Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Entrepreneurs Organization

The Santa Clara Entrepreneurs Organization (SCEO) provides a forum for networking and learning outside of the classroom.  The CIE works together with the club to bring exciting networking events, competitions, lectures and unique opportunities to aspiring entrepreneurs of all majors.

CIE Advisory Board Member Marc van den Berg serves as SCEO Chair and Dan Aguiar, Executive Director of Entrepreneurship Programs, serves as SCEO Advisor and club sponsor.  Please click here for a message from Marc van den Berg. 

2012-2013 SCEO Officers

President
Emily Armstead

Vice President
Jonathan Meneze

Secretary
Bridget Nelson

Treasurer
Charlotte Witter

Operations and Events
Joel Engelmann

Communications
Mark Eggenberger

Webmaster
Luc Iyer

From SCEO 2009-2010 Co-President Bret Gladfelty:

"The SCEO is here to get students to think outside the box and connect to give direction and help promote the concept of entrepreneurship regardless of major.  

An established Business Student Association in the Leavey School of Business, we focus on advancing entrepreneurship with competitions, business endeavors and workshops. Our elevator pitch competition with a $500 prize to the top idea is just one of the many opportunities available.  A core group of members attended the CEO conference in Chicago and we look forward to putting the knowlege and connections we established there into practice with all of you as we move forward."

Business Plan Competition

$1,000 Cash Prize sponsored by the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

The annual SCEO Business Plan Competition is scheduled for Thursday, April 25, 7-9 pm, Lucas Hall 126~Forbes Family Conference Center.  Share your game-changing business plan and prepare a team presentation.  A workshop on elements of a successful slide deck will be held on April 18 at the SCEO General Meeting.

Workshop:  Thursday, April 18, Time TBA, Locatelli Center

Competition:  Thursday, April 18, 7 pm, Lucas Hall 126

Competition Details 

Interested in watching?  Spectators are welcome and encouraged!!

 

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SCEO Competitions Archive

 

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SCEO Business Plan Competition 2012

May 17th, 2012

This year's SCEO Business Plan Competition, which was sponsored by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, displayed a fantastic gathering of innovative ideas from SCU students.The competition is designed to promote and foster students with their entrepreneurial projects and ideas.The winner will also receive a $1000 grand prize to promote their venture.With a panel of Venture Capitalists and Professor's judging the competition, the winner came down to a tough decision.The winner of this year's annual Business Plan Competition went to Sammy Pontrelli and Saayeli Mukherjee's winning idea, 2DPN (Two Dimensional Paper Network).2DPN is a test strip, scientifically designed to detect any bacterial or waterborne illnesses.

"Our product is specifically designed for third world countries," Senior Sammy Pontrelli says."we would be able to make 2DPN at a very low cost because it's paper so it would be easy to manufacture."The Bio-engineering major met his soon-to-be business partner, Saayeli Mukerjee, a Finance major, only a week before the competition.The duo, who went first in the competition, didn't believe they did very well."We ended up leaving for a quick drink because we thought we didn't do that well compared to everyone else."To their surprise, upon returning to the competition, 2DPN was announced as this year's winning team.

"I'll probably put the money towards the project.I want to develop the technology to make 2DPN actually happen to form a conglomerate of bacterial diagnosis.Or it might just go towards my housing."Either way, the pair did a fantastic job and we can't wait to see how 2DPN develops in the future.

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 Be A VC Competition

February 16, 2012

Your Venture Group will soon be holding its yearly strategy session. The Partners in your firm have turned to you to create an initial investment thesis on ONE of the two following sectors: Cloud Computing or Mobile . Given that your fund has a 5-year investment horizon, $200 million of capital, and reserves up to $20 million of capital per prospective investment, you will make a 15 minute presentation to lay out your investment thesis on the chosen sector and recommend an attractive investment opportunity to the partnership based on your thesis.

Register here by February 10th to be eligible to receive up to $1000 in prizes.

Official Rules:

• Teams of 3 to 4 current undergraduate students
• 10 Slides, 1 page outline
• 15 Minute Presentation + 5 minutes for Q&A
• Registration due February 10th, 2011
• Competition on February 16th, 2011

This competition is an internal competition used in preparation for the regional competition in April with both Stanford and UC Berkeley.
Example Slides from Previous SCU Winners/Contestants:
NorthScale (1st place in Internal Competition, 2nd place in Regional Competition) Team: Dean Hoang, Aris Harutyunyan, Preet Anand, more info here

Associated Content (First place in Internal Competition, 3rd Place in Regional Competition) Team: Chaz Flexman, more info here

More Info on the Regional Competition:Click here

Congratulations to the winners: Vincent Fong, Vaishali Parekh and Chewy Jang!

Double congratulations to Chewy Jang, who was also the winner of the SCEO Elevator Pitch Competition held in the Fall.  This competition and prizes were sponsored by the CIE:

 

Be a Barista Competition

February 9, 2012

 

 Do you have what it takes to become a barista? Come test your skills and see what it is like for a day. On February 9th, SCEO will be hosting a new competition to see who can make the best combination of a  non –alcoholic drink. In a team of one, two, or many, create a drink of your choice and sell it to the student body of Santa Clara. Each team will be given $50 and keeps the profit from each sale!

Register here by February 8th to be eligible to receive $50 for your team.


Official Rules:

• One or more people should be at the table at all times
• Must be some sort of potable liquid
• In progress: Can only accept credit and cash unless an SCEO member present at the table
• Must use only the space provided by SCEO
• Make sure the beverages are school appropriate
• $50 limit for all re-imbursements
• Its good to do it in groups so that you all can take shifts throughout the day
• We have the tables from 10-4 but maximize your time!!
• Please give your receipts to an SCEO board member before you leave the event!