Transcript KIEI Summer Opportunities Kickoff

Summer Internships +
Opportunities
Kickoff
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Feb. 13, 2013
Kellogg Entrepreneurial Internship Program (KEIP)
GOAL: Summer internships with entrepreneurial firms provide first year students the
opportunity to “test” entrepreneurship.
TYPES OF FIRMS/VENTURES: Entrepreneurial firms, venture capital firms and for-profit
social ventures
APPLICATIONS:
• Available via the Levy website beginning Feb. 18th
• Due March 4, 2013 by 5 p.m.
TIME: 10-week program
LOCATION: Anywhere world-wide
STIPENDS: Limited number totaling $5,000 per student
PROCESS: Students identify entrepreneurial or venture capital firms for which they would
like to work.
Need help finding companies seeking MBAs?
Contact [email protected].
Social Enterprise at Kellogg (SEEK)
GOAL: Students interested in exploring career options in the social enterprise field are able
to pursue a summer internship in nonprofit, public or social entrepreneurial organizations.
APPLICATIONS:
• Available via the SEEK website
• Due May 3, 2013
FUNDING:
• Matching stipends for students working in 501c3 or NGOs
• Students in their first summer job experience are eligible
• Total compensation of $10,000
• Relevance of position to student’s long-term career
• Guidelines and more information available via the SEEK website
While there is value to a volunteer experience, this program will not provide funds unless
the organization is providing a stipend.
QUESTIONS?
Contact [email protected].
Family Enterprise Summer Internship Program
GOAL: This program is an opportunity for first-year students who are considering entering
or re-entering their family enterprise after graduation.
Three types of internships:
• Students returning to family enterprises
• Students working for another family enterprise
• Students working for a family foundation
APPLICATIONS: Accepted Feb. 25th to March 4th by 5 p.m.
TIME COMMITMENT: 8 to 12-week internship in student’s family business
ASSISTANCE: Students meet individually with a CFE professor to tailor an internship
proposal specific to his/her interests and goals, as well as finalize with their summer
opportunity.
REPORTING: Students and the professor(s) will connect three times as a group by
conference call to share progress, talk over challenges, give and receive advice, etc.
FINAL PRESENTATIONS: In the early fall quarter, the students will present to members of
the Family Enterprise Club and KIEI.
QUESTIONS?
Contact Carol Zsolnay:
[email protected]
Innovation & New Ventures Office (INVO) | I2C
A student-centered and highly selective program being administered by INVO and
sponsored by McCormick School of Engineering, Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern Law, and Feinberg School of Management.
GOAL: To provide graduate students first-hand experience in handling NU
intellectual property as it pertains to academia and commercialization.
FACTS:
+ Open to PhD, MBA, JD, MS Northwestern graduate students
+ 6-8 fellows will be selected
+ Paid fellowship
+ 10-week program from June through August
+ Intense training in the innovation to commercialization space will be provided
QUESTIONS? Contact Sonia W. Kim, PhD, INVO, Marketing Manager
[email protected]
3 Types of I2C Fellows
INVENTION, MARKETING and VENTURE
fellows will focus on different aspects
of the innovation to commercialization process.
INNOVATION
The INVENTION FELLOW
will be involved with the frontend of the commercialization
process. With the help of INVO
invention managers and
industry contacts, they will
learn how to assess inventions
by evaluating overall
patentability and the market
landscape. They will also help
create marketing material to be
sent to industry.
COMMERCIALIZATION
The MARKETING FELLOW
will work with INVO’s
Marketing Manager and
interact with industry contacts
to canvass corporate interest
in specific technology sectors
and identify corporate partners
for licensing.
QUESTIONS?
Contact Sonia W. Kim, PhD
INVO, Marketing Manager
[email protected]
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The VENTURE FELLOW
will work with an
entrepreneur-in-residence,
providing support for
business aspects of existing
Northwestern startups, such
as writing business plans
and elevator pitches for
VCs. They will also interact
with faculty who need help
with building strategies to
commercialize their
discoveries.
