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The UConn Entrepreneur Bootcamp for 2014 Veterans business pitch competition

Reality Crowd TV is broad to present a live broadcast of a business pitch competition being held at the University of Connecticut under the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities program (http://ebv.business.uconn.edu/).

This Year's Program & Class
 
The Business Pitch Competition is the culminating exercise of more than a month of study and work on their business ideas. It is the first opportunities veterans have to pitch their business ideas to an independent panel of subject matter experts, venture capitalists, angel investors, and entrepreneurs.

Our class this year consists of 26 veterans, 19 males, and 7 females. They represent all 5 uniformed services, and come from 14 states across the country. Among them are 6 purple hearts and 3 decorations for valor in combat, and one survivor of the 9/11 Pentagon attack. We have 2 PhDs, 4 with 2 masters degrees, and 10 with masters degrees. 22 out of 26 have (or are working on) a bachelor’s degree. 22 out of 26 have served in combat theaters in Iraq, Afghanistan, or north Africa in the recent wars.

Judges include:

Eddie Binder – principal, Apex Growth
Rob Hughes – formerly COO of TopCoder (a leader in gov’t crowd-sourcing)
Laurie Paternoster – an entrepreneur and shareholder in TopCoder
Aakar Vachhani – Fairview Capital of Hartford
Aaron Clay – Fairview Capital
Sharad Patney – Managing Partner, Vlink Inc
Kevin Bouley – Principal, NERAC
Neal Conlon – senior project manager, Shore Group Associates
Scott Longley – principal, Eidolon Consulting
Joe Sweet – formerly of the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, now of counsel at UConn
Mike Wisniewski – Investment associate at CT Innovations
Charlotte Creech – principal, Combat2Career

About EBV

In 2010, the University of Connecticut’s School of Business was honored to become a member of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) consortium of business schools and universities. We are grateful for the privilege of working with our inaugural class of between 15 and 20 disabled veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Our goal is to provide these veterans with the education, skills, and contacts that will help make their passion for starting and owning their own businesses a reality.

The School of Business is proud to participate in this very special program that helps give back just a little to individuals who have sacrificed so much for our country. In addition, EBV demonstrates the power of entrepreneurship in our communities by fostering an essential route for job creation and economic vitality.

EBV also serves a critical function in helping our disabled vets work through their physical limitations, psychological challenges, and social obstacles. EBV brings together a dedicated UConn community of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and others to rally around this special class of exceptional individuals.

Please join us in supporting our veterans who, after distinguishing themselves for our country, will soon be garnering accolades as entrepreneurial leaders in our communities!

For more information about the EBV program, please visit:  http://ebv.business.uconn.edu/