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Events Calendar

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	3pm Halloween Social Outdoors - Costumes Welcome Halloween Social Outdoors - Costumes Welcome Monday, October 31st, 2022 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM Storrs Campus Student Union Firepit Join the Werth Institute for a night of s'mores and hot cocoa! Contact Information: Ian Bender, ian.bender@uconn.edu More	11am Entrepreneurship & Innovation Policy Research Entrepreneurship & Innovation Policy Research Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Other Virtual Are you interested in entrepreneurship and innovation policy? The Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation co-organizes the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Virtual Research Seminar Series! Join the mailing list for seminar announcements here: https://mailchi.mp/3d0399d764f5/eip-virtual-research-seminar Governments around the world enact policies that affect technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. An increasing number of scholars are investigating these topics, which has implications on policy design and program implementation. Yet, scholars lack a forum for presenting their work. This virtual seminar series will fill this gap—bringing together the insights from academia and policy application—thereby increasing our understanding of policy issues and build a forum for expressing these ideas and a supportive community to nourish them. The next seminar will be on November 1: from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm ET. Chuck Eesley (Stanford) will present "Confluence of Tech and Talent: Return Migration and Rural Online Entrepreneurship" (paper with W. Koo). Elena Kulchina (N. Carolina State U) will discuss. Please register for the event here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvdu6opjksGNZBsShS2uCK60-4lFubDlYJ Contact Information: Timothy Folta, timothy.folta@uconn.edu More				6:30am Push for Entrepreneurship - Werth Team building outing 9-1pm - Fairfield University, Audrey Larson & Ian Bender Push for Entrepreneurship - Werth Team building outing 9-1pm - Fairfield University, Audrey Larson & Ian Bender Saturday, November 5th, 2022 06:30 AM - 03:00 PM Other Fairfield University Join the Werth Institute's Push for Entrepreneurship fund raising team! The Werth Institute will send a bus of students to participate in the 11/5 event at Fairfield University. Sign up for the bus today or just join the fundraising team if you can't attend that day. RSVP with the following link: http://shorturl.at/dCE78 . Click this following link to join the fundraising team: http://shorturl.at/bcgnS Contact Information: Ian Bender, ian.bender@uconn.edu More
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				9am Werth Institute Social Breakfast Werth Institute Social Breakfast Thursday, November 10th, 2022 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM Storrs Campus Wilbur Cross Building, 1st Floor 1C1, 104F conference room All UConn students are invited to stop by the Werth Institute's office for free bagels and coffee! Chat with Werth Institute staff and other students about idea and project support or to learn about upcoming opportunities! We love to hear your updates! RSVP with the following link: http://shorturl.at/yHV67 Contact Information: Ian Bender, ian.bender@uconn.edu More
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	9am Werth Institute Social Breakfast Werth Institute Social Breakfast Monday, November 14th, 2022 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM Storrs Campus Wilbur Cross Building, 1st Floor 1C1, 104F conference room All UConn students are invited to stop by the Werth Institute's office for free bagels and coffee! Chat with Werth Institute staff and other students about idea and project support or to learn about upcoming opportunities! We love to hear your updates! RSVP with the following link: http://shorturl.at/bAGPV Contact Information: Ian Bender, ian.bender@uconn.edu More		11am Entrepreneurship & Innovation Policy Research Entrepreneurship & Innovation Policy Research Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Other Virtual Are you interested in entrepreneurship and innovation policy? The Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation co-organizes the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Virtual Research Seminar Series! Join the mailing list for seminar announcements here: https://mailchi.mp/3d0399d764f5/eip-virtual-research-seminar Governments around the world enact policies that affect technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. An increasing number of scholars are investigating these topics, which has implications on policy design and program implementation. Yet, scholars lack a forum for presenting their work. This virtual seminar series will fill this gap—bringing together the insights from academia and policy application—thereby increasing our understanding of policy issues and build a forum for expressing these ideas and a supportive community to nourish them. The next seminar will be on November 16: from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm ET. Khonika Gope (Stanford) will present "The Impact of Accelerator Training on the Career Trajectory of Individual Entrepreneurs" Please register for the event here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudOqhrTkqGt3wQvPTD9BGupA0boWluomS Contact Information: Timothy Folta, timothy.folta@uconn.edu More
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		9am Werth Institute Social Breakfast Werth Institute Social Breakfast Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM Storrs Campus Wilbur Cross Building, 1st Floor 1C1, 104F Conference Room All UConn students are invited to stop by the Werth Institute's office for free bagels and coffee! Chat with Werth Institute staff and other students about idea and project support or to learn about upcoming opportunities! We love to hear your updates! RSVP with the following link: http://shorturl.at/depOU Contact Information: Ian Bender, ian.bender@uconn.edu More	6pm CCEI Get Seeded Pitch Night 3 CCEI Get Seeded Pitch Night 3 Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM Other virtual Get Seeded was developed to give students the opportunity to help move their business ideas forward by providing them with seed funding, mentorship, and next step resources. Here’s how it works: 1. Interested students can apply to pitch an idea at one of our “Shark Tank style” pitch nights 2. Selected participants will then pitch their idea for 5 minutes at one of our virtual pitch nights to members of the audience 3. At the end of the night, the audience votes for their favorite ideas 4. The top 3 teams of the night will win $1,000, $750 and $500 respectively, in non-dilutive seed funding towards their new business venture or idea! 5. In April, the top five teams from our pitch nights are invited to pitch at Demo Day, where teams can win up to $5,000 in seed funding! 2022-2023 Pitch Nights Monday, September 26, 6pm Tuesday, October 25, 6pm Wednesday, November 30, 6pm Tuesday, January 31, 6pm Monday, February 20, 6pm Demo Day: April 18, 5pm Apply to pitch at Get Seeded HERE: https://ccei.uconn.edu/getseeded/ Teams are selected up to one week prior to the pitch night. RSVP to attend an upcoming pitch night HERE: https://ccei.uconn.edu/getseeded/ Contact Information: Alycia Chrosniak, alycia.chrosniak@uconn.edu More

