Bauer Students and Alum to Battle for Investors at Shark Tank Auditions
Life as an entrepreneur can be incredibly competitive and bringing a new product to market by finding investors can be messy. But at least it makes good television. At the end of May, University of Houston C.T. Bauer College of Business will have a special casting call for the popular TV show Shark Tank. Continue reading…
Mark Cuban offers up to $500,000 to Booth MBA For Inflatable Lights Startup On Shark Tank
Chicago Booth MBA student Andrea Sreshta and her business partner Anna Stork appeared television’s “Shark Tank” to seek funding for their inflatable solar-powered light startup, LuminAID. The group received offers from all five investors, including entrepreneur and billionaire Mark Cuban, who made the winning bid. Cuban offered $200,000 for a 15 percent stake in LuminAID, plus an option to lead the next round of investing with $300,000. Continue reading…
Carey Concludes Its First Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business had it first Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for biomedical entrepreneurs conclude on August 29 with a poster session and a Shark Tank-style pitch event. Nearly two dozen research teams presented their work during the poster session after hearing from experts in team building, founders’ equity, intellectual property, venture management, and other key topics of interest for biomedical start-up enterprises. Continue reading…
