Startup summit CALENDAR Continued from Page 1 Entrepreneurship Events for Spring 2012 Center for Entrepreneurship wealth, and take their place as future business, Sign up to receive event notifications via email at www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/ 1-211 Carol Simon Hall community, and philanthropic leaders.” signup. Register for select events online at www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/registration. innovations P.O. Box 270360 The two-day summit provided a unique www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship • VoLuMe 4, ISSUE 2 • spring 2012 Rochester, NY 14627-0360 opportunity for the participating universities THURSDAY, March 29–FridaY MARCH 30 THURSDAY, APRIL 19 to share and discover how other schools are Summit for Supporting Student Startups: Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest supporting, guiding, and preparing their stu- Entrepreneurship faculty, staff, and students Finals and the 4th Annual Celebration Change Service Requested dents who are interested in creating business- from more than a dozen colleges and of Entrepreneurship Luncheon: Duncan T. Moore Vice Provost es. Organizers reiterated the many benefits universities discuss best practices and 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.; Hyatt Regency, 125 E. for Entrepreneurship of sustaining student startups—they provide challenges in educating aspiring student Main St., Rochester; Online registration and exciting experiential curriculum for students, entrepreneurs and advancing student fee for luncheon required at htr.org Spring is an exceptionally busy time of year. economic development in the community, enterprises; Sheraton Syracuse University SATURDAY, April 21–SUNDAY, APRIL 22 The technical entrepreneurship and manage- and a reason for graduates to stay in the area. Hotel; By invitation only 5th Annual ArtAwake*: Art and music ment (TEAM) master’s degree admissions Bruce Kingma, associate provost for entre- THURSDAY, APRIL 5 festival in an urban space, founded by KA committee recently extended offers to more preneurship and innovation at Syracuse Uni- CEIS University Technology Showcase: a KEY student group; 2 p.m.–12 a.m.; than 100 applicants to the program—up from versity, required attending faculty and center The annual CEIS University Technology Rohrbach Brewing Co., 97 Railroad St., 64 offers last year. The quality of candidates directors to nominate student entrepreneurs UREEN KONOP MA Showcase provides a meeting place Rochester; Learn more at artawake.org Y significantly improved as well. We also hosted B to join the conference. He requested these stu- O for industry and universities to share T the first-ever spring open campus for prospec- HO dents develop a “wish list” of courses and pro- MONDAY, APRIL 23 P information, identify new technical SPOTLIGHT tive TEAM students at the end of March, grams that they believe would increase their Charles and Janet Forbes Entrepreneurial Scott Zorn ’12 (center) discussed the UR Consulting Group alongside opportunities and needs, and form new featuring a keynote lecture called “Recharging chances for success. He also asked students to Competition Entries Due: 5 p.m.; Submit University of Rochester student entrepreneurs from universities across New York at the partnerships; 1– 6 p.m.; Doubletree Hotel, Your Batteries,” delivered by Arunas Chesonis point out areas that need improvement. electronic copy to maureen.konopka@ Young Entrepreneurs Academy grads: where are they now? Summit for Supporting Student Startups in Syracuse. 1111 Jefferson Rd., Rochester; Free and ’91S (MBA), CEO and chairman at Sweetwater Scott Zorn ’12 (BA), president of the stu- rochester.edu; Open to Hajim School Not knowing much about business or “I was exposed to different big open to the public; Register online at www. COVER STORY Energy and founder of PAETEC Holding Corp. UH T dent-run UR Consulting Group, represent- undergraduate students only entrepreneurship, Eric Meyer ’12 (BA) N business leaders in the Rochester ceis.rochester.edu/pages/showcase2012 A Additionally, I am pleased to announce that ed Rochester on the summit’s student panel. * was 15 when he saw a newspaper ad community,” said Lantuh. “They were Entrepreneurship Networking Night : This FRIDAY, April 27–SUNDAY, APRIL 29 L HRYN the TEAM program received the 2011 Award Presenting alongside students from Clarkson in the Democrat and Chronicle for a at really inspiring and displayed a lot of : K event will bring together undergraduates, Inaugural Rochester Startup Weekend: T A summit in support for Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, program called the Young Entrepre- IGH drive and confidence, which really graduate students, faculty, alumni, and local Startup Weekend is an intense 54-hour R Education, presented at the Global Consor- Rochester Institute of Technology, and Syra- neurs Academy (YEA!) at the University OM ignited the business spirit within me.” entrepreneurs to provide an opportunity for event that focuses on forming the basis TT tium of Entrepreneurship Centers during its cuse, he discussed the challenges of complet- of Rochester. YEA!, founded