11/1Entrepreneurship & Innovation Policy Research

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Policy Research
Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Other
Virtual

Are you interested in entrepreneurship and innovation policy? The Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation co-organizes the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Virtual Research Seminar Series! Join the mailing list for seminar announcements here: https://mailchi.mp/3d0399d764f5/eip-virtual-research-seminar

Governments around the world enact policies that affect technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. An increasing number of scholars are investigating these topics, which has implications on policy design and program implementation. Yet, scholars lack a forum for presenting their work. This virtual seminar series will fill this gap—bringing together the insights from academia and policy application—thereby increasing our understanding of policy issues and build a forum for expressing these ideas and a supportive community to nourish them.

The next seminar will be on November 1: from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm ET. Chuck Eesley (Stanford) will present "Confluence of Tech and Talent: Return Migration and Rural Online Entrepreneurship" (paper with W. Koo). Elena Kulchina (N. Carolina State U) will discuss.
Please register for the event here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvdu6opjksGNZBsShS2uCK60-4lFubDlYJ

Contact Information: Timothy Folta, timothy.folta@uconn.edu More

11/5Push for Entrepreneurship - Werth Team building outing 9-1pm - Fairfield University, Audrey Larson & Ian Bender

Push for Entrepreneurship - Werth Team building outing 9-1pm - Fairfield University, Audrey Larson & Ian Bender
Saturday, November 5th, 2022
06:30 AM - 03:00 PM

Other
Fairfield University

Join the Werth Institute's Push for Entrepreneurship fund raising team! The Werth Institute will send a bus of students to participate in the 11/5 event at Fairfield University. Sign up for the bus today or just join the fundraising team if you can't attend that day. RSVP with the following link: http://shorturl.at/dCE78 . Click this following link to join the fundraising team: http://shorturl.at/bcgnS

