What is TigerLaunch?
events
April Frenzy at the EClub
We have seven big events in April:
April 9: Idea Factory
April 16: Alan Newman, Founder of Magic Hat Brewery + Beer Tasting!
April 17: Environmental Entrepreneurship Panel
April 22: Dwight Merriman, Founder of DoubleClick + Networking Event
April 23: Idea Factory
April 28: Tim Ferriss, Author of The 4-Hour Workweek
April 30: Idea Factory
Read on for more details
Past Competitions
TigerLaunch 2009
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1st Place: Memrise - Greg Detre *10
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Prize: $7,000 + TigerLaunch@Plug&Play
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2nd Place: Exhibytes - Carter Cleveland '09
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Prize: $3,000 + TigerLaunch@Plug&Play
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3rd Place: Sonno - Muneeb Ali G1
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Prize: $2,000
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Best Written Business Plan: Sonno - Muneeb Ali G1
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Prize: $1,000
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Audience Favorite: Exhibytes - Carter Cleveland '09
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Prize: $1,000
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Speaker Series
The Princeton Entrepreneurship Club’s Speaker Series brings some of the most successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and business executives of our time to campus. Instituted in 2006, the Speaker Series gives students an opportunity to hear about and learn from these figures’ experiences, successes, and failures. We hold a diverse range of events, from large lectures to smaller, more intimate dinner discussions, as well as workshops focusing on a specific skill such as writing a business plan or giving an elevator pitch.
This year our speakers have included Bill Rasmussen, the founder of ESPN, Robin Chase, the founder of ZipCar, and Michael Michalowicz, author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, to campus.
Bill Rasmussen
On September 23rd, Bill Rasmussen, the founder of ESPN, kicked off our annual speaker series by lecturing to a crowd of 50 students about his experiences with ESPN and his latest venture, CollegeFanz.com. He discussed the not-so-pleasant beginnings of ESPN, particularly how the network was launched from inside a van in the station's parking lot, and encouraged students to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams despite times like that when the going gets tough.
Television Visionary, ESPN founder speaks, By Peter Tucci:
Bill Rasmussen, the founder of the ESPN cable sports network, described his experience starting ESPN and encouraged his audience of about 50 students to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams in a lecture hosted by the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club...[Full Text]
Check out Bill's newest venture at CollegeFanz.com
Bill Rasmussen's remarks to the EClub
Robin Chase
Robin Chase, the founder of ZipCar, kicked off TigerLaunch 2009 with a lecture about her experiences with foundidng ZipCar, GoLoco, and Meadow Networks. Her discussion focused on how entrepreneurs need to learn from instead of being discouraged by setbacks while trying to start a business as well as the importance of a start-up's culture and the values you incorporate into its daily operations. This event generated significant interest in TigerLaunch as evidenced in the 30 participants we had for Princeton Pitch, a preliminary event for this year's competition.
ZipCar founder: Entrepreneurs should learn from failure; By Melanie Jearlds
Starting a business is a daunting task, but the key to an entrepreneur's success is not letting the challenges of the endeavor squash ambition, Zipcar founder and former CEO Robin Chase said to a few dozen students during a lecture...[Full Text]
Video of Lecture
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News and Press Releases
Entrepreneurs juggle school with business
April 16th, 2009
With fewer jobs available for graduating seniors, some students are looking to create their own.
“I think that it’s the best time to start [a company],” said Carter Cleveland ’09. Cleveland said he plans to move to Silicon Valley after graduation to work on his startup online service, exhibytes.com, a virtual art gallery that allows artists to buy, share and sell their work on social networking websites.
