UofM B-School Bus Invades Austin - Mixer + Pitch Event

Presented by: University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Entrepreneurship Club with X PRIZE Foundation
Judges: Jay Adelson—CEO, SimpleGeo; Kevin Koym—Co-Founder and CEO, Tech Ranch Austin; Chris Shonk--Managing Director, Liahona Ventures, Marc Weisser—Founder Managing Director, RPM Ventures, Jason Bornhorst—VP of Product, Mobiata, Blair Garrou—Managing Director, DFJ Mercury

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Presented by: University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Entrepreneurship Club with X PRIZE Foundation
Judges: Jay Adelson—CEO, SimpleGeo; Kevin Koym—Co-Founder and CEO, Tech Ranch Austin; Chris Shonk--Managing Director, Liahona Ventures, Marc Weisser—Founder Managing Director, RPM Ventures, Jason Bornhorst—VP of Product, Mobiata, Blair Garrou—Managing Director, DFJ Mercury

A bus packed with some of the best and brightest from the University of Michigan’s graduate programs rolls into Austin with an inaugural business pitch event. Students from the Business, Design, Engineering, Information, and Natural Resources schools will showcase their creative ideas while bringing the college party to you. In honor of those beer-soaked college days, join us at our pitch event supported by the X PRIZE Foundation where you’ll mingle with our alums, entrepreneurs and VCs from coast-to-coast in an amped-up event with an on-campus vibe. We’ll bring hoppy beer along with talented judges and you’ll hear some fresh ideas from enterprising young grad students.

Students will formulate their innovative business pitches while crammed together on a 20-hour bus ride from the Big House to SXSW... necessity is the mother of invention. Emceed by the always fantastic Ingrid Vanderveldt, CEO of Green Girl Energy, Inc, the lightning-round pitch competition covers three themes: Mobile Apps, Sustainability, and Social Media; judging is also based on the creativity of the pitch—so expect something weird!

Note: an Plancast RSVP will not get you in the door. You must RSVP at EventBrite.
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Update:
We are ecstatic to announce the following pitch competition judges:
Jay Adelson—CEO, SimpleGeo, Inc (and Founder and Chairman, Revision3 Corp., Former CEO, Digg, Inc., Founder, Equinix, Inc.)
Kevin Koym—Co-Founder and CEO, Tech Ranch Austin
Marc Weisser—Founder Managing Director, RPM Ventures
Chris Shonk—Managing Director, Liahona Ventures
Jason Bornhorst—VP of Product, Mobiata
Blair Garrou—Managing Director, DFJ Mercury

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