Events
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 , 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 , 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Thursday, December 4, 2008 , 6:30pm to 8:30pm
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Join the Innovation Speaker Series for an evening with Payam Zamani, serial entrepreneur and CEO/Chairman of Reply.com.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 , 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 , 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Come to the Big Bang! E-Grill and watch start-up companies pitch their ideas to a panel of investors.
Location: UC Davis Buehler Alumni Center
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Thursday, February 12, 2009 ,

The Little Bang Poster Competition and Awards night is February 12, 2009 at Kemper Hall, UC Davis.
Monday, February 23, 2009 to Friday, February 27, 2009 , 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

The Food and Health Entrepreneurship Academy, co-hosted by the Foods for Health Institute and Center for Entrepreneurship, is open to Ph.D. level students, post-docs and research faculty in the fields of health and wellness. Participants interact with investors, entrepreneurs, and faculty as they learn how to take the first steps toward moving their research out of the lab and into the marketplace.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 , 08:00a to 05:00p

Base Camp is the first of four stages in the Business Ascent Challenge Series.
Location: Hampton Inn, West Sacramento
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 , to 8:00 pm
Friday, April 17, 2009 , 8:45 am to 3:00 pm
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UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center presents: Roots of Energy Efficiency: How California Changed the Way the World Uses Energy. This is the second in a series of forums exploring California's rich past - and promising future - as a global innovator of
energy-efficient technologies and policies.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 , 4:00p to 7:00p

Yolo Business Ascent Challenge is a regional contest to identify, educate and showcase innovative companies from the greater Yolo County region with the potential to become market-leading companies and create quality jobs for our community.
Location: Woodland Opera House
Contact: Wendy Ross ,
530-661-5921
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 , 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm
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Come to the Big Bang! final event and celebrate the hard work put in by the Big Bang contestants! The entire UC Davis community and greater Sacramento entrepreneurs are encouraged to attend.
Location: UC Davis - Activities and Recreation Center
Contact: rsvp@gsm.ucdavis.edu
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 , 6:00p to 8:00p
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 , 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Learn the importance of marketing your business
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 , 6:00p to 8:00p
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 , 7:00p to 9:00p
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 , 6:00p to 8:00p
Thursday, April 1, 2010 , 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

CleanTech Open Briefing + C4E Mixer
Monday, June 28, 2010 to Friday, July 2, 2010 , 8:00a to 5:00p

The Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy provides science and engineering graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and faculty with the knowledge and skills they need to move environmentally sustainable research out of the laboratory and into the world.
Location: Tahoe Center for Environmental Research in Incline Village, NV
Contact: Nicole Starsinic ,
busdev@gsm.ucdavis.edu
Thursday, March 3, 2011 to Saturday, March 5, 2011 , 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 19, 2011 , 5:00p to 8:00p
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Come join the Graduate School of Management and Center for Entrepreneurship at the 11th Annual Big Bang! Awards Ceremony.
Monday, September 12, 2011 to Friday, September 16, 2011 , 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
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The UC Entrepreneurship Academy is a one-week business development intensive designed for science and engineering undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, and research faculty who want to learn to commercialize their research, explore business development before heading into a career in industry, or take the first steps toward launching a new venture. Apply by August 22.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 , 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

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Due date to submit application: September 9
Monday, October 3, 2011 to Friday, December 9, 2011 , TBA

A 12-week telecourse following the entrepreneurship academy model.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 , 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Big Bang! Business Plan Competition Kick-off
Location: Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, AGR Room
Contact: General Inquiries ,
bboc@ucdavis.edu
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 , 6:00p to 8:00p

Come to the contestant mixer to find members for a Big Bang team.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 , 6:00p to 8:00p

Learn how to develop a financial model for your company and how start-ups find venture funding.
Location: 1213 Gallagher Hall, UC Davis
Contact: General Inquiries ,
bboc@ucdavis.edu
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 , 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Monday, February 6, 2012 to Thursday, February 9, 2012 , 8:00a to 5:00p
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The Food and Health Entrepreneurship Academy is a one-week business development intensive designed for science and engineering PhD students, postdocs, and research faculty who want to learn to commercialize their research, explore business development before heading into a career in industry, or take the first steps toward launching a new venture in the fields of nutrition, viticulture and enology, plant science, biochemistry, nutritional genomics and fields relevant to foods for health.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 , 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

An Evening with Susan Mac Cormac, Partner, Morrison and Foerster: