YOU'RE INVITED to tonight's XcellR8 Event!
Come hear Ernesto Ortega-Hernandez, Nicole Gauer, and Shimona Singh pitch their idea for an app that brings people together around food! They will present to entrepreneurs who will help them take their idea to the next step. ALL students welcome! Thinking entrepreneurially and innovatively is a skill ANY MAJOR can learn and apply!
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XcellR8 Event Series
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Nerac, Inc., a Mansfield, CT company that supports innovation and start-up companies has partnered with the UConn Learning Community Program and the Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation to bring entrepreneurs, experts, and angel investors together to provide feedback to students and alumni pitching their ideas.
… DATES: Monday, February 26 | Monday, April 2 | Monday, April
… TIME: 6:30-7:30 pm
… LOCATION: Werth Tower, NextGen Forum room 112
… WHO: ALL students, faculty, and staff are welcome
WANT MORE? Sign up for UConn's hackathon:
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HackUConn 2018 || Theme: Sports & Games
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What is a student hackathon? An event that brings together hundreds of students for a high-energy weekend where they work with a team, most likely made up of strangers, to solve a problem head on. Together, they use technology to transform ideas into reality. Whether you build a website, an app, or a hardware/product hack, the goal is to start from scratch and end with a working prototype. When time runs out, teams demo what they’ve come up with and compete for prizes. It is open to all majors in all years and there will be professional mentors available to provide guidance and support.
This year’s hackathon theme is sports and gaming – some solve problems that exist in these industries! Top prize is $1500. Last year’s winning teams went on with their ideas to compete in Innovation Quest and other competitions.
LEARN MORE & SIGN-UP HERE: https://www.hackuconn.org
… DATES: Friday, April 6 to Saturday, April 7
… START TIME: 4pm Friday, April 6 (see website for updates)
… LOCATION: Werth Tower, NextGen Forum room 112
… WHO: ALL students are welcome! Faculty/staff/community partners interested in mentoring/judging.
… FOOD & CAFFEINE will be provided to fuel your ideas! You don’t need an idea to join!
Sponsors: Entrepreneurship & Innovation Society, Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, First Year Programs & Learning Communities, The Gawlicki Family Foundation, and other companies to be announced
Questions? Email contact@hackuconn.org
For more information, contact: Melissa at melissa.foreman@uconn.edu