Here is the basic pitch formula: (90 Seconds)

What else? What pitch resources/ tips do YOU love?

Members of the Entrepreneurship Club at USFSP won the National Competition sponsored by C-E-O (Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization).
USF’s team, comprised of Michael Anadiotis, Chris Carpenter, Brown Charite, Lazar Anderson, and Mark Lombardi-Nelson, used their entrepreneurial savvy and skills to come out on top!
After a great competition by 26 teams and a final round that consisted of 8 teams from different schools across the country, only one team was able to claim the title of the 2012 CEO Startup Simulation Challenge Champion! And the grand prize of $1,000 goes to…the University of South Florida St. Petersburg!

The top three teams in this simulation challenge will all receive personalized mentorship from some of the best entrepreneurs in the CEO network. These teams will also be recognized at the 2012 National CEO Conference in Chicago.

The final rankings are:
1st Place: University of South Florida St. Petersburg
2nd Place: Louisiana State University
3rd Place: University of Nebraska-Omaha

The Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO) is the premier entrepreneurship network with chapters on over 240 university campuses across North America. With a diverse global network, CEO informs, supports and inspires college students to be entrepreneurial and seek opportunity through enterprise creation.

Howdy! Startup Weekend Tampa is coming up in a couple weeks and tickets are selling out fast. We’d like to send a bunch of USFSP students. Fill out the form below and the Club will purchase your ticket!

Startup Weekend Tampa is an intense 54 hour event where a community of entrepreneurs, startup enthusiasts, developers, designers, marketing gurus and anyone interested in building a business come together over the course of a weekend to share ideas, form teams, and launch a startup. No Talk, All Action. Launch a Startup in 54 hours.

When: April 13 – 15, 2012.
Where: Microsoft -> 5426 Bay Center Dr # 700 Tampa, FL 33609-3477

You can find out lots more about the event here: Startup Weekend Tampa Website
You can RSVP to the Facebook event here: Facebook Event

Last year USFSP students took home second place. Let’s see what we can do this year!

Freqent [www.freqent.com]

Freqent (pronounced “frequent”) aims to centralize customer reward cards. Rather than having to create and develop a rewards program for your business, Freqent provides this option for you. As a business owner, you can implement their online system while customizing how rewards will be handed out. As a customer, you simply carry this card everywhere you go and present it to the cashier at whatever business uses Freqent as their reward system intermediary.

My thoughts: Good idea for tackling the small and medium size business markets. If a small coffee or sandwich shop wants to develop a reward program but has no idea where or how to begin, this is who can help them. Not to mention, this is a service that creates loyalty, something that is tough to come by in a world filled with competitors in any industry. Overall, I think Freqent has a lot of opportunity in their future.

Politify [www.politify.us]

Politify is a web application that forecasts the financial impacts of political scenarios. Users can input some general information (income, filing status, age, zip code, etc.) and Politify will show the user, in dollar amount, how they would be impacted by the election of a potential presidential candidate. Politify also links users to candidate’s donation page and provides links to voter registration information.

My thoughts: This is a great idea. Any tool to help American’s understand the impact of their vote is important. However, I will say that I am not pleased that there is no information provided as for what the candidate’s stance is on political topics. That is, while Politify may indicate the best choice for your wallet, it does not indicate what’s best for your ethical or political beliefs. Perhaps adding criteria for the user to list what they stand for (like abortion, gay marriage, military budget, etc.) can be added down the road; for the time being, this needs to be considered by the user from information gathered elsewhere than Politify. Overall, it’s an exciting step toward making it easier for American’s to understand just how crucial our vote really is.

LiveNinja [www.liveninja.com]

LiveNinja is a video chat marketplace and monetization platform for experts on any topic. For example, if I want to learn to play the guitar, I can search their site for a guitarist who gives lessons. Once I decide who I want to go with, I set up an appointment and pay the guitarist the amount they indicate on their page (like $30 for half hour lesson/$50 for an hour). The user only pays the professional once the video session has begun. LiveNinja eliminates the problem for people to easily access professionals in many different fields, while providing professionals (“Ninjas” as they call) access to more clients.

