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September 8, 2009
Campus Center - Odeum Room
Doors open for networking: 5:30 p.m.
Meeting: 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Cost: Free to $125 members, $30 non-members
Pre-registration now available

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June 9, 2009

Topic: Five-Minute Pitch Contest

Justin Aborn

Robert J. Crowley

Laura Ring

Patrick R.H. Waller

W. Lambert Welling

Pitch Contestants Aim for Prize

Five minutes can change a company’s future. Close to a dozen finalists will compete on June 9 in the third annual WPI Venture Forum Five-Minute Pitch Contest. At stake will be bragging rights and two cash prizes: one for winning over the panel of five judges and the second for the audience favorite.

Contestants for this final round were selected by a panel of industry professionals based on the quality of their business profile submitted in April. Each five-minute pitch will be followed by a two-minute open discussion between the judges and the entrepreneur.

The judges will then rate each case on its business model, innovation, market opportunity, leadership team, and presentation quality. The audience will do the same through handheld wireless voting devices. After a brief deliberation, the judges will select the winner of the top prize. Electronic voting results will determine the audience prize.

The judging team for this year’s contest includes industry heavyweights Justin Aborn, CTO & Chief Scientist, General Compression, Inc.; Robert J. Crowley, President, Massachusetts Technology Development Corp.; Laura Ring, Vice President of Strategic Relations, Castile Ventures; Patrick R.H. Waller, Shareholder, Wolf Greenfield, P.C.; and W. Lambert Welling, Managing Director at MedTech Capital, Inc.

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