Santa Clara University

Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

December '09 Newsletter


 

Greetings!

This newsletter features our 2009 Founders Award recipient Jeff Miller, a double alumnus of Santa Clara University and technology entrepreneur who successfully scaled and exited Documentum for $1.7B.  We honored Jeff and thanked CIE's supporters at the well-attended 4th Annual Founders Award dinner in September.  

This year's Founders Awards also marked the start of my 5th year as director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE).  It has been a period of tremendous growth, both for the Center and myself.  Today, I believe Santa Clara University has one of the best entrepreneurship programs in the world; offering undergraduate, graduate and executive entrepreneurship students unparalleled opportunities in the heart of Silicon Valley. 

It continues to be my great honor and pleasure to serve SCU and our entrepreneurial community.  I hope you enjoy this issue of the CIE newsletter and wish you all the best during the holiday season and in 2010.

Enjoy,

Kevin Holmes '01 "Connect. Educate. Launch."

 

 

Jeff Miller, BSEE '73 MBA '76, Awarded 2009 Founders Award

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Silicon Valley veteran Jeffrey A. Miller has been named as the 2009 Founders Award recipient by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Santa Clara University. The annual award recognizes significant contributions by Santa Clara University alumni whose innovation and entrepreneurship have advanced silicon valley’s business community.  The award was presented at the CIE Founders Award Banquet.  Continue reading>>

Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program Students Attend Event With Sheryl Sandburg, Facebook COO

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A group of seventeen Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program (UEP) students recently enjoyed an evening with the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, an opportunity made available exclusively for UEP students to attend at no charge by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.  Continue reading>>

CIE Partners with SCEO to Present CIE Speaker Series & SCEO Elevator Pitch Competition-$250 Prize Awarded

Erik Fialho wins elevator pitch competition

To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, the CIE partnered with the Undergraduate student club Santa Clara Entrepreneurs Organization (SCEO) to present an Elevator Pitch Competition in which six undergraduates each had 90 seconds to pitch an idea to our panel of judges.  The winner received a $250 cash prize, and a special $100 Sustainability Prize was  also awarded.  Continue reading>>

Graduate Students Prepare for 2010 VCIC®

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The CIE and graduate student network Entrepreneurs Connection (MBA EC), together with the Leavey School of Business Graduate Business Program presented the internal Venture Capital Investment Competition, a first-round competition to evaluate student VC teams to determine the team to represent SCU at the Silicon Valley regional competition of the international 2010 VCIC®.  Continue reading>>

CIE Brings Global Entrepreneurship Week to the Heart of Silicon Valley

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SCU joined a worldwide celebration of entrepreneurship with a series of on-campus events during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November. Brought to the heart of Silicon Valley by CIE, the international initiative encompassed than 70 countries in a mission to inspire, connect, inform and mentor aspiring entrepreneurs under the age of 30.   Continue reading>>

CTE 2009-10 Fulbright Scholars Prepare for Silicon Valley Immersion

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Fifteen Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship (CTE) Fulbright Scholars from Italy will begin the Silicon Valley Immersion portion at the start of Winter Quarter of their six-month program at Santa Clara University. Continue reading>>

CTE '09 Alum Luca Ruiu Wins Italy's National Award For Innovation

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Congratulations to 2009 Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship alum Luca Ruiu, PhD, Biotech Entomologist (shown with CIE Director Kevin Holmes and Dr. Barry Z. Posner, Former Dean, Leavey School of Business).  His new startup company, Bioecopest, recently won first prize, the National Award for Innovation, at the Start Cup Sardegna, the largest business plan competition in Italy. Continue reading>>

 

 
 
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