this meeting where we’ll be determining what the organization will have as goals in the near and long terms. We’re looking forward to building an organization that can be a resource (or clearinghouse of resources) primarily to the regional alumni and campus communities in entrepreneurship matters, but it’s by no means limited in scope at this point.

The meeting will have the “purpose of (1) setting up some structure (co-directors, co-presidents, or otherwise plus some other key people) for the Chapter, (2) deciding how often to officially meet (perhaps, quarterly?), (3) and decide on next steps for moving forward with the areas of focus discussed at the last meeting: (A) being part of TigerLaunch, (B) assisting CIEE with its entrepreneurship resources site, and (C) gathering from time-to-time in a collaborative-style manner to discuss entrepreneurship and provide students, alumni, and other members and associates with direction to resources.”

You have a chance to have a voice in how we set some of this up. Also, remember that students can become members of the Princeton Entrepreneurs’ Network for free.

Who: PEN Princeton Chapter

What: Inaugural and organizational meeting

Where: E-Quad Cafe

When: 7PM on Wednesday, February 6th

Here’s Plug and Play Tech Center’s press release from our big event this past summer:

Distinguished Alums Share Experiences with Budding Entrepreneurs

In the summer of 2005, Mark Jung ‘82 stepped into Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation office. Within an hour of meeting, they shook hands and agreed on the sale of his company, IGN, to Fox Interactive. Jung’s story was one of many inspiring ones shared by distinguished alums last week at the “Princeton Entrepreneurship Forum,” an event held at Plug and Play Tech Center in Silicon Valley, and hosted by the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club, Princeton Club of Northern California, and the Office of Career Services.

You know that brilliant business idea that’s been rattling around your head? Talk about it for 90 seconds for a chance to win $1000! Princeton Pitch 2008 is Princeton’s elevator pitch competition. Students have 90 seconds to pitch their business idea to a panel of 5 Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, and Entrepreneurs to win the grand prize of $1,000. All you need is an idea.

Register by November 16th at http://princeton.studentbusinesses.com.

Competition will take place at 7:30pm on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 in Friend 101. Catered Reception follows event. Workshop for all contestants with Professor John Danner, Princeton’s Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurship on Tuesday, November 18 at 7:45pm in Frist 234.

Come watch innovation at Princeton!

Hosted by Princeton Entrepreneurship Club. Co-sponsored by Howard Cox ‘64, Sierra Ventures, Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, and Projects Board.