My thoughts: This was one of my favorite businesses at SuperConf. I think this website has an enormous amount of opportunity. Imagine having a special dinner planned for your parents, but you aren’t the most skilled chef. Why not pay $20 for a half-hour video session to learn how to cook the best homemade Lasagna your parents will ever taste from a professional who has years and years of experience in the culinary industry. Or maybe your son or daughter needs help with their Algebra but you simply don’t have time to help them yourself or find a tutor, LiveNinja can connect you to a professional without ever leaving your home. Overall, I won’t be surprised if this site takes off big down the road. How long that road will be, I’m not sure; but I know many people may find this website extremely useful.

71Lbs [www.71lbs.com]

71LBS (seventy-one pounds) helps small to medium size businesses better understand their shipping costs. 71LBs aims to get businesses back some of their money not claimed to the shipping company for late package arrivals, while also providing analytics on the shipping that occurs for the business. When it’s all said and done, 71LBs saves your company money, and the company only pays 71LBs with money that you saved by using them.

My thoughts: For start-ups or existing businesses who do a lot of shipping, this will be a company that can help cut cost and help better understand the shipping process. I think that without a doubt, 71LBs will be a need for many small but growing businesses. Since 71LBs aims to actually go through your shipping history and figure out where you missed on unclaimed money back returns for late arrivals on packages, they will give business owners a good idea of just how efficient (or inefficient) their shipping process is.

GoodMate.com [www.goodmate.co]

GoodMate is a roommate management application that solves the common pain points of living with roommates. GoodMate can help users better understand their monthly costs and budgets involved with their living situation while distributing the cost equally among all the people living in the apartment/condo/house. The application also provides convenience tools like a messaging board for “to-do’s”, a notification system for your phone or email and a calendar to track bills and expenses. There will be a phone application released soon as stated on their website.

My thoughts: This is a very unique idea, without a doubt. I think this application will be most useful to those living with roommates of 3 or more, but can still be very helpful for anyone who has any problems communicating with their roommate on chores and bills that need to be taken care of on a weekly or monthly basis. This application can also be used for parents who want their kids to stay connected to chores that need to be done. As someone who came from a family of 7, I know all about home duties that need to be taken care of by different individuals. This application can lay it all out in front of you and help plan who will do what chore and when it will be done.

WhatUpBridge [www.whatupbridge.com]

WhatUpBridge is a free service that lets you track bridges, railroad crossings, and other infrastructure according to your schedule. The service focuses on making the user aware of delays that may occur on their drive to and from destinations where a delay can occur.

My thoughts: Interesting idea that some people may find extremely helpful. For the Tampa Bay area as a whole, I don’t know that this application would be very novel. However, for those living in states with a lot more drawbridges and railroads, this may be a breakthrough application. Timing your routes is crucial for making appointments, and a tool that can explain to you routes that will save you time based on bridge and railroad delays will be considered novel by many.

Flomio [www.flomio.com]

Flomio makes it easy to build NFC and RFID enabled applications. They offer API, tags, readers and software to create web based solutions that respond to real world interactions.

My thoughts: As stated in the beginning of this article, I do not consider myself very tech-savvy. However, any application that works for creating more efficient tools for real world interactions is something you may want to keep an eye on. Hit up their website to see some of their latest projects and developments.

CodeMeet [www.codemeet.com]

CodeMeet is a live video and realtime platform for developers to work on code together. CodeMeet is a collaborative coding environment for developers to discuss and create code. Users can interact with other developers over live video while sharing code in realtime. CodeMeet is perfect for pair programming, code reviews, or technical presentations.

My thoughts: Neat program that will probably be used my many, many computer programmers. This business idea won the $10,000 first prize and I think it was pretty clear as to why – convenience and novelty. I do not do computer programming, but millions of people do. This tool will be extremely helpful for people who write code in teams (or even individually) but need to communicate on tasks with others.

DateLatte [www.datelatte.com]

Datelatte aims to provide an interactive web event based system allowing users to communicate via text, picture, and video to create a high quality dating experience. DateLatte is a breakthrough in the way online dating is used by providing a more personal approach to users. Their website indicates “how it works” as: (create profile and select home city) then, Event occurs on Monday and Wednesday nights at 8pm, emails are sent with invite links, users attend online dating event by clicking email link, users then get matched and interact with others from their city.