Contact Information: Ian Bender, ian.bender@uconn.edu More

11/10Werth Institute Social Breakfast

Werth Institute Social Breakfast
Thursday, November 10th, 2022
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Storrs Campus
Wilbur Cross Building, 1st Floor 1C1, 104F conference room

All UConn students are invited to stop by the Werth Institute's office for free bagels and coffee! Chat with Werth Institute staff and other students about idea and project support or to learn about upcoming opportunities! We love to hear your updates! RSVP with the following link: http://shorturl.at/yHV67

Contact Information: Ian Bender, ian.bender@uconn.edu More

11/14Werth Institute Social Breakfast

Werth Institute Social Breakfast
Monday, November 14th, 2022
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Storrs Campus
Wilbur Cross Building, 1st Floor 1C1, 104F conference room

All UConn students are invited to stop by the Werth Institute's office for free bagels and coffee! Chat with Werth Institute staff and other students about idea and project support or to learn about upcoming opportunities! We love to hear your updates! RSVP with the following link: http://shorturl.at/bAGPV

Contact Information: Ian Bender, ian.bender@uconn.edu More

11/16Entrepreneurship & Innovation Policy Research

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Policy Research
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Other
Virtual

Are you interested in entrepreneurship and innovation policy? The Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation co-organizes the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Virtual Research Seminar Series! Join the mailing list for seminar announcements here: https://mailchi.mp/3d0399d764f5/eip-virtual-research-seminar

Governments around the world enact policies that affect technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. An increasing number of scholars are investigating these topics, which has implications on policy design and program implementation. Yet, scholars lack a forum for presenting their work. This virtual seminar series will fill this gap—bringing together the insights from academia and policy application—thereby increasing our understanding of policy issues and build a forum for expressing these ideas and a supportive community to nourish them.

The next seminar will be on November 16: from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm ET. Khonika Gope (Stanford) will present "The Impact of Accelerator Training on the Career Trajectory of Individual Entrepreneurs"
Please register for the event here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudOqhrTkqGt3wQvPTD9BGupA0boWluomS

Contact Information: Timothy Folta, timothy.folta@uconn.edu More

11/29Werth Institute Social Breakfast

Werth Institute Social Breakfast
Tuesday, November 29th, 2022
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Storrs Campus
Wilbur Cross Building, 1st Floor 1C1, 104F Conference Room

All UConn students are invited to stop by the Werth Institute's office for free bagels and coffee! Chat with Werth Institute staff and other students about idea and project support or to learn about upcoming opportunities! We love to hear your updates! RSVP with the following link: http://shorturl.at/depOU

Contact Information: Ian Bender, ian.bender@uconn.edu More

11/30CCEI Get Seeded Pitch Night 3

CCEI Get Seeded Pitch Night 3
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM

Other
virtual

Get Seeded was developed to give students the opportunity to help move their business ideas forward by providing them with seed funding, mentorship, and next step resources.

Here’s how it works:

1. Interested students can apply to pitch an idea at one of our “Shark Tank style” pitch nights

2. Selected participants will then pitch their idea for 5 minutes at one of our virtual pitch nights to members of the audience

3. At the end of the night, the audience votes for their favorite ideas

4. The top 3 teams of the night will win $1,000, $750 and $500 respectively, in non-dilutive seed funding towards their new business venture or idea!

5. In April, the top five teams from our pitch nights are invited to pitch at Demo Day, where teams can win up to $5,000 in seed funding!

2022-2023 Pitch Nights
Monday, September 26, 6pm
Tuesday, October 25, 6pm
Wednesday, November 30, 6pm
Tuesday, January 31, 6pm
Monday, February 20, 6pm
Demo Day: April 18, 5pm

Apply to pitch at Get Seeded HERE: https://ccei.uconn.edu/getseeded/

Teams are selected up to one week prior to the pitch night.

RSVP to attend an upcoming pitch night HERE: https://ccei.uconn.edu/getseeded/

Contact Information: Alycia Chrosniak, alycia.chrosniak@uconn.edu More