Great entrepreneurial resources for students, faculty and researchers at NYU.

11.03.2015 View this email in your browser

Leslie eLab Insider

Hack It TillYou Make It.

3 Must Dos For This Week

1. Attend the Healthcare Innovation Makerthon and develop solutions that save lives.2. Check out the new website for Entrepreneurship @ NYU. 3. Hear Dr. Winiarsky share the prescription for startup success.

Vint Cerf's Sloan/NYU Cyber SecurityIoT Lecture

Wednesday, Nov 49:00 am - 11:30 am

Nov 9: Apply to PitchfestPitch at our upcoming VCPitchfest on Thursday,11/19. Applications are due

Pfizer Auditorium, 5 MetroTech, Bklyn

Attend the cyber security lecture'The Coming Age of the Internet OfThings' by Vinton G. Cerf, Vice Presidentand Chief Internet Evangelist at Google.The event will be simulcast on the web.You must register to receive thelivestream link. RSVP now »

Green Grants Info Session

Wednesday, Nov 46:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Leslie eLab

What would you do with a grant for upto $20,000? This information session willpresent the Green Grants program,including its upcoming deadlines,applicant support resources, andselection criteria. RSVP now »

Prescription for HealthcareStartup Success

Thursday, Nov 56:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Leslie eLab

Join us to learn how healthcare startupsare shaping the future of healthcare, withNYU Alumni (CAS '90) Dr. RazWiniarsky. RSVP now »

Entrepreneurship Summit NYC

Friday, Nov 69:00 am - 7:00 pm

TimesCenter on West 41st Street, NYC

Great speakers, excellent opportunity tonetwork with VCs and angel investors,and listen to presentations from NYUentrepreneurs, Physiclo, BotFactoryand Sunhouse. Student tickets only$75.00. RSVP now »

Tech 808 - Entrepreneurship Conf

by Monday, Nov 9th! ApplyNow »

Nov 10: InnovatorsRace byCapgeminiSubmit a video addressing amajor brand’s business issue& the winning 2-person teamwill receive $25,000 & anexperience at Capgemini’sSan Francisco InnovationCenter. Apply Now »

Nov 22: Innovate NYCLaunch your career as achangemaker! Join InnovateNYC - The DO Schoolprogram to tackle a real-lifechallenges! Apply Now »

Tracing its roots to thelaunch of the NYUInnovation Venture Fund in2010, the NYU

Monday, Nov 99:00 am - 5:00 pm

Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, Kimmel

One-day tech conference for minority &millennial entrepreneurs. Featuring amashup of hip hop culture, tech, &entrepreneurship, it brings together adiverse range of leaders to educate &inspire future CEOs. RSVP now »

NYU Startup Job Expo

Thursday, Nov 124:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Stern, Patron's Lobby

Are you an undergrad or grad studentinterested in paid part-time or full-timejobs and internships at startups? Attendjob expo to meet employers & exploreopportunities at startups. RSVP now »

Healthcare Innovation Makerthon

Friday, Nov 13 - Sunday, Nov 15

NYU Silver Center, Tisch Hall &Kaufman Management Center

Come learn about the most pressingchallenges facing our healthcare systemtoday, and build the products or servicesthat will solve them. Open to the entireNYU community. Hackathon experienceNOT required. Sign up now »

NYULocal: 4 Promising NYU StartupsMake Moves

"NYU is a great place to become thefounder of a new startup. In 2014, theuniversity was deemed one of thetop schools for venture capital backed

Entrepreneurial Institute leadsa university-wide initiative toaccelerate the pace oftechnology commercializationand the launch of successfulstartups founded by NYU's60,000 students, facultyand researchers.

16 Washington Place,Corner of Greene Street

10am - 10pm, M-F

entrepreneurs and last month it wasnamed the sixth best college for femalefounders." Read more »

NYU Innovation Venture Fundannounces its 13th investment

The NYU Innovation Venture Fund madeits 13th investment in Kinvolved, a socialventure founded by NYU Wagnergraduates that provides turnkeycommunications solution for schools toimprove graduation rates. Read more »

Yale-NYU Summer Accelerator Pitchoff 2015!

08.04.2015 View this email in your browser

NYU Startup Review

Hot Summer,Cool Events.

You are invited to the NYU Summer Launchpad VentureShowcase on Wednesday, August 5th

Earlier this summer, the NYU Summer Launchpad program kickstarted with the third cohortof nine teams of graduating students (undergrad or grad) to pursue their startup ventures.After ten weeks, 20 guest speakers, 40 plus mentors and much more available exclusivelyto this group, this year's cohort is coming to an end.

And now, the participating teams are excited to share their startup ventures with you. Theywill discuss their ventures and share product demos at an expo-style event on Wednesday,August 5th. RSVP here to join us at NYU Kimmel Center Rosenthal Pavilion, 60Washington Square South at 1pm.