My thoughts: Very cool idea. Online dating or match sites have taken off. With sites like eHarmony and Match.com becoming household names that everyone knows, it’s refreshing to see something new. This website can connect two people via video chat for an instant meet and greet session. Rather than having to spend a first date with someone you have only seen pictures of and read criteria about, you can now speak with them live via video chat.

Also, we tweeted the entire time so check out for more goodies: #SuperConf2012.

On-Campus Entertainment Interns Needed!

We’re looking for two on-campus Campus Entertainment interns to promote PacSun at your campus. It’s an 4-week commitment for the spring 2012 semester and interns are paid a $500 stipend when they complete all of the program objectives. It will take about 10 hours per week. This paid internship is an opportunity for you to build your resume and gain valuable experience all while having fun. Additionally, there is an opportunity to work another 4 weeks during fall semester.

Responsibilities would include:
· Engage students at your campus to build momentum for the PacSun Golden State of Mind promotional campaign.
· Develop a customized approach for your campus that is fun, creative & adventurous to grab the attention of your peers and generate awareness for the PacSun brand.
· Distribute all promotional materials, such as posters, flyers & coupons.

Use your social networking contacts and marketing savvy to publicize PacSun.
Please use the following link to see a detailed job description Job Description

Interested students should complete the quick online application as soon as possible at Online Application

We will have students hired by Friday, February 24th. Selected students will be provided training prior to the internship start date which is March 5th.

If you’re not interested, I’d appreciate anything you can do to spread the word to undergraduates on your campus. Please feel free to forward the information to students who might be interested or share it via social networks.

The tournament started February 2nd and it is scheduled to take place throughout next month. There are currently 26 teams competing from across the nation. Two teams are representing the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Team one: Jenna Arnal, Nathen Hedges, Jessica Barnett, Stephen Corry, and Cameron Bradbeer.

Team two: Mark Lombardi-Nelson, Lazar Anderson, Chris Carpentier, Brown Charite, Michael Anadiotis.

The teams will be presented with business challenges to test the team’s knowledge of making solid business decisions. In the opening round, each team will take on the task of competing against computer simulation companies in hopes of securing a position  in the finals.  The eight remaining teams will go head to head to secure the number one spot.

The final round takes place over 4 1/2 weeks. The teams will be asked to make six key business related decisions.  The three top teams will be awarded for their efforts with various prizes.

Wish them luck!

Buspreneurs feverishly hacking away

Think you have what it takes to start a business over your spring break? How about on bus?

30 strangers have 3 days to conceive, build & launch a startup and compete for venture capital funding. On a bus going 60MPH.

Florida, Ohio, L.A., Silicon Valley, NYC (and five more to be announced) will be going head-to-head, competing for glory against the best doers in tech. Florida was among the first five regions selected based on the caliber of applicants, the buzz generated and sponsorship gathered. We’re looking for talented, entrepreneurial minded individuals to lead our bus to victory this year.

Hackathon + Competition + Roadtrip = StartupBus

StartupBus is an invitation-only community of hackers, hustlers and hipsters passionate about startups who compete in an annual hackathon-style competition on buses traveling across America at 60 mph towards Austin in time for SXSW, where teams will pitch to top-tier angels and VCs. The competition is intense, the constraints are challenging and the bonds forged are testament to the shared experience of Buspreneurs.

Are you a “Buspreneur”? If you are one of those driven, maniacal world-changers, you’re probably what we’re looking for.

Hackers – You’re more than a coder: you’re a versatile hacker, you’re bad-ass and you do what it takes to get the job done.

Hipsters – UX, UI, design. Shoot us a link to your portfolio. (Not a requirement, but if you are a front-end coder, please say so in your application.)

Hustlers - Your business acumen is second to none, you pitch in your sleep, you created the bubble. Innately undefinable, hustlers must prove they have the Midas touch.

Buses depart March 6, participate in semi-finals in San Antonio, arrive in Austin on March 9. The Grand Finale will at SXSW’s Startup Village on March 11.

To request an invitation, Sign-Up here.

