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Mission
Membership Benefits
Contact: Andria Balogh, Mary Feng, Isha Ratanji, Salma Bargach, Email group officers
Mission
The Entrepreneurship Association (EA) is dedicated to fostering the innovative entrepreneurial spirit and vision in the Jones School community. Our members have interests in many different areas of new venture creation, from founding or managing a start-up to investing, advising, or serving as a corporate partner.
Membership Benefits
EA offers numerous opportunities for involvement. These include:
- Bi-weekly lunch seminars, with FREE lunch, topics range from: starting a start-up, funding a start-up, including boot-strapping and venture capital, whiteboard brainstorming sessions
- Guest lectures, offering valuable insights from entrepreneurs and investors
- Monthly visits to successful local start-ups and technology incubators
- Membership in the JGSEO (Jones Graduate School Entrepreneurs Organization)
- Networking events with entrepreneurial organizations throughout the year
- Discount tickets to SXSW, one of the largest conferences in America with a strong Entrepreneur presence, including pitch competition with top VCs
- Special access to annual competition and events, including:
--- Ignite Entrepreneurship Conference: Hear from serial entrepreneurs, investors, and startups in the heart of Silicon Valley
--- Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC): Learn how to think like a VC from VCs, deliberate over pitches from early stage start-ups, and compete for cash-prizes
--- Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC): The largest start-up pitch competition in the world and you get a first-row seat
There are other price options available:- $60 (1-Year Membership (EMBA)) - Membership will end on 30 May 2021
- $100 (2-Year Membership (EMBA)) - Membership will end on 30 May 2022
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