| Team | Oscar | Anton | John | Gaugarin | Total |
| RVRTech | |||||
| Concept | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 38 |
| Presentation | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| Viability | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| 107 | |||||
| Team | Oscar | Anton | John | Gaugarin | Total |
| uBook | |||||
| Concept | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 34 |
| Presentation | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| Viability | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 93 | |||||
| Team | Oscar | Anton | John | Gaugarin | Total |
| Meals from Home | |||||
| Concept | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| Presentation | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| Viability | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 83 | |||||
| Team | Oscar | Anton | John | Gaugarin | Total |
| Chakra | |||||
| Concept | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 34 |
| Presentation | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 38 |
| Viability | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 101 | |||||
| Team | Oscar | Anton | John | Gaugarin | Total |
| Papyrless | |||||
| Concept | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| Presentation | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 33 |
| Viability | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 97 | |||||
| Team | Oscar | Anton | John | Gaugarin | Total |
| iCook | |||||
| Concept | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 32 |
| Presentation | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| Viability | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 31 |
| 98 | |||||
| Team | Oscar | Anton | John | Gaugarin | Total |
| Greentheworld | |||||
| Concept | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
| Presentation | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| Viability | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
| 87 |
Pam Randhawa draws from over 14 years of experience in the healthcare and life sciences industries. Having worked in product management, consulting, business development, and marketing, her specialized knowledge of market analysis, strategic planning, business development and product management enables her to successfully guide new product evolution and strategic development at Sermo. In her current role as Vice President of Strategic Development, Ms. Randhawa is responsible for identifying and developing new markets for Sermo solutions. In addition, Ms. Randhawa will be focusing on the expansion of Sermo solutions to international markets. Prior to joining Sermo, Ms. Randhawa served as Vice President of Marketing at Phase Forward, where she was responsible for the planning and execution of the company's global marketing strategy. During her tenure, Ms. Randhawa contributed to the company's market cap growth from just over $225 million in 2005 to over $900 million in 2007, with sales growth over 50 percent, year over year. Ms. Randhawa currently serves on the Advisory Boards of several startups, including: e-Tractions, a provider of web- based marketing solutions; Cognika, a provider of machine learning and advanced analytical software solutions; and GlobalCures, a nonprofit pharmaceutical organization focusing on cancer therapies. Ms. Randhawa holds a Bachelors Degree in economics from the University of Rajasthan, India, and a Masters Degree in public management from Carnegie Mellon University.
ElectroChem is a pioneering company; bringing predictable high quality fuel cell research to the marketplace as a comprehensive product line. FuelCell.com is ElectroChem's flagship subsidiary, allowing ElectroChem to create a convenient platform for developers to acquire products they need. With 40 years of experience invested in fuel cell technology and 20 years in product manufacturing and sales, Electrochem is also an owner of many patents, which serve as a testament to ElectroChem's innovative capabilities. It has been Dr. Jalan's strategic planning which has made ElectroChem a leading company not only in the fuel cell market, but also in fuel cell technology development. Along with her work at ElectroChem, she serves and is the chairperson of a number of non-profit community and educational organizations. Dr. Jalan has been featured in and interviewed by many international and regional papers regarding fuel cells, small businesses, and women in business. Dr. Jalan received her MA from the University of Calcutta, India and her doctorate from the University of Florida, Gainesville. A winner of such awards as the MA High Tech Energy Star and Asian Business Woman of the Year, she is proud of the interest shown in the company's technology as shown through the sale to the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, one of the world's leading research institutions. Click here to learn more about Dr. Jalan.
Brad Coffey is currently a student at MIT Sloan's Graduate School of Business. He also works for one of this year's hottest venture-backed startups, HubSpot. HubSpot is an inbound marketing system that helps small and medium sized businesses get found by more prospects online using search engines, the blogosphere, and social media. The companies software helps its customers gain more traffic and convert more prospects into leads using clever intelligence and marketing analytics. If you have a website, be sure to check out HubSpot's popular website grader tool. Because Brad is well versed in social media and its importance in today's new world of marketing, he is going to teach us how to market our companies using Internet tools that we are all very familiar with (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.). Brad is a graduate of Amherst College, where he studied computer science and played on the soccer team. In addition, he serves as a member of the NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee(SAAC). Note: It is critical that all students attend and understand this session. If there are any questions, such as "what is SEO and why is it important?", don't be afraid to ask!