CONTACT INFO:

Twitter: @startupbustampa | Facebook: /startupbustampa | Email: greg@sourcetoad.com

MBA Open House

You’re invited to join us for an informative overview of the MBA program.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m Eastern
Location: USF St. Petersburg
140 Seventh Ave South, Davis Hall 130
St. Petersburg, FL 33701

The USFSP Leadership Development & Programming office is hosting a week of outstanding activities to introduce you to leadership programming on campus.
Please attend, participate and enjoy! All events are free and open to all USFSP students. Some noted events require RSVP and have limited availability.

A Taste of Leadership: Lead Week 2012 Kickoff

Join Leadership Development & Programming and Harborside Activities Board for our Lead Week 2012 Kickoff. A fun event with food, prizes, and so much more!
When: Monday, February 20, 2012 @ 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Where: USFSP Harborwalk

Reel Leadership

Join us for a showing of The Ides of March for Lead Week 2012.

When: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 @ 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Where: USFSP Harbor Hall Gallery

Kayak Cleanup

Join Leadership Development & Programming as we give back by taking some time to clean-up the water while kayaking!

When: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 @ 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Where: Clam Bayou
RSVP

LeaderSpeak

Join us for a very special Lead Week 2012 LeaderSpeak with Former Tampa mayor and author, Pam Iorio! The LeaderSpeak Series is designed to introduce students to the variety and complexity of leadership needs in today’s society. Presenters from a wide variety of expertise and experience will be invited to articulate a critical need in a particular area and providing reflections on the role of leadership in meeting that need.
When: Thursday, February 23, 2012 @ 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Where: USFSP Davis Memorial Hall (DAV) 130
More Info & RSVP

Corporate Leadership Retreat

The Corporate Leadership Retreat is a unique program that provides an opportunity for USF St. Petersburg students to see firsthand how leadership development fits into the corporate setting. It also creates an opportunity for students to learn how the skills they are developing now will prepare them to be more valuable employees and citizens of their community. Each semester, a different Tampa Bay area business hosts the conference, and participants gain the following from the leaders of those corporations: an introduction to the leadership philosophy of a major corporation, workshops relating to leaders and/or leadership in that field, on-site demonstrations and training of work in that field and networking opportunities with other students with similar career goals and leaders in the field.

When: Friday, February 24, 2012 @ 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where: Derby Lane
RSVP

Interested? Leave a comment here!

Check out this awesome speaker! Dr. Anousheh Ansari as she discusses her journey to explore space and the experiences that led her to accomplish her dream!

Join us on Facebook / Calendar of Events

Next Club Meeting

Tues 2/7@ 4:30pm in DAV242

Meeting Minutes from 1/31/12

Ideation Session: Spring 2012 Club Goals

An Ideation Session is basically one big brainstorming event. The point is to get as many ideas as possible from everyone to ensure a good number of quality ideas. Everyone contributed and there was a great positive energy in the room! We’ll be posting the ideas generated and get more feedback from those who weren’t able to attend soon.

Elections

Congratulations to everyone who ran for office this semester! Each candidate introduced themselves. The only contested office was Treasurer, which we voted on during the meeting and those who weren’t able to attend were able to email their votes in to Nathan Schwagler. We have a great group of talented individuals. Come to the meeting 2/7 to meet the newly elected officers. We’ll be posting more information about them on the website in the next couple of days.

Elected Officers

President – Jessica Barnett
Vice President – Maria Bhim
VP of Public Relations and Marketing – Teshiana Parker
VP of Public Relations and Marketing – Justin Loesch
Treasurer – Jeff Baird
Secretary – Raquel Rojas
Webmaster – Michael Huss
Historian – Jordan Waters

[Event] SuperConf! 2-Day Startup Demo & Conference in Miami

Awesome event coming up in February! We may be able to get the full trip plus hotel for the night paid for, but we need to know who’s interested! Wanna go to an awesome tech & startup pitch event and conference in Miami for a couple days? Let us know!!

Recent Events

TBTF’s Professional Women’s Network

TBTF’s Professional Women’s Network is taking a new direction in 2012! The purpose now is to foster and encourage young women to pursue careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.)

 

We plan to do this by uniting interns and companies through collaboration, establishing TBTF college student chapters to encourage STEM education, and providing young women pursuing STEM careers with mentors comprised of leading executive women of our TBTF member companies. Join us for the first event of the year to kickoff this new initiative!

