Duke Startup Challenge Information Session held on September 8th, 2009I

1. Information SessionSeptember 8th, 2009

2. Agenda

3. What is DSC? Duke’s Business Plan Competition Two main events Elevator Pitch Competition Business Plan Competition Seven Tracks: Undergraduate, Women, IT & Media, Energy & Environment, Social Enterprise, Products & Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences Top prize: $25,000

4. What is DSC? Events November 16th to 20th: Elevator Pitch Competition January 12th: Executive Summaries Due February 18th: Unveil the finalists April 16th: DSC Finals How is DSC different from EVCC?

5. Last Year’s Winners: Entogenetics

6. Organizational Structure Steven Pal MBA 2010, Fuqua Shalav Gupta MBA 2010, Fuqua Vatsala Kabra 2010, Senior

7. Marketing & Communications Objective: To increase awareness of the DSC within student and VC/Business community Great marketing and brand management experience Duke wide networking opportunity Several media Website Press releases Social networking: Facebook, twitter etc. Video commercials/skits (Fuquavision) Emails Peter Brown MBA 2010, Fuqua Nate Jaffee MBA 2010, Fuqua

8. Team Development & Mentoring Objective: To facilitate team formation and mentoring Exposure to diverse people and business ideas Organizing sessions to discuss and pitch business ideas to attract potential team members Working with VC/Law firms to create a mentoring program for participants Katherine Ryzhaya MBA 2010, Fuqua

9. Alumni Engagement Objective: To raise the DSC profile by leveraging the DSC Alumni Networking with and interviewing DSC Alumni Creating marketing materials related to Alumni Pre-show presentations to highlight past successes Inviting them for talks, judging, mentoring, sponsorship Jozef Krakora MBA 2010, Fuqua

10. Judging Objective: To organize judging for the competition Relationship building with VCs/Law firms and successful entrepreneurs First hand experience of the process VCs use to evaluate business plans Vignesh Loganthan MBA 2010, Fuqua

11. CFO/Treasurer Objective: To oversee budget and cash management for an organization with a $75,000+ annual budget Great corporate finance experience Managing several stakeholders – funding parties (VCs), participants, organizers LalithDevulapalli MBA 2010, Fuqua

12. Events Objective: To overall manage the DSC events Great general management experience, ensuring a competition with a $75,000+ annual budget is well executed Working with all other functions to execute the event Developing the three key managerial skills Planning Delegation Follow up Dan Weinstein MBA 2010, Fuqua

13. Sponsorship & Partners Objective: To secure sponsorship for the DSC Network with VCs/Law firms and successful entrepreneurs Network with staff/faculty within Duke Great experience in sales and raising funds Shalaupta MBA 2010, Fuqua

14. Next Steps We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate cabinet members An email will be sent out with a link to the application form before the end of this week Interviews will be conducted next week

15. Visit us at http://www.dukestartupchallenge.org Questions?