Malay Kundu is Founder and CEO of StopLift, Inc., developing bleeding-edge computer vision technology to automatically monitor CCTV security video to detect theft for retail chains. In business for over two years, StopLift has systems in place successfully detecting theft and has received outside capital investment. Prior to StopLift, Malay was co-founder and CEO of the instant messaging company Invino until its successful sale to a public company. Prior to that, Malay led the development and marketing of a real time facial recognition system for Facia Reco Associates. Malay holds an SM and SB in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ron has over 25 years of national and international management, process, optimization, education and integration experience with Sun Microsystems, Pioneer Investments Group, Liberty Mutual group, Fidelity Investments and Digital Equipment Corporation as well as a variety of start-up companies. Ron earned his Masters Certificate in Industrial Sciences and Economics from the Weitzman Institute at the Jazrael Valley, Israel and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. Ron is a member of the MVVF Board at Umass Lowell and is also on the Board of NECC School of Entrepreneurship and the Chairman of the TYE Mentorship SIG and the Merrimack Valley High Tech Council. He is a member of TIE-Boston and NECINA. Ron has co-founded and sold MMM, a media company in the 80s. He helped raise funds for JGR Engineering in the mid 90s and founded, raised capital and sold Horizon Translations in the late 90s and Moon's Tail Enterprises in 2001. Recently Ron has been a co-founder of BridgeGao Strategic Services.
Focus and determination are the subjects of this 1921 parable about a "never-say-die" salesman who is given a challenge and gets it done. Updated by business writer Alan Axelrod, the tale moves quickly with vivid characters and well-timed suspense. By the time the parable ends, the listener is ready for the moral of the story, which is offered in the form of old-fashioned advice. The premise of being tested by a strict boss and succeeding may seem outdated in the current climate of free-agent entrepreneurial thinking. But the real lesson is the timeless one of how to identify what's important on a job--independent of what we're told--and succeed through a flat-out desire to get it done. -- T.W. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
TYE Students and Staff, Prateek Sahay has set up a great social networking site for all TYE students. Please click here to join. If you have any questions or concerns, please email Pat, Hooman, or Rajeev.
Here is a review of the book: Prospective entrepreneurs may think they know everything there is to know about starting a business in Silicon Valley. They can draw up business plans, have meetings with venture capitalists, maybe even get funded and actually launch a start-up. However, in The Monk and the Riddle, Silicon Valley sage Randy Komisar reasons that's only half the equation for success. And it may not be the important half. Komisar has worked with a number of companies--Apple, LucasArts Entertainment (the gaming division of George Lucas's empire), and WebTV among them--and has come to a rather startling conclusion: if you can't see yourself doing this business for the rest of your life, don't start it. In other words, he wants to see passion and purpose in business, not just spreadsheets and a by-the-numbers business model. To illustrate, Komisar takes the reader through a hypothetical Silicon Valley start-up, with an eager entrepreneur named Lenny trying to get funding for an online casket-selling business. As Komisar helps Lenny find the real purpose of the business, the passion behind the revenue projections, he reflects back on his life as an entrepreneur. Komisar emerges as a master storyteller, the kind of guy you'd feel honored to share a bottle of wine with. And you believe his conclusion: "When all is said and done, the journey is the reward." It's great if you've made billions on the journey, but the important thing is that you do something you can truly throw yourself into. -- Lou Schuler (from Hardcover)
Currently, a large majority of the consumer population demands a trend toward wireless mobility, but at the same time they suffer from a lack of experience with new technology. For this reason, we have approached this situation by creating the EvoHub, a product that will tackle the two main issues we have identified before us. The EvoHub is a revolutionary wireless router that will allow for all peripherals to be wirelessly connected to any computer on the network via wireless USB. On top of this, EvoLink will stress “easy-to-setup, convenient” features. In turn, the EvoHub may likely become the next zenith in wireless connectivity technology.