 

Kathie Miller, SVP of Global Services Communications at Nielsen, will present on their University Recruitment & Emerging Leaders Program and Amy Rettig, Director of Communications and Client Relations at Nielsen, will share the results and statistics from their Women of Tomorrow survey.

 

Registration includes complimentary breakfast and coffee. We hope to see you there! Space is limited.

 

The first 15 students to register will receive a FREE annual membership to TBTF ($50 value)!

WHEN – Wednesday, February 08, 2012 @ 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

WHERE – Mise En Place: 442 W. Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33606

PRICE -

Students, University Representatives and TBTF Members: Complimentary

Non-Members: $20.00

Find the Event on Facebook

Reuben & Hunter: Creative Duo Exude Energy, Ideas

Credit: 83 Degrees Media

Reuben Pressman and Hunter Payne want you to know that they’re staying.

 

In St. Petersburg, that is.

 

Last April, the creative partners and best friends were catapulted into local fame when their proposal to create Swings Tampa Bay won the 10-100-1000 Challenge — a competition co-sponsored by Creative Tampa Bay and Creative Loafing designed to solicit ideas for projects that could make Tampa Bay a better place.

 

With their $1,000 award, Pressman, 22, and Payne, 21, launched Swings, a public art and community building endeavor with a simple premise: by placing hand-painted swings (each comprised of a flat, wood seat decorated as an artwork and hung between two ropes) in unexpected locations, they would inject a sense of play into the city’s landscape, getting people to “think differently,” Pressman says.

Elections!

We have some wonderful candidates for each of our offices! Each of the candidates will introduce themselves to the Club Meeting Tues 1/31 in DAV 242.

The office of Treasurer has two candidates so we’ll be voting on that position during the meeting. For those who can’t make it Tuesday, email Nathan Schwagler at nschwagl@mail.usf.edu between Monday 1/30 and midnight on Tuesday 1/31. Please send the email from your USF email. Voting will be anonymous.

Other Items of Business

• Upcoming events
• Committees
• Recently posted
• Get connected with the group

Whoa! This semester is off to one heck of a start!! Cool events, internships and more going on and we don’t have a single official officer! Pretty impressive!

Next Club Meeting

Tues 1/31 @ 4:30pm in DAV242

Announcing! Officer Elections!

Interested in being a club officer? Post here! Want to start looking at who’s running? Look here!

[Competition] CEO Startup Simulation Challenge: DEADLINE JAN 30TH!

Interesting Competition, all expenses paid, chance to win a trip to CA, $1,000 and more!

Event AdTalks: Launching a Successful Startup with Grooveshark

Super cool event on Mon 1/30 in DTSP. Discounted tickets for students (only $3!).

[Internship] Two Internships! Check Them Out!

Find out all the info and see if this looks like a good fit.

Meeting Minutes: 1/24/12

If you missed it, check out the info here. If you you came, check them out anyway.

[Event] Student Organization Training Sessions

Join Jessica Friday 1/27. SOMEONE from the club has to be there. We’d like there to be a few. :)

[Event] SuperConf! 2-Day Startup Demo & Conference in Miami

Awesome event coming up in February! We may be able to get the full trip plus hotel for the night paid for, but we need to know who’s interested! Wanna go to an awesome tech & startup pitch event and conference in Miami for a couple days? Let us know!!

All the info: http://student.seialliance.com/elections/

Assemble a team  of 3-5 USFSP (or USF) students (there can be 2 per school). When presented with a business challenge, your team will work together to research the problem and present a solution. The finalists gets a paid trip to Chicago and the winner will get $1,000 (and lots more)! USFSP will pay for the entry fee.

If you have a team: comment here who your team is.

If you’re interested in joining a team: comment here that you’re interested and some info about your skills and background.

The registration deadline is Jan 30th, so post NOW! :)

The Gist:

It is time to officially register your teams!

The 2nd Annual CEO Startup Simulation Challenge is right around the corner! With only 50 spots available, each school can have up to 2 teams participate in this year’s competition. Teams should consist of 3-5 players. The winning team will not only claim the national championship title, but will also win $1,000!

To register, email Michael Luchies at mluchies@c-e-o.org with the names and e-mail addresses of your team members. You will then receive your team number and specific registration information that will get you into the simulation challenge. Check out the attached challenge guidelines or contact mluchies@c-e-o.org for more information.

