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Viterbi Business Model Competitions 2016
Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition (MEPC)
Information Session
Gianlucca LazziAlice LiuPai-Ling Yin
Mission and Overview
Maseeh EntrepreneurshipPrizeCompetition(MEPC):• Engineeringschool’sflagshipbusinesspitchcompetition• Inspireengineerstotackletoday’sbiggestchallenges• Helpbridgegapbetweenideas/researchandmarketplace
Programinanutshell:• NSFInnovationCorps“I-Corps”businessworkshops• Seasonedmentorsincommercialization• $150Kinimplementationgrants,awards,andprizes• Culminatesinafinalswithinvestors
Recent Winners
NoseKnows:Apptomakeiteasiertorecoverrunawaydogsandotherpetsusingindividualized
noseimprints
ThermalViewMonitoring:Betterimageguidancefor
cancerablation 2016
2017
2018
Apeiron:Technologythatextractsgraphenefromnaturalgas,resultinginzero-emissionenergy
Providing fast and effective concussion screening on the side-lines!
Team of Engineers, Doctors + Nurses
2015 Grand Prize Winner Brain Injury Research Systems
2014 Grand Prize Winner Comfort Correct
Team of Engineers
+ Dentists
Providing superior orthodontic treatment using programmable memory
wire!
“We turn numbers into insight,” creating meaning from spatial temporal data collected from motion-tracking camerasInvestors – Mark Stevens and Andy Rappaport
Customers – LA Clippers
2013 Grand Prize Winner Second Spectrum
Even if you don’t win…
David Hodge – 2011/2012 CSBA graduate, MEPC 2010
15-20teamswillbeselected• Eachteamgets$500CustomerDiscoveryGrant
~6entrepreneurshipworkshops• Customerdiscovery,businessmodelcanvas,intellectualproperty,start-up
financials,pitching
1+pool mentors• Dedicatedmentormatchedatkick-off• Expertmentorsatworkshop
• Poolofadditionalmentorsalsoavailable
4-5finalistsandmultiplewinners• Competefor$100K+cashprizesandlegalservices
Connection• TopteamshowcasedatViterbiAwards
$50K Grand Prize
Grand PrizeMEPC offers a grand prize of $50,000 to launch your
startup.
Free Legal ServicesFour finalists will win $50K in free legal services – $20K for first place, $15K for second place, $10K for third place, and $5K for fourth place.
Customer Discovery GrantsAll admitted teams will receive $500 to conduct customer discovery.
New Side Prize: Amazon Voice Prize
ToinspireandenablenextgenerationofcuriousmindstoinventthenextbigthinginconversationalAI
EligibilityConceptincludesvoicecapabilitiesorvoiceintegrationSameasMEPC,musthaveatleastoneVSoE student.
Access• SpecialAmazon-ledtechnicalworks
tohelpintegratevoicecapabilitiesintoyourstart-up
• Extrafundingforcustomerdiscoveryandimplementation
• Devicesandequipment• Amazontechnicalmentors
CashPrizes1stplace:$75002nd place:$50003rd place:$1000
KeyDates
Oct13 ApplicationdeadlineviaMEPC
Jan22 SpecialTechnicalWorkshop
AprilX Finals
ApplythougheitherMEPCorABC.CheckIwanttocompeteforAmazonVoiceprizeonyourapplication
Rules and Eligibility
TeamStructure• EachapplicationmustincludeanenrolledVSoE student founder• Facultyteammemberswelcome• MembersfromotherUSCschoolsencouragedtojointeams• Membersfromotherschoolsandoutsidecommunitiesaswell• Themaximumnumberofteammembersisfive
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Team of Engineers
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Competition Schedule
2018-2019 Schedule
Application Deadline11:59pm PT Sun, Oct 14, 2018
Kick-off Events Tues, Nov. 6, 2018Workshops November - MarchPitch Prep / Semi-Finals MarchFinal Presentations Early April
Join a team!
If you have an idea and need a team…Or want to find a team with an idea...
https://tinyurl.com/MEPCfindcofounder
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