Our signature event, IdeaPitch is simple: you pitch your idea to our stellar panel of judges, they give you invaluable feedback, and, if you have one of the top three pitches, we’ll cut you a big fat check – $1500, $1000 and $500 to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, respectively. Get pumped.
Author Archive
Spring 2011 Idea Pitch Competition
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011Kevin Gadd from Venture Highway
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011Kevin Gadd will be visiting the BBC on Tuesday, May 17 at 7:30pm in the Ohio Union Senate Chamber. Kevin is the Founder and CEO of Venture Highway, which provides a wide variety of valuable resources and consulting to entrepreneurs who want to start, grow, and eventually exit their own business. Kevin is also a Principal at IPH Partners and the Director of IT Commercialization at TechColumbus. Kevin has a strong business background and was the co-founder of an IT company which was acquired in 2005. He graduated with an MBA from Franklin University and received a B.A. in German from Ohio State.
Brent Voss from Key Bank
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011Brent Voss, the Branch Manager for the new Key Bank being constructed on High St. across of the Union, will be visiting to tell us about the wide variety of banking issues that new entrepreneurs face. He’s also going to share a sweet deal that Key is offering to BBC members who use Key for their business banking!
Sylvester Chisom
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011This week Sylvester Chisom, one of the authors of The Young Entrepreneur s Guide To Success, is speaking. This is a must read for developing entrepreneurs. The roadmap this guide provides is guaranteed to Motivate, Inspire, & Educate. He is also a part of Yorktown Publishing which is a division of the ChaseMedia Group, a leader in the communications and advertising industry in the Hudson Valley for more than 40 years, and has been in the website development and hosting business since 1996. He is going to be a very interesting speaker and will be able to offer lots of insights into the field of entrepreneurship.
BBC Bootcamp
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011Do you sit in our meetings wishing you understood half of the tech talk that happens? Or maybe you have an idea for a business but need some technical know-how in order to actualize your idea?
Well we have a golden opportunity for you to come learn all about web apps, key terms and buzz words, and general information for web startups and development. There is no prior experience necessary for this bootcamp.
Fall Idea Pitch winner Steve Gacka is one of the impressive students that will be leading the bootcamp, along with Elliot Chong and Peter Gerstmann of Resource Interactive. Resource Interactive works with clients as high profile as Coca-Cola, and they are coming to campus to work with us. You do not want to miss this BBC Members-Only event.
Mike Figliuolo
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011At 7:30pm we will be hearing from Mike Figliuolo, founder of thoughtLEADERS. Mike graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1993 where he was an honor graduate and a Distinguished Cadet. He was recently named the Columbus, Ohio Small Business Leader of the Year for 2010 by the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and Business First. Mike is also a member of the Ohio TechAngel Fund, a principal at weBuild (a web/mobile accelerator), the CEO of TiXiT (an event ticket discount site), the founder of SimpleMile (a droid-based business service app), a founder of FreakJet.com (a humor site), and the author of the upcoming leadership book One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership.
Nathan Hurd
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011At 7:30pm, we’ll be hearing some BBC history from our founding father, Nathan Hurd, unfortunately saying some goodbyes and also ushering in a new leadership team. This will be a huge BBC night, you don’t want to miss club history! Of course pizza at Woody’s after the meeting.
The Winter 2011 IdeaPitch Competition
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011Our signature event, IdeaPitch is simple: you pitch your idea to our stellar panel of judges, they give you invaluable feedback, and, if you have one of the top three pitches, we’ll cut you a big fat check – $1500, $1000 and $500 to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, respectively. Get pumped.
The 2011 Entrepreneurship Spectacular
Friday, January 21st, 2011Entrepreneurship is spectacular. It drives economic growth worldwide and is responsible for the cars we drive, the planes we fly, the smartphones we love, and the beer that makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside. This is why we’re bringing over a dozen entrepreneurs for three panel discussions regarding entrepreneurship, followed by an earth-shattering keynote and a career fair that doesn’t suck. We’re even going to provide lunch. Fear not, even this will rule. Don’t miss out.
