The Ideas Competition's live finals were held on November 8th. This is our first pitch competition of the year, featuring early stage entrepreneurs. 10 teams captivated a hybrid audience with pitches spanning assistive devices, canine skin cancer detection, task swapping solutions for college students, online privacy management, creative ways to connect renters with landlords and more. These pitches represented the diversity of thought that is a hallmark of our students.
Heartfelt congrats to our winning teams: Moovu, Lynx, and Polar Privacy for winning the Judges Choice Awards, Rent Right for winning the Most Promising Undergraudate Team Award, and SkillBridge for winning the Audience Choice Award. Great job all!
Join us for a fireside chat and reception with successful real estate entrepreneur and renowned philanthropist, Bill Cummings, A58, H06, J97P, M97P. Bill is the founder of Cummings Properties. In 1986, Bill and Joyce Cummings established Cummings Foundation, which has grown to be one of the three largest private foundations in New England. Professor Usha Pasi, experienced nonprofit leader, will be moderating the fireside chat with Bill.
Join us at Tufts University for a fireside chat with two hardware founders: Matt Fonte, Founder & President of ColdSnap, and Alicia Chong Rodriguez, Founder & CEO of BloomerTech. Learn what it takes to build two wildly different hardware companies: One that serves delicious frozen desserts, one serving at a time, and another that transforms cardiovascular health for women, one bra at a time. The fireside chat will be moderated by Professor Elaine Chen, who herself is a hardware entrepreneur.
DU Speaker Series - Transforming to a New and Better World
Nov 30th, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Join us in a star-studded panel discussion with experienced PE and real estate leaders, Rebecca Bendetson, Dan Doherty, and Brian Kavoogian, moderated by Professor Jack Derby with further questions from Forbesbooks, David Radlo (DU and AS ‘86). Learn how leaders are reducing the racial wealth gap and investing in underserved communities, financing local sustainable growth, and unlock the secret to creating high paying jobs and giving back where it matters.
Boston University's Innovate@BU is hosting the Cross University Student Innovators (CUSI) mixer on December 7, 2023 from 5pm-7pm. Connect with other innovators eager to change the world, meet potential cofounders or team members, and chat with people who understand #startuplife.
CUSI is a multi-school collaboration between MIT, Harvard, Tufts, Babson, Boston University, UMass Lowell and many more.
Tufts was proud to be the host for the well attended September 2023 CUSI mixer at the Joyce Cummings Center. We will continue the tradition of running the Pitch to Match segment of the CUSI event at BU.
Tufts Fletcher team Raitagyana recently participated in a pitch competition in Toronto at the 70th Annual MEDA convention. The team won the Audience Favorite award, along with $5,000 and a year of executive coaching.
Raitagyana's mission is to empower smallholder farmers in southwestern India. Raitagyana won the Fletcher D-Prize in 2023 and was part of the 2023 Tufts Venture Accelerator, sponsored by the Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts. Congratulations, Team Raitagyana!
On November 28, we will launch the biggest giving day of the year - #TuftsGivingTuesday (TGT for short)! This year we have three challenge donors, whose gifts total $17,500. These gifts will be progressively unlocked when we reach 25, 50 and 75 gifts.
Bookmark our TGT page and visit it after Nov 26 for more information. You can also make an early gift, and it will count towards TGT. Please select this Destination: "Arts, Sciences, & Engineering / Other - Please Specify" and write in "Derby Entrepreneurship Center".
This is your chance to personally help fund programs that directly impact the next wave of #Jumbopreneurs. Thank you for your support!
At TechConnect we bring together technologies, innovators, and industry leading innovation seekers to accelerate technology licensing, transfer, and commercialization. Register for TechConnect
Tufts Young Alumni Events - Multiple November Dates
Tufts University is hosting events for Tufts alumni 1-10 years out in November across 5 cities, NYC, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco and DC. Connect with your classmates and meet new connections! Register for Young Alumni Events
Tufts Entrepreneurial Network - Holiday Party! - Dec 13
TEN Chapter is having its end of year social one month from today, 12/13 at the new Lamplighter Brewery location at Cambridge Crossing. Spread some holiday cheer with fellow alumni interested in entrepreneurship, startups, venture capital, social impact, innovation, and technology over food and drinks. Any alumnus interested or curious about these spaces and entrepreneurial thinking is welcome to join. Elaine Chen, Director of the Derby Entrepreneurship Center and Professor of the Practice, will be there to give us an update as to what’s going on at the Center.
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