void that they encounter in the kitchen (2) Revolutionizing the approach to cooking by automating previously limiting factors; e.g. digitized voice directions, direct grocery delivery, and meticulous organization of all your favorite recipes (3) Supplement the definition, acquisition, and transportation phases of pre-kitchen meal preparation (4) Allowing people to access any recipe whenever and wherever they want, at the touch of a button
the private jet industry. LiveLeg Inc. is a travel agency that works as a convenient interface between customers and private, and corporate, jets. The company also provides a distinctive way through which the “dead legs”, or empty seats on private jets, can be put to use, hence the name LiveLeg Inc.
made it a guaranteed jackpot. Almost every person in the US has stepped into a retail store, and most encounter the same problems, so I thought “why not make a solution where everyone can reap the benefits of the integration of the three most popular industries: retail, shoppers, and advanced technology.” From any computer across the globe, someone can shop, try clothes on their own body, and buy apparel from their favorite stores. Every partner benefits. Retailers have access to a wider market, thus greater potential revenue, they increase their online sales, and reduce costly in-store operating costs. Shoppers receive a complimentary service where they can see exactly how clothes look on their body and try on any item from all of their favorite stores. We tap into these markets by exposing them to the “next big thing,” the developing virtual technology market.
plan is to release a radio unit, called an RVR, that has all the capabilities of a modern DVR found in any new cable box. This means that our unit will give listeners the chance to interact with their radio in a way never before experienced. Just like the DVR changed the course of cable, so too do we hope that the RVR will forever change the course of radio.
f services directed to eliminate the drudgery and distractions of college in the life of the student of today; this allows them to focus first and foremost on their primary objective: an excellent education. U-call will be providing our customers with a number of services such as: Moving, laundry, school supplies, hotel accommodation, transportation tickets, on-campus tickets, end-of-semester parties, restaurant reservations, groceries, student card that doubles up as a debit card outside campus. The demands for each service by each student can be placed through either talking to us at our main office on campus or through the website using their U-Call ID.
A proven leader in execution of strategic initiatives, Hooman’s goal is to build his own enterprise, creating value by leveraging technology to address a market opportunity. He is currently doing so at his startup iRelai, a startup focused on the last mile of e-commerce. After completing his MBA at Babson, he combined knowledge and experience in business and technology as the director of IT for an international sporting goods retailer and manufacturer. There, he successfully implemented strategic and operational initiatives to support the profitability and expansion of the business. Hooman’s career background includes Senior Technology Management, Project Leadership, Management Consulting, Technical and Product Marketing, and Software Engineering. In addition to spending time with his wife and baby girl, Hooman enjoys playing soccer, golf and has passion for martial arts and skiing.
Pat Noonan is an Associate at Commonwealth Capital Ventures, a leading early stage venture capital firm based out of Boston. Prior to joining Commonwealth, Pat worked for the strategy arm of Capgemini, a global management consultancy. Based first in the firm’s Cambridge, MA offices and later in its London, UK offices, he advised start-ups and Fortune 500 companies in the telecom, media, and entertainment industries. Pat graduated from Harvard University, where he serves as Second Class Marshal (Vice President) of the Class of 2003. He is a graduate of the TiE Young Leaders Program and is an active member of TiE, where he manages the Entrepreneur Forum at TiECON East.