I2C | Invention, Marketing and Venture: Types of Work or
Projects
INNOVATION
COMMERCIALIZATION
INVENTION FELLOW
MARKETING FELLOW
VENTURE FELLOW
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Identify and screen new
inventions disclosed by
Northwestern inventors
Perform preliminary market
and valuation analysis
Perform prior art research
and test patentability for new
technologies
Provide recommendations for
IP strategy
Create preliminary marketing
material to distribute to
potential technology
licensees
POTENTIAL PROJECT:
Assess a faculty-centered or areaspecific portfolio of related
inventions (e.g. medical devices,
nanotechnology, electronics,
materials, or therapeutics).
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Market Northwestern
innovations externally
Identify potential corporate
partners for licensing
Canvass corporate interest
in specific technology
sectors
Provide marketing
recommendations based
upon technology sector
POTENTIAL PROJECT:
Develop marketing strategies for
individual or portfolio-based
inventions.
QUESTIONS?
Contact Sonia W. Kim, PhD
INVO, Marketing Manager
[email protected]
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Develop business plans
and identify managers
and potential investors
Prepare elevator pitches
for founders
Help expand investor
and angel network for
INVO
Provide
recommendations based
upon market, financial,
commercialization and
risk factors
POTENTIAL PROJECT:
Assist existing Northwestern
startup with some business
aspect or help faculty think
through the translation of their
discoveries into the
commercial space.
Dashfire partners with high impact entrepreneurs
and enables them to pursue their vision
25 Companies
$12mm Raised
90+ Jobs Created
Launch Program
Dashfire Launch will enable an MBA team to build their new venture through
collaboration with the Chicago startup eco-system.
How It Works
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One selected startup from Kellogg or Booth
Criteria includes team, early/offline traction, market
$35,000 in services to support their new venture and build their product
Ten-week summer program hosted at 1871 to refine business model and launch
product development
Work closely with branding, digital marketing, legal, and social media strategists
Standard Dashfire partnership terms
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Key Dates
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April 1st – Applications Due
April 19th – Semi-Finalists Announced
April 30th – Winner Announced
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May – Brand & Product Roadmap
June 17th – 10 Week Program Begins
Visit www.dashfire.com/launch
(Application will launch late
February)
Who are we looking for?
Validation
• Measured severity of key customer
problem
• Tested version of proposed solution
offline
Innovation
• Identified the business model
innovation
• Distinct unfair advantage
Team
• Team with domain expertise or prior Customer Acquisition/Distribution
• Identified and tested key acquisition
startup experience
channels
• Available for the entirety of the
• Pathway to acquire first 10,000
program
customers
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Business Modeling
Branding
Digital Marketing
Mentorship
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Design & Development
Social Media Marketing
Legal
Hosting
Summer@Highland 2013
• 25 years
• $3B under management
• 200+ companies
• Boston, Silicon Valley,
Geneva, Shanghai
• Seed, early, growth
• Enterprise, consumer
Summer@Highland 2013
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Teams must have 2-5 full-time members.
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At least 1 member must be a student, or graduated within 6 months prior to the program start.
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Teams are allowed to participate in other programs, such as Y-Combinator simultaneously.
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We are founder friendly. You have no obligation to Highland whatsoever after the summer.
APPLICATION:
• Application is currently open
• Early deadline: March 3rd
• Final deadline: April 1st
• Selected teams notified: April 30th
• 2 minute video featuring all team members
• 2+ letters of recommendation
More info at Summer@Highland website.
FUNDING:
• $18,000 team stipend
• Office space in MA or CA
• Highland investor mentor
QUESTIONS?
Jason Min | [email protected]
QUESTIONS?
Email | [email protected]
Twitter | @KIEIatNU
Web
| www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/research/levy
CMC
| http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/career