2015 Schedule
Interactive: March 13–17  •  Film: March 13–21  •  Music: March 17–22

Student Startup Madness: Entrepreneurial Eight

Monday, March 16
3:30PM - 4:30PM

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St

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Student Startup Madness (SSM) is a nationwide tournament for college student digital media startups, culminating with the Entrepreneurial Eight national finals at SXSW. Open to student startups from any US college, SSM holds its first two rounds of competition online, supported and promoted by outstanding host universities with excellent on-campus entrepreneurship programs: Arizona State, Bucknell, Cornell, Georgia State, Michigan State, St. Louis U, Seton Hall, UC Davis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and University of Washington (UW).

This year's SSM national tournament started with a field of 64 teams in November and reduced to 32 teams in the regional semi-final round in January. On January 29, the 2014-15 SSM Entrepreneurial Eight was announced with teams from Bucknell, Cornell, Georgia State, Michigan, Michigan State, Wash U in St. Louis, University of Chicago and UW in Tacoma. On March 16th, a National SSM Champion will be crowned.

Hashtags

#sxsw #SXMadness

Presenters

Kristina Hahn

Head of Consumer Packaged Goods

Google

Raymond Liao

Managing Dir of investment

Samsung Global Innovation Center

Tim Dickson

IT Innovation Consultant

Details

Access
Interactive Badge, Gold Badge, Platinum Badge
Type
Pitch Event
Theme
Startup Village and Business
Level
Intermediate

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Music sponsor

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