Geetha Ramamurthy is the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of Venus Capital. Ms. Ramamurthy is a seasoned management executive, innovative leader and motivator. She has built a global network comprised of successful entrepreneurs, leaders and corporate executives. Prior to joining Venus Capital Management, Ms. Ramamurthy was the Executive Director of the Boston chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs). As key member of the leadership team, Ms. Ramamurthy has developed TiE-Boston into the second largest chapter globally and the leading entrepreneurship organization in the Northeast. She was responsible for developing and managing sponsorship, membership, events and education programs, and provide oversight and supervise staff and volunteers. In 10 years the membership grew to 800 members and events to over 60 annually, including the flagship annual TiECON and thematic workshops relevant to current sectors like Cleantech and Lifesciences. Ms Ramamurthy was instrumental in establishing several best practices and new initiatives like TiE Women’s Initiative, Alliance Partner program and the TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE). TYE has received the Global award as the unique education program and has received national media recognition. In addition, she plays a pivotal role in the TiE India Connect program, which promotes the direct partnership with participating chapters and entrepreneurs in India. Ms. Ramamurthy founded Legends n Leaders, a platform for global leaders to network, empower, inspire and share ideas. Also, she founded G. Ram, Inc. an accounting and tax services and business advisory firm and co-founded Palsan Business Solutions a business support services company. She is the Managing Director of Carmine Leo Associates, a leadership development firm and director of the board of Trax, a banking services company. She serves as chairman of the board of MITHAS (MIT Heritage of Arts of South Asia) and as the advisor to several startup companies. She began her career as Medical Technologist at Children’s Hospital, Boston, where she played numerous leadership roles.
Praveen joined VIMAC in 2003 through the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program—a program designed to select, educate and train future leaders in the venture capital industry. Praveen brings 13 years of eclectic experience to the firm, including 3 years of venture experience. Prior to the fellowship, he was an Associate at Updata Venture Partners, an early-stage investor in IT and communications startups in Northern Virginia. He has also served as a Strategy Consultant to technology corporations and private equity investors during his tenure at Dean & Company. Prior to his venture career, Praveen managed retail operations for a mutual fund company, explored for oil and gas deposits in the Arabian Sea, and helped build quantitative tools to optimize equity portfolios. While serving as a Deputy Commandant, he led armed troops in situations involving threat to national security in India. He was also the National Elections Coordinator (CIVPOL) at the United Nations Operation in Mozambique where he played a key role in the country’s transition to democracy. More recently, he served in the management team of iCode, an early stage enterprise software company in Virginia still operating and growing successfully. Praveen has an MBA from the University of Chicago and an MS in Nuclear Physics and BS in Physics from St. Stephen's College in New Delhi.
Mona Chopra is Vice President at Bank of America’s Global Wealth and Investment Management group. She is an entrepreneurial executive and has worked with technology firms such as Keane, Sapient and Segway in various management roles. In each of her roles she had opportunities to manage, lead and/or support innovative product launches. Among all, the launch of Segway HT remains her personal favorite where she worked with the inventor Dean Kamen in marketing the product to college campuses and universities and international markets. Mona also co-founded Ferns N’ Petals, a retail floral boutique in India which she sold to her client prior to coming to the U.S. Mona is actively involved with the Bank’s Diversity Network and Asian Leadership Group. She co-chair’s the TYE (The Young Entrepreneur’s) program that prepares high school kids to create a winning business plan and compete in the Business Plan competition. Mona holds an M.B.A. from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College in Wellesley, and a MS in Economics from India. She currently lives in Wellesley and enjoys visiting museums, collecting art and promoting the indigenous arts and crafts from India.
Ron has over 25 years of national and international management, process, optimization, education and integration experience with Sun Microsystems, Pioneer Investments Group, Liberty Mutual group, Fidelity Investments and Digital Equipment Corporation as well as a variety of start-up companies. Ron earned his Masters Certificate in Industrial Sciences and Economics from the Weitzman Institute at the Jazrael Valley, Israel and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. Ron is a member of the MVVF Board at Umass Lowell and is also on the Board of NECC School of Entrepreneurship and the Chairman of the TYE Mentorship SIG and the Merrimack Valley High Tech Council. He is a member of TIE-Boston and NECINA. Ron has co-founded and sold MMM, a media company in the 80s. He helped raise funds for JGR Engineering in the mid 90s and founded, raised capital and sold Horizon Translations in the late 90s and Moon's Tail Enterprises in 2001. Recently Ron has been a co-founder of BridgeGao Strategic Services.
Rajeev is a technically accomplished and entrepreneurial-spirited management professional from CCR Pyramid. He has eight+ yearsof hands-on IS and IT expertise including three years of IT management and offshore management experience. He has a track record of success in deploying solutions that increase operational efficiency and ensure optimal interface/experience. He is a graduate of the Wentworth Institute of Technology.
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