in 2004 Lantuh, a senior at Rochester of student startups networking and socializing; Refreshments of a credible business over the course of a annual conference in October. EYER; BO ing pro-bono project-based work for such with support from the Kauffman Foun- M majoring in psychology with a minor . provided; Sponsored by the undergraduate weekend; Eastman Business Park, 200 W. M Applications are expected to be strong in dation, is a ground-breaking program organizations as Hayes Asset Management, RIC in music, was accepted into the Guar- aculty, staff, and students from more than a dozen colleges and E UR Entrepreneurs Club; 6:30 –8:30 p.m.; Ridge Rd., Rochester; Registration required : the sixth annual Mark Ain Business Model AHEAD Energy, and Gilda’s Club of Roch- that guides middle and high school stu- FT anteed Rochester Accelerated Degree entrepreneurship organizations from across New York, Cana- Schlegel Hall, Eisenberg Rotunda; RSVP to online at rochester.startupweekend. Competition. We encourage you to attend ester. He believes the support of faculty and dents through the process of launching OM LE in Education BA/BS + MS program for da, and as far away as Osaka, Japan, gathered in Syracuse at the [email protected] org; Cost is $99 or $49 for students TT F the finalists’ presentations on May 16 see( local mentors is vital in creating feasible solu- a real business over the course of an educational policy and reform at the end of March to discuss best practices in giving aspiring student entre- using promotional code “STUDENT” A!; BO calendar on page 5). The winning team will be tions for his clients. THURSDAY, APRIL 12 academic year. YE Warner Graduate School of Education preneurs a head start. The inaugural Summit for Supporting Student * (first 20 students will receive $25 toward offered a spot in the University’s new student ESY OF Other topics focused on different models F.I.R.E. Lecture Series : “Positive and With a passion for film, Meyer T and Human Development. Startups highlighted the good, bad, and ugly of student incubation. the registration fee by contacting cfe@ incubator space at High Tech Rochester. of incubation, legal structures supporting stu- Negative Data in Patent Procurement— started Spotlight Video Productions, a “YEA! taught me that I can com- “By supporting students in starting ventures while in college, we are OS COUR rochester.edu) T This winter, the University completed an dent businesses, and funding sources. Duncan When to Provide It and Why It Matters”; full-service production company that HO bine my love for business with my staying true to our mission as educators,” said Stacey Keefe, executive P essay outlining the impact of the Kauffman Moore, vice provost for entrepreneurship and Tina McKeon, founding partner of THURSDAY, MAY 3 specializes in weddings, corporate TOP passion for education. I’m finding director of ExCEL (Center for Entrepreneurship Experiential Learn- Campuses Initiative, a $3.6 million Ewing Mar- the Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of McKeon Meunier Intellectual Property Law Mark Ain Business Model Competition promotional materials, and resort and Top left: Eric Meyer ’12 (BA) at the YEA! Trade Show in the May out that I can do both and that they Entrepreneurship ing) at Syracuse University. “They are learning skills that can be taken ion Kauffman Foundation grant with a $7.2 Optical Engineering at Rochester, spoke on in Atlanta, Ga.; 9 –10 a.m.; Class of ‘62 Semi-Final Presentations: 4–6 p.m.; travel videos, while enrolled in YEA!. Room, Wilson Commons; below: Meyer today. Top right: Kathryn complement each other,” she said. outside of college to create opportunities.” million University match awarded in 2004. models of education, including the Universi- Auditorium (G-9425 & 1-9425), Medical Schlegel 107; Free and open to the public; Through a projects-based curriculum, Lantuh ’12 (BA), ’13W (MS) filing DBAs at the Monroe County Lantuh is also the captain of the Syracuse University led the organization of the summit after receiv- In President Joel Seligman’s introduction, he ty’s new student incubator space at High Tech Center; RSVP to (585) 784.8856 or email RSVP to (585) 276-3500 or register online Meyer learned how to write a concise Clerk with fellow YEA! classmates; below: Lantuh today. women’s crew team and is in her sec- ing a $500,000 award from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic declared, “The breadth of the grant enabled Rochester, the technical entrepreneurship and [email protected] and formal business plan, pitch his idea ond year as a Resident Advisor. She Entrepren Development Administration (EDA) and the designation as an EDA FRIDAY, MAY 4 for the University to establish entrepreneurship management master’s degree, and the Kauff- to investors, and market his company at a trade for YEA!, overseeing the program’s joint ventures has worked at the Mount Hope Family Center for University Center. The grant aims to ignite innovation, accelerate en- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 Charles and Janet Forbes Entrepreneurial as an enduring educational enterprise.” The man Entrepreneurial Year program.