We Won!

In mid-July, the NYU EntrepreneurialInstitute and Yale Entrepreneurial Institute hostedthe second annual NYU-Yale Pitchoff. Three teamsfrom each school took the stage and presented theirstartup ventures to a panel of five judges. Thesecond year of the NYU-Yale Pitchoff was awonderful opportunity for both schools to sharesome of their progress this summer and for the twocommunities to meet. read more »

Latest on the Third Annual I-CorpsMeetingThis July, Frank Rimalovski, Lindsey Gray and RisaCohn presented at the third annual meeting ofthe Innovation Corps' (I-Corps) regional meetinghosted by The New York City Regional InnovationNetwork (NYCRIN) at Columbia University.

Attendees got to learn how their institutions can takeadvantage of NYCRIN's growing entrepreneurialecosystem and how they can benefit bycollaborating with neighboring universities.

How can I benefit? Contact us at entrepreneur@nyu.edu for grantapplication details and read more »

NY CTO Club Lunches with NYUEntrepreneursDuring the Spring Semester 2015, the NYUEntrepreneurial Institute sponsored a series ofinformal lunchtime discussions in concert with theNYC CTO Club, a not-for-profit membershiporganization of senior technology professionals inthe NYC area. read more »

Welcome Remya Thomas!We're thrilled to welcome Remya to theEntrepreneurial Institute team as theCommunications and Community Manager.Remya was previously the communications and

NYU Summer LaunchpadVenture Showcase

Wed, August 51:00 - 3:00pm

Come join members of theNYU community, along withentrepreneurs, angelinvestors and venture capitalists to see the teams'demos and hear theirstories.

Leslie eLab Anniversary andYear Kick Off

Thurs, Sept 107:00 - 9:00pm

We invite you to attend theLeslie eLab Anniversary andYear Kick Off Open House.

NYC Media Lab's 2015Annual Summit

Fri, September 259:00 am - 5:00 pm

The Summit takes placefrom 9:00 a.m. on Friday,September 25, 2015 at NYUin Washington Square.

The demo expo portion ofthe day will run from 2:00 -5:00 p.m. at NYU KimmelCenter (60 WashingtonSquare South). Apply todayto participate.

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Keeping Your Vision

social media manager with a public relations firm,Jerry Thomas Public Relations, headquartered inChicago. Prior to that, Remya worked as acommunications consultant in New York.

Outside of work, Remya has served on the boardof nonprofits, Street Project Inc. and Asha forEducation. Remya is currently completing herExecutive Master’s degree in CommunicationsManagement from Syracuse University.

Exciting News from RXACTIVECo-founded by Frank Yao, MD '18, SOM andKeeth Smart, Olympic silver medalist, RXACTIVEis a NYU-grown startup developing innovativefitness apparel with built-in resistance designedto push the body harder and improve workoutefficiency. The team participated in the 2nd yearof NYU Summer Launchpad Program andPrototyping Fund, and placed first in NYU Stern’s$200K Entrepreneurs Challenge and NYU Poly’sInnoVention.

On August 11th, RXACTIVE will be launchingtheir Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. Learnmore about them and earn free products »

Third Year of the Summer LaunchpadComes To A Close10 Weeks, 9 Teams, 20 Guest Speakers, 40+Mentors, 15+ blog posts and 700+ customerinterviews later, the third iteration of the NYUSummer Launchpad is about to wrap up.

Summarizing these past weeks with a quotefrom Mark Leslie, benefactor of the Leslie e-Lab, “The best startups come from founders whoexperience problems themselves and see thepossible solutions.”

We wish good luck to the nine teams ofentrepreneurs as they move ahead to the nextphase of launching their startups. read more »

Focused But Your MindOpen

Eugene Goncharov andJohn Bayer (both BS,Engineering '15) are co-founders of Magnitend, abio-medical technologyventure to expedite MRI forpatients and healthcareproviders. Eugene sharessome lessons he learnedthrough the SummerLaunchpad program.

Five Tips For IntrovertsStarting CustomerDiscovery

Anthony Lam (BS,Engineering '15) is a co-founder of Ephemeral,winner of the 2015 NYU-Yale pitchoff. Anthonyshares five tips thatintroverted entrepreneurscan implement whenapproaching potentialcustomers.

We Talked To OurCustomers and The ResultsWere Shocking

Alex Chassin is a MBAgraduate (Stern '15) workingon Freelancr, a platform tomake it easier forcompanies to manage theirfreelance workers. Heasked his potentialcustomers a criticalquestion, gaining valuablefeedback for his venture.