The registration deadline is January 30th, so be sure to send your team information to mluchies@c-e-o.org before time runs out!

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The CEO Startup Simulation Challenge is a bracket style tournament in which CEO Chapters will virtually compete against one another in key decisions involved with starting a business. Each team can consist of 4-5 student CEO members. The entry fee per team is $150 and is due prior to participating. To sign up, send the names of your team members and your college/university to the game master (Michael Luchies) at MLuchies@c-e-o.org. The registration deadline is January 30th, 2012.

The Details:

2nd Annual Startup Simulation Challenge February-March 2012

After a very successful first year, the CEO Startup Simulation Challenge is back for year 2! Test your entrepreneurial abilities as CEO members from across the nation compete against one another to see whose startup skills reign supreme. Clarkson University will attempt to defend their title, so make every move carefully and consult with your team to make great business decisions.

The CEO Startup Simulation Challenge is a bracket style tournament in which CEO Chapters will virtually compete against one another in key decisions involved with starting a business. Each team can consist of 4-5 student CEO members. The entry fee per team is $150 and is due prior to participating. To sign up, send the names of your team members and your college/university to the game master (Michael Luchies) at MLuchies@c-e-o.org. The registration deadline is January 30th, 2012.

Opening Round

The opening round will take place from February 3rd through February 14th. This round will consist of four decision making periods where each team will be competing against similar computer simulation companies. Your overall score in this opening round will determine if you will make the final 8 teams that will compete for the championship. Due to the fact that you will be playing against the computer, you may work through all four rounds as fast, or as slow as you like, as long as all rounds are completed by Tuesday February 14th at 5pm CST. The top 8 teams based on the overall balanced scorecard will advance.

Decisions 1 – 4: Due by Tuesday, February 14th, 6pm EST/ 5pm CST

Final Round

The Final Round will take place over 41⁄2 weeks beginning Tuesday, February 21st and the final decision period will be due Friday, March 23rd, 2012. This round is more complex and advanced than the first round. Six decisions will be involved with this round.

• Decision 1: Due by Tuesday, February 21st, 6pm EST
• Decision 2: Due by Friday, February 24th, 6pm EST
• Decision 3: Due by Friday, March 2nd, 6pm EST
• Decision 4: Due by Friday, March 9th, 6pm EST
• Decision 5: Due by Friday, March 16th, 6pm EST
• Decision 6: Due by Friday, March 23rd, 6pm EST

Winners will be announced Monday, March 26th in a final summary article by the CEO Staff. The final placing is based on your overall balanced scorecard results at the end of the 6th decision period. In the final round, none of the scores from the opening round will carry over or contribute to final results.

Game Penalties

For both rounds, if a decision is not submitted by the deadline, the following consequences will occur: – $50,000 fine for any decision submitted 0 – 60 minutes late – $150,000 fine for any decision submitted 61 – 120 minutes late – If a decision is not submitted or is submitted after 120 minutes from the deadline, then the team will be disqualified from the competition and terminated from the rest of the game.

FINALS

Winners announced on February 15th. 8 teams will advance to head to head competition. Teams must have their quarterly decisions submitted by 6pm EST on the following dates:

Winners will be announced by Monday, March 26th 2012. The first place team will receive an amazing prize package, including award recognition at the 2012 National CEO Conference in Chicago the weekend of November 1-3 (conference registration is NOT included). Other prizes include:

• 1st Place: $1,000 Cash (distributed evenly among team members), National Recognition, Online Article Published on the Team and School, Framed Certificate for the University’s Display, Individual Certificates for Team Members, Recognition on CEO’s Website, TBA if there will be additional prizes.
• 2nd Place: Framed Certificate for the University’s Display, Individual Certificates for Team Members, and Recognition on CEO’s Website. TBA
• 3rd Place: Framed Certificate for the University’s Display, Individual Certificates for Team Members, Recognition on CEO’s Website, TBA
• Additional prizes may be awarded if additional sponsorship is given. Please contact Michael Luchies with any questions or comments about any part of the competition.

Michael Luchies
MLuchies@c-e-o.org
773-407-3793

Update!!

