Subject: Hunter check this Harvard Bus School Alumni New Venture Competition - Final Four Faceoff We are in it
From: "Tom Laurita" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:00:33 -0400

Thought you might be interested in this...finals this coming Weds...I will
be presenting for TrophoMax.  How are you doing?

Best  Tom

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*Best HBS Alumni New Ventures Teams
go Head to Head in Final Showdown*

*Date*: March 28, 2012
*Time*: 4:30 - 8:30 PM
*Place*: HBS, Spangler

**FINAL FOUR SELECTED*

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the Final Four HBS alumni teams in the
New England New Venture Competition. Thirty-five teams have competed. We
are now down to the Final Four.

The Final Four will make their 30 minute pitches to a panel of well-known
investor & CEO judges.  It will be an exciting and fun-filled evening as
these teams who have already made it through two prior rounds have their
last opportunity to impress the judges and the audience.

What’s on the line for these teams?  The winning team gets $10K in cash,
entry into the HBS Worldwide Venture Competition, fast track into the Mass
Challenge venture competition, exposure to the investor community and
ongoing counseling from experts in legal, accounting and other issues
critical to start-up ventures.  You can be sure that all of these teams,
each of which has at least one HBS alum on its core team, will be putting
their best foot forward.
 As of this writing, early-stage venture teams have entered from a variety
of fields including:

   - software
   - biotechnology
   - social media
   - apparel

   - beverages
   - food
   - e-commerce
   - healthcare

See firsthand how the final four teams deal with critical issues such as:

   - defining the problem they are solving
   - building a strong team
   - finding the money

   - building a defensible strategy
   - reaching a target market
   - scaling the opportunity

   Audience members will give direct feedback to the judging panel on who
they think is the winning team.

This promises to be a prime networking opportunity for all those who are
interested in entrepreneurial activity in the Greater Boston area and
throughout New England.  See you on the 28th!!
 *New Venture Contest Judges*
  * Joe Caruso
*       * Jeffrey Glass
*     * Hambleton Lord
* *Gus Weber
*

   Partner
Bantam Group
       Partner
Bain Ventures

Managing Partner
Launchpad Venture Group
  Entrepreneur in Residence
Dog Patch Lab

**FINAL FOUR TEAMS*

 *Roberts Wineware, Inc.*

Roberts Wineware develops and markets wine glasses and other drinkware
which feature its patented Taste Stimulating Technology.

*Sanaya*

Birchbox for cultural connection and exploration - Participate
authentically in your heritage

*TrophoMax, LLC*

TrophoMax is an agricultural Biotech firm. It is developing patented
technology based around a naturally occurring bacteria to improve plant
growth and increase yield.

*Social Butter*

Social Butter allows social network users to aggregate popular social media
streams into one place, while at the same time being rewarded for spreading
targeted advertising messages through their social network.

 Summaries of all 22 business plans are on the HBSAB web site - Click
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 *Thomas Laurita**, PhD***

President and CEO*
*
 TrophoMax, LLC*
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 Tel: 855-999-9125
 Cell: 207-542-5751
Email: [email-masked] <[email-masked]>

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*www.trophomax.com