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ITP Alum Featured in WiredMagazine

Founded by musician brothers Tenoch andTlacael Esparza (Steinhardt ’14), Sunhouse usesthe latest advances in sensor and signal technologyto reinvigorate live performance and expand thesonic possibilities of music making. learn more »

Brooklinen co-founder Rich Fulop (Stern '14)shares his experience launching and running astartup that started from an idea that came to himduring a Vegas vacation.

Brooklinen did more than $1 million in sales in 2014,its first year. Demand was so high that the companywas only able to keep inventory in stock for sevenout of the first 12 months in business. learn more »

"Jewelbots are athoughtfully constructedTrojan Horse for gettingyoung girls to think aboutprogramming."- WIRED magazine.

The programmablefriendship braceletsstartup was founded bySara Chipps, BrookeMoreland, and Maria PaulaSaba (ITP '14), and was oneof the grantees of the NYUPrototyping Fund. readmore »

Congratulations tothe Winners of the ConnectAbility Challenge

New mobile and wearableinventions, created by thewinners of the AT&T NYUConnect AbilityChallenge, break downbarriers for disabledAmericans. The challenge,sponsored by AT&T andNew York University gaveaway $100,000 in prizes tonine winners. read more »

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$75k Technology Venture Competition won by protein engineering venture.

10.09.2015 View this email in your browser

NYU BioVentures

Congratulations to Pitch Night winners!

NYU Community Pitches Ideas for Healthcare Innovationat the Healthcare Innovation Pitch Night. "The Makerthon is an extraordinary opportunity to be part of the emergence of start-upcompanies aiming at developing solutions to real healthcare problems. Even if you're notpart of a team, it is a great way to learn about Healthcare entrepreneurship since it's a truereflection of the ever-growing entrepreneurship spirit of NYC," said VanguelTrapkov, President of the NYU Biotech Association. Read more »

NYU Biotech Association Presents JayKranzler, MD, PhD

Dr. Kranzler will share lessons learned ontransitioning from medical practice to thebusiness world, and emerging trends inthe biotechnology and pharmaceuticalindustry. RSVP now »

Monday, Oct 126:00 PM - 7:00 PMNYULMC, 550 1st Ave, Alumni Hall A

Curiosity: the blessing and the cursefor the PhD entrepreneur

Theoretical physicist turned datascientist Cristina Escoda will explain whyPhDs have the potential to be the bestentrepreneurs. RSVP now »

Wednesday, Oct 14 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMLeslie eLab

Pilot Health Tech NYC Workshop &Meetup

Hear about the benefits of entering PilotHealth Tech NYC and learn how to getinvolved. RSVP now »

Thursday, Oct 156:30 PM - 8:30 PMThe Farm Soho, 2, 447 Broadway, NY

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Oct 21: Submit Your Pitchto Bioventures Pitchfest

Pitch your bioventuresventure idea to a room full ofyour peers & fellow NYUentrepreneurs as well as 3-5 venture capitalists. This is agreat opportunity to practiceyour pitch & start to buildrelationships with VCs. ApplyNow »

Nov 2: Bio & HealthTech ELabNYC 2016

ElabNYC includes abootcamp-style course,coaching, mentorship, smallnetworking mentor dinners,and an opportunity to presentto investors and potentialpartners in a Pitch Day. Applynow »

In this column Dee N. DaoPhD, of the NYU InnovationVenture Fund answers allquestions on the NYUHealthcare InnovationMakerthon (HIM).

Email Dee with questionsabout HIM 2015 or anythingrelated to your startupventure.

Click here to ask a question

TechCrunch featured BioDigital, a NYUInnovation Venture Fund portfoliocompany.

What’s revolutionary about BioDigital'sAPI launch [to the public] is thatnow developers can personalize theBioDigital human by integrating their ownimaging data, movement data collectedby wearables, and health record data,among other sources. Read more »

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Medidata: NYU is Creating aCompelling Model for HealthcareInnovation

Medidata's EVP, Bryan Spielman talksabout the "future-looking healthcareevent", Healthcare Innovation Makerthonand much more on his blog. Read more »

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Faculty Entrepreneur featured on ourblog - Jin Kim Montclare

"A key ingredient [of being anentrepreneur] is to really want to do it,getting out of the building and goingthrough a process of understanding thebusiness model canvas, and who yourcustomers are. Interviewing potentialcustomers was really eye-opening forme." Read more »

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Peter Thiel has invested $200 million inStemcentrx - MIT Technology Review

Stemcentrx, one of the most highly

Founded in 2012, the NYUEntrepreneurial Institute leadsa university-wide initiative toaccelerate the pace oftechnology commercializationand the launch of successfulstartups founded by NYU's60,000 students, faculty andresearchers.

16 Washington Place,Corner of Greene Street

10am - 10pm, M-F

valued private biotech startups of alltime, has raised $500 million and isvalued at $3 billion, a nearlyunprecedented value for a company withno revenue, facing the usual R&Dobstacles, and that almost no one hasheard of. Read more »