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Welcome back BNFE student members and Alumni!

You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.  And for our Alumni, please join us on our LinkedIn page where you can follow the latest news on our subgroups and alumni news.  All of these links can be found on our BNFE website.

Once you are a BNFE member or alumni, please refer to our website or social media accesses for club information and announcements.

BLACKBOARD USAGE:

Some students have asked about our Blackboard page online at USF. Our Blackboard page is currently only used for our prospective students to join the club. (See below).

***Please note that we do not regularly use Blackboard for announcements or club contact. Instead, please go through our website and/or social media sites.

TO JOIN:

Alumni and other non-student members should contact us by email. See Contact page or Alumni page for more details.

To become an official BNFE student member, you will need to first register through Blackboard. To do so, please look for “Request to Join” button under the Student Life tab on Blackboard. Once in the Student Life section, look for the Student Organizations column on the right-hand side.

1. Click on the “Search” button.
2. From the new screen, select from the following drop down menus: 1) Academic and Professional as a category, and 2) Tampa as the campus location.
3. A list of student clubs on our Tampa campus will populate.
4. Look for Bulls’ New Frontier of Entrepreneurship on the list, and click on the “Request to Join” button.
5. That will notify us. In turn, we will contact you or just add your name if you are in the EAS/ business program.

Once you join, please refer to our website or social media accesses for club information and announcements.

Thanks again for you time and patience as transition into the fall semester. We look forward to seeing YOU at our next event.

~Your BNFE and Alumni Officers

We really enjoyed our time as Dr. Kevan Main, Director of Mote’s Center for Aquaculture R&D, gave us a tour of their facilities.  It was a wonderful and unique opportunity to get an insider’s tour at Mote Marine Labs and its MAP facilities. In mid 2009, USF College of Marine Science and Mote Marine Labs announced a landmark affiliation agreement that will allow two of the state’s leading research institutions to join forces in new science ventures, provide expanded learning programs and create economic development opportunities for the region and state.

Our students enjoyed an afternoon learning about the latest in aquaculture research of sturgeon fisheries. The MAP lab looks to build innovations in filtering systems, especially for fish farms, and other types of marine food source. The MAP facility raises sturgeon fishes and then harvest them at various levels of its life cycles.

This new affiliation opens up more opportunities to learn of potential ventures in aquaculture fields that may lead to opportunities for commercialization.

And that’s where our program comes into play.

Another event tour will be planned for the summer of the main Mote Marine Lab facility.

We hope to make this a regular club event as USF and Mote Marine Labs look to build a working relationship and take innovation to commercialization.

BNFE is a student organization that grew out of the Entrepreneurship master’s program at USF’s College of Business. It club is directly affiliated with Center for Entrepreneurship here at the University of South Florida.

BNFE

The heart of eWomenNetwork is the eWomenNetwork Foundation, a 501(c)(3) created soon after the start of eWomenNetwork, Inc. Through this non-profit organization, we are able to build upon the philosophy of our company “It takes teamwork to make the dream work” and extend its reach to those who need it most.  For more information, click here.

One of our Fellow Entrepreneurship Alumni
Jon Solomon is launching his new product for eWinWin, offering discounted gift certificates
and deals for your favorite Tampa area restaurants and activities. Deals include $10
Mr. Dunderbaks gift certificate for $5, $10 Lennys Sub Gift Certificate for $4,
discounted Tampa Bay Rays and Lightning tickets, and many more. Help support a fellow entrepreneur by signing up at eWinWin and pass it on to your friends.  When you sign-up, you’ll get exclusive access to purchase gift cards for less than half of their face value, just in time for the holidays.  It really is a win-win.

Below is the list of upcoming events to wrap up the fall semester.  Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

1) LECTURE EVENT:
November 16th: Tech Venture with Guy Kawaski 
(There is currently a early registration special of $195.00 for the first 250 who register. Registration fees then go up to $255.00 until October 31, then $395.00 through November 16.)
We can get some students in for free if they can volunteer for 1-2 hours or less. Some work is needed prior to the conference.
The time commitment depends on how many people actually volunteer.

http://www.techventureconference.org/
http://www.floridaceo.com/guy-kawasaki

2) GROUP ACTIVITY:
November 20th: Tampa Bay Partnership Annual Luncheon 
($25 registration is through our student organization only) Regular cost: $65
http://www.tampabay.org/subpage.asp?navid=7&id=28

November 20th: Innisbrook Golf Outing (following the TBPA luncheon)

This event starts at 2PM until dusk. A typical 9-hole game takes about 2hrs 15mins.
Reduced price!!!!   $60/person includes golf fee & golf cart. 
If we get 20 people tp play, Innisbrook will renegotiate price.

Last time, they dropped it to $45/person.
http://www.innisbrookgolfresort.com/golf/index.cfm

3) SOCIAL EVENT:
November 21st: USF Tailgate Party for Homecoming

In conjunction with College of Business Alumni group.

4) OTHER EVENTS:
December 4th: Graduates’ Dinner
Also, just like we did in the spring term, we will hold a graduates’ dinner that will be open to all of our members sometime near December 10th-11th. (More details to come).

BE SURE TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!

Below is the list of upcoming events to wrap up the fall semester.  Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

1) LECTURE EVENT:
November 16th: Tech Venture with Guy Kawaski 
(There is currently a early registration special of $195.00 for the first 250
who register. Registration fees then go up to $255.00 until October 31,
then $395.00 through November 16.)
We can get some students in for free if they can volunteer for 1-2 hours or less. Some work is needed prior to the conference.
The time commitment depends on how many people actually volunteer.
http://www.techventureconference.org/
http://www.floridaceo.com/guy-kawasaki

2) GROUP ACTIVITY:
November 20th: Tampa Bay Partnership Annual Luