ENTREPRENEURIAL IDOL

Are you a budding entrepreneur looking to network? Then come to the exciting Entrepreneur Idol session at the OPEN Forum on June 2nd, 2012

The Entrepreneur Idol event is a rapid-fire startup competition where six entrepreneurs will have the chance to pitch their ideas – in 5 minutes or less – to a live audience and a panel of judges and VCs from Angel, Sequoia, Alloy, Redpoint, Mayfield, etc.

We will have pitches from a number of startups. Some of the startups are:

Fermyon (mobile app for retail and mobile payment)
Nextbox (what next in Email, smart email platform)
CareMerge (cloudbased app for senior care, untapped market for aged baby boomers)
InVup (online platform for connecting corporate giving & employee volunteers), ChemIn10 (e-learning platform)

May the best Entrepreneur Win!!

Moderator:
Adil Syed, Associate Redpoint Ventures
Farooq Javed, Associate Rho Ventures

Judges:
Carol Sands, Founder Angel Forum
Riaz Karamali, Partner Corporate Practice Group at Shepperd Mullin
Rehan Jalil , Venture Advisor Mayfield Fund
Aaref Hilaly, Partner Sequoia Capital