Announcements
Graduate Student Course
Fall 2012
Technology Management: Innovation & Entrepreneurship
ISOM 797B
Professor Michael Malone and Professor James Theroux
Course Description & Application
Priority deadline for full consideration is July 15th
Interviews will be required
Direct questions to Heather Demers at 413-577-0231
Innovation Challenge 2011/12
About the Competition
The UMass Amherst Innovation Challenge (IC) educates students in innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship. The competition is designed to help students and young alumni who want to pursue a novel business idea, develop a technology into a marketable product, or have a new approach to a difficult problem or compelling opportunity. The goal is for interdisciplinary teams to conceptualize a product with regard to its scientific and technological design, and then create a business plan for the product's commercialization. Judges of the competition are entrepreneurs, legal experts, and consultants who volunteer their time to meet with students who are interested in marketing their new ideas.
Learn more about the history
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New Event!
View the UMass Minutepitch Spring 2012 fingertip guide »
Congratulations to our April 17 Final Business Plan Competition Prize Recipients!
FactBase $25,000 - Makes oil exploration and climate science faster, cheaper, and easier by aiding microfossil identification and data collection.
Plate Technologies $14,000 - Will improve precision and outcome of cell culture assays by removing microplate's basic handling and operational errors.
Sweet Seat $8,000 - Imagine a trampoline bike seat that causes no pain. That's "Sweet Seat"
Sneakers for Success $3,000 - Uses elements of sneaker culture to engage, inspire, and empower underrepresented youth toward academic success.
First Annual David Wolf Prize Recipient – Sneakers for Success $5,000
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE SPRING 2012 MINUTEPITCH COMPETITION
Joya Bride, First Place $1,000
Campus Convenience, Second Place $750
Carbon Scrubbers, Third Place $500
Carbon Scrubbers, Audience Choice Prize $250
Congratulations to the winners of the fall 2011 Executive Summary & Elevator Pitch Competition
TOP PRIZES:
$1,750 KinVi
$1,750 Plate Technologies
$1,750 RDS
$1,750 SMASH
SECOND PLACE TEAMS:
$500 Cozy Solar Solutions
$500 F.A.C.T.Base
$500 ReNano
$500 Skiandridecheap.com
$500 Sneakers for Success
$500 Sweet Seat
Congratulations to the Winners of the fall 2011 MinutePitch Competition
FACTBase $1,000 prize
Soda Solar $750 prize
Sneakers for Success $500 prize
Minute Tix (formerly Beijing Bungalow) $250
Audience Prize SocialPlan.IT $100 prize
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Silver Sponsors: Joseph Bohan
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Community Sponsors: Stephen Dunne
A Special Thank You To: Eugene & Ronnie Isenberg |
Additional support kindly provided by Ronnie and Eugene (’50 Economics) Isenberg.