Managing Partner at Pappas Ventures
Founder and CEO, Lighter Capital
Nobel Laureate, Professor of Biology, Caltech
Director, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan
Founder and Chairman, Sycamore Networks
Executive Partner, Sofinnova Ventures
Director, Silicon Flatirons Centers' Entrepreneurship Initiative
President and CEO of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
From the event announcement:
On October 4 and 11, 10 companies (20 in total) will be selected to pitch online to Sramana Mitra, one of Silicon Valley’s top strategists. Each 5-minute pitch will be followed by a 5-minute strategic analysis by Sramana.
Following the pitches during each online roundtable event, Sramana Mitra and Dan Raju, CIO of online brokerage TradeKing, will select the top 6 entrepreneurs (12 altogether) who will be awarded a full tuition by TradeKing to Sramana’s 1M/1M program – valued at $1,000 each!
Note: See info about Sramana and the 1M/1M program here: Sramana, 1M/1M
Learn more about TradeKing and its Open API here: https://developers.tradeking.com/
To compete, please complete the application form found here. Answers to some Frequently Asked Questionscan be found here.
Criteria for Selection:
We are looking for companies with the following types of financial businesses:
Benefits for Presenters:
-Get on-the-spot analysis of their project by Sramana Mitra, one of Silicon Valley’s top strategists, with suggestions about how to potentially increase chances of success
-Gain exposure:
-to investors in the audience
-to Sramana’s large network (who will listen live or to online recording of the event)
-via TradeKing’s marketing of the event
Benefits for Winners:
-A year of Sramana’s ongoing mentorship during weekly strategy roundtables
-Opportunity to study a unique curriculum designed to prevent mistakes, save time and money
-Chance to absorb the tribal knowledge of Silicon Valley based on carefully analyzed case studies of hundreds of successful companies
-Introductions by Sramana to potential customers, partners and investors among her extensive global network
Deadline to Apply to Present:
Please send in your completed application form by September 10, 2012 to maureen@1mby1m.com. Entrepreneurs selected to present will be notified by September 14.
Agenda:
8:00 a.m. PDT – Greetings, Sramana Mitra and Dan Raju
8:05-9:45 a.m. PDT – 10 pitches, 10 minutes each (5 minute pitch + 5 minutes of discussion/questions)
9:45-9:50 a.m. PDT – Judges deliberate privately
9:50-10:00 a.m. PDT – Winners announced, closing remarks
Register to attend October 4: http://strategyroundtable-oct4.eventbrite.com/
Register to attend October 11: http://strategyroundtable-oct11.eventbrite.com/