“We want you to become a mentor! If you are interested in mentoring one of the semi-finalist teams, please contact the Mentorship team. Please email the Mentorship Team with the email criteria listed below by December 9, 2012. The Mentorship team will follow up with you within one week on next steps.
Key Dates
- Semi-finalists Selected: Thursday, 2/9/12
- Mentor Mixer: the evening Wednesday, 2/22/12; after this event individual mentoring commences
- Final Submission Due: Tuesday, 4/17/12
- Semi-Final Presentations: Tuesday, 4/24/12
- Final Round & Finalists Elevator Pitch Competition (a public event): Thursday, 4/26/12
Four Tracks
Teams submit their business plans in one of four “tracks”. You have the ability to indicate the track in which you would like to mentor.
- IT and Web Track: Ideas focused on meeting diverse consumer and enterprise needs through web-based solutions, productivity tools, mobile devices, hardware and software.
- Life Sciences Track: Ideas related to medical devices, instrumentation, biotechnology, therapeutics, and diagnostics.
- Energy and Cleantech Track: Ideas focused on the next generation of energy-related products or services.
- Products and Services Track: Ideas focused on meeting diverse non-technical consumer and business needs.