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   *   Greetings From The MIT Entrepreneurs Club, aka: "The E-Club   *

				announcing

  THE 1994 MIT $10K STUDENT ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETITION AWARDS CEREMONY

			     Wednesday, May 11 
               		         6:00 pm  
			       Room 10-250  

	 	        Free to The MIT Community 
          
         information: x3-2000, send e-mail to  <jpbonsen@mit.edu>

            Joost Bonsen '92, 1994 $10K Competition Chairman

Will it be better sterilization technology or wireless factory sensing/
guaging systems; personalized trading cards or educational software; 
interactive multimedia software to access Internet services or an
on-line technical employment agency?

On Wednesday, May 11, at 6 pm, the winners of the 1994 MIT $10K 
Entrepreneurial Competition will be announced at the Awards Cermony
hosted by the MIT Enterprise Forum in 10-250.

Co-organized by the MIT Entrepreneurs Club and the Sloan New Venture
Association, the Annual $10K promotes cross-campus team-building 
and encourages the formation of new ventures by providing expert
judging of student business plans, networking and professional support
for all entrants, individuals and teams, and follow-up assistance 
well after the event has formally ended.

This year the six finalists are:

	Up&Comers Personalized Trading Card Company  
	SenFlex -- Wireless Sensing and Guaging Systems  
	HyperLearning Guide Series  
	MediaLink -- On-Ramp to the Information Superhighway 
	New Frontiers Information Corporation  
	SterWave -- Next Generation Sterilization Technology

The David and Lindsay Morgenthaler Grand Prize winners receive
$10,000 in cash and a "trillion bucks" worth of free advice and
services to help start their new venture.  Furthermore, a $1,000 
Sloan Product Development/New Venture Track prize, and other
prizes will be awarded.

In addition to brief presentations by the finalists, special guest
speakers Ken Meyers, Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of SmartFoods, and
David Morgenthaler '41, Venture Capitalist, Founder and Managing
Partner,  Morgenthaler Associates, will speak on entrepreneurship 
and the financing of high technology firms, respectively.

The $10K Competition been very fortunate in having the support of the
Deans of Management and Engineering, as well as the financial and 
judging assistance of The Price-Waterhouse Entrepreneurial Services
Center, Sullivan & Worcester's High-Technology/New Ventures Group, 
Copley Venture Partners, the MIT Technology Licencing Office (TLO), 
the David and Lindsay Morgenthaler Foundation, Ronald Trahan
Associates, and other generous sponsors.

Come hear, meet and enjoy the student teams and their presentations,
meet the sponsors and judges, and congratulate the winners on 
their hard work and the best-ever researched-and-written plans in
the five years of The Competition!

Looking forward to seeing all members of the MIT E-Club, MIT students,
faculty, staff and alum, and participants in seminars 089 & 095!

	- richard shyduroff, Co-Founder & Co-Director, and for
          Joost P. Bonsen, 10K'94 Chair
	  Douglass C. Ling, Co-Founder & Co-Director
	  Nancy Gardner, '81, Alum Board Chair
	  Peter Mui, '86, Founder Emeritus
	  and dozens of others behind the scenes of the MIT 10K,
          including the judging panel and sponsors, advisors,
	  helpers and friends.
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