AdTalks: Launching a Successful Startup with Grooveshark

Nathan Schwagler has helped us get discounted tickets to this neat event in Downtown St. Pete Monday Jan 30th. Tickets are $3 at the door if you tell them you’re a USFSP student. RSVP on Facebook and bring a friend!

From Dino Eliadis: 

Here are 2 work plan documents that outline what we’re looking for and what will be expected.  One will work with me for De, Inc. the other will work with Bob and I on New Marketing Lighthouse.  Don’t feel obligated on any of this.  I have been in contact with Viki Panzer that runs the Marketing Dept. program and she is willing to allow the students to work in a structure virtual environment that we are planning here.  But, if you know someone that you feel could benefit from the experience and would be a good worker then I would entertain them here.

Download the 2012 Q1 -2 – NML Intern Workplan
Download the 2012 Q1 -2 – DE Inc Intern Workplan

If you are interested in this opportunity, please email Dino Eliadis at dino@dinoeliadis.com.

Facebook Event for This Meeting

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Need to improve/ update constitution

• Need to figure out what should be changed, how to get buy in, PROCESS, what’s necessary based on the Club Constitution guidelines

• … ? Besides roles, can we just come up with a process in this meeting?

• Google Docs? Adding comments?
• Comments on the Facebook note?
• Can’t do anything until we have  officers. We’ll revisit this soon. Discussed possible changes for a while.

Download the Constitution Guidelines
Download the Student Life Handbook 2011/2012
Robert’s Rules of Order —> Meeting/ Voting Process

Upcoming officer elections

• What roles should there be?
• What goes into changing them? Maria gathered up the rules and documents and we discussed them at some length.
• Went around the room and talked about positions people were thinking of running for.
• Devised the election strategy.

Need to raise money

• Student Government cash? Role for that? (VP, Treasurer)
• Maria: ANS fees. Budget is already done for this year. Numbers need to rise before we can ask for more money. Will go over process in meeting. Will attach a copy of current budget below.

Need to improve communication strategy

• Review list of ideas we already have.
• See if anyone has new ideas?
• Who can start working?

Need to increase club & program numbers

• Review list of ideas we already have.
• See if anyone has new ideas?
• Who can start working?

Student Organization Training Sessions

There is a mandatory student organization training session scheduled for this week. We need at least one member of our club represented at one of these sessions. There is an online training option available as well.

More info: Student Organization Training Sessions

The in-person training sessions will be held:

• Thursday, January 26, 2012 – 10:00 am & 11:00 am in DAV130
• Friday, January 27, 2012 – 10:00 am, 11:00 am, & 12:00om in Harbor Hall Community Room

Online Instructions:

If your organization cannot attend the in-person training sessions, we have also made an online component available to you as well. If you choose to do the online raining sessions, you will be required to watch a video and complete a short quiz (of which you must score 100%) in order for it to count as attendance at the training. This will need to be submitted by 5:00pm on Friday, January 27, 2012. To access the online training, go to the “Forms and Resources” section of the Student Organization website http://usfsp.edu/studentorgs

Leave a comment here if you can attend.

Hey everyone!

We had a fantastic first club meeting of 2012 yesterday! Thanks to everyone who came out! Here’s a link to what we covered: [Meeting Minutes Jan 17, 2012] Please look those over!

Big things!

1. Nathan Schwagler has provided the scholarship information which can be found here:http://student.seialliance.com/scholarships/ The deadline has been extended until Jan 20th at 5pm. Look it over and get started now!
2. Right Now: Join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/usfspentclub/
3. Today: Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the club at Get on Board Day! Picture of a couple of us: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150604971859553&set=a.10150604969324553.435270.364618179552&type=3&theater
4. Thursday (1/19): For those interested, come out to http://ignitetampa-jan2012.eventbrite.com/(See above for the discount code.)
5. Friday (1/20): Scholarship applications are due: http://student.seialliance.com/scholarships/
6. Next Tuesday (1/24): If you’re interested in becoming an officer of the Club (and you should be), come join us! https://www.facebook.com/events/218454811576844/
7. Following Tuesday (1/31): Voting on all new club officers (and lots more)! https://www.facebook.com/events/300424826676580/

Thanks so much!

