Vol. 2 Issue 3 Home Message from the Dean Message from Ashok Sani Career Resource Series Author Lecture Series NYU Alumni Weekend Notes from the Undergraduate College Greetings from Dean Choi Undergraduate Students Compete in Case Competitions News Stories Berkley Center Competition Alumni Buddy Program Vault.com Alumni Support OCD Glucksman Awards Robert Kavesh Honored Recent Events Alumni Wine Tasting Reception for January Langone Graduates Reception in Israel Lecture in San Francisco Update from Washington, D.C. Alumni Corner Upcoming Events Stern in the News Feedback STERN@lumni Home Contact Us Office of Alumni Affairs NYU Stern School of Business 44 West Fourth Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 998-4040 Fax: (212) 995-4515 E-Mail: alumni@stern.nyu.edu Suzette Lemson, Assistant Dean Jeanne Marano, Director Elena Piercy, Associate Director Sheri Pillo , Associate Director Hae Soo Kim, Coordinator Debra Stern, Administrative Aide Joanne Marone, Secretary Office of Alumni Affairs Home		Berkley Center Competition Enters Final Phase On April 25, NYU Stern alumni are invited to attend the competition finals and awards ceremony of the Maximum Exposure Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. The competition finals will feature 16 alumni- and student-based teams who are competing for a $50,000 cash award. The competition will begin with the morning rounds, during which all 16 teams will present their new venture business concept. Judges, including alumni and members of the NYU Stern Board of Overseers, will select three finalist teams out of these 16. The three finalists make their presentations in the afternoon which will be followed by a reception and awards ceremony. Competition Background Twenty five alumni attended the competition kickoff meeting in October 2002. The kickoff was followed in November by the Reality Check Workshop, which provided insight into the criteria that judges have used when voting on previous winners and offered a framework for developing a business concept. In January, 65 teams submitted their executive summaries. Through a rigorous screening process, 16 semi-finalist teams were selected to compete in the final round of the competition. View the Semi-finalist Teams>> *Please note, you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this document. On March 30, a mandatory one-day retreat known as the Entrepreneurial Boot Camp will prepare finalists for the competition by helping them to enhance the quality of their business plans and presentation skills. The Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies provides an umbrella for NYU Stern's entrepreneurship and innovation program and is dedicated to conducting and supporting entrepreneurship research and education. The cash award is made available through a generous grant from Ira Leon Rennert, MBA '56, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Renco Group Inc. and member of NYU Stern's Board of Overseers. Competition Finals: Schedule and Registration Information April 25, 2003 Henry Kaufman Management Center NYU Stern School of Business 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Presentation of Final Three Teams 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Reception and Awards Ceremony You must register to attend the final presentation or the cocktail reception. To register, please contact the Office of Alumni Affairs at (212) 998-4040 or alumni@stern.nyu.edu. If you have any questions about the Competition, please contact Loretta Poole at (212) 998-0074 or lpoole@stern.nyu.edu.