Jessica Barnett
Facebook.com/redheadjessica

Facebook Event for This Meeting

EVERYONE! Sign up on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/usfspentclub/

EVERYONE! Sign up on Blackboard:

• Log into Blackboard.
• Click on the “Student Life” tab (top left).
• Click on the “Search” button inside the Student Organizations section (right column).
• Click on the “Search” button with “Academic and Professional” and “St. Petersburg Campus” selected.
• Click on “Entrepreneurship Club at USF St. Petersburg”.
• Click on the “Request to Join Organization” button.
• Whew! You did it! Rock on!

Goals for This Semester (So Far):

Increase Club Numbers & Raise Money

• Get on Board Day

• Join us tomorrow 1/18 from 10am-2pm.
• Need volunteers to come out and support. Wear entrepreneurial/start-up related tees.

Increase Program Numbers

• To justify budget USG, generate community buzz.
• If you haven’t already and can, make Entrepreneurship your major.
• New program in the fall. Entirely new class: Scalability in New Ventures

Update Club Constitution

• Current Constitution needs revision
• Need to figure out what should be changed, how to get buy in, PROCESS, what’s necessary based on the Club Constitution guidelines

Improve Communication Strategy

Prepare for Upcoming Officer Elections

• Essentially all offices are up for grabs.
• Constitution delineates these roles and their responsibilities.
• We’ll meet to discuss what the roles should be.
• Being present is the most important thing. Officer meetings weekly until further notice.

Scholarship

• Scholarship info is here: http://student.seialliance.com/scholarships/ The deadline has been extended to January 20th! Get started today!

Activities / Events / Discounts / Fun

Need to get feedback from members on what they’d like to see and do. Will be posting on Facebook and Blackboard.

Business Simulation Competition

• Teams of ~3-4.
• If you win, (partially?) paid trip – Cali!
• Competing against Entrepreneurship and Management students. Similar to one one on MAN4802.
• Jackson just found out, we’ll get more info soon.

Ignite Tampa Bay

Tampa event. Thursday January 19th 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM Discount code: iluvignite10

What is IGNITE?  IGNITE Tampa Bay is an evening of 5 minute talks by 16 community members who have the guts to get on stage to tell us about their personal or professional passion. It’s an event that caters to people with a passion for Technology, the Internet, Social Media, or even new techniques for washing their cats! At a COOL venue:  The Glazer Kids Museum! The speakers will ROCK!  And give you plenty to THINK about.

Get your tickets now with a $10 discount using code iluvignite10!

Hope to see you there AND at the After Party at Pizza Fusion immediately after the event.

SuperConf

We have discounted student tickets already lined up. Depending on interest, there will be additional funding to attend and stay the night in Miami. Let us know: https://www.facebook.com/groups/usfspentclub/324792227561424/

SuperConf 2012 is where web development & entrepreneurship converge. We will have 8 startups & 8 speakers over 2 days in perfect weather during February.

Day One: Startup Blast Off is where new companies launch their products to the public. It’s a competition where 8 new companies with no press & closed beta’s get the opportunity to win $26k in cash & prizes. Judged by a panel of 5; consisting of founders, angel investors, venture capitalists & journalists.

Day Two: SuperConf is about understanding user interface design, bleeding edge technology, user experience, marketing & business. It’s about meeting new people & building lasting relationships. All of this, followed by an amazing after party.

In the end, SuperConf is about learning something new & walking away truly inspired.

 SEEC Conference

• We’ll be collaborating with UT on the  SEEC Conference. Need to get committee prepped to start on that ASAP.
• March 23rd-24th / $145 per person.

SEEC 2012 is a 2 to 4 day event that will consist of 2 days of conference agenda, pitch competition and business plan competition events to be held Friday and Saturday April 1st and 2nd. The event will be held in sunny Tampa, FL. Attendees have the option of coming early Thursday for a team building event.  Attendees also have the option of staying Sunday for a Networking on the Beach event which will consist of casual networking to encourage business relationships in a non business and tropical setting.

Besides the optional Thursday and Sunday events, the agenda of the conference consists of 4 keynotes, 14 breakout sessions, a lunch panel, two rounds of the pitch competition, and a presentation from the pitch and business plan finalists along with awarding the winner.  At this point we are only accepting the first 150 registrants. Next year we will make plans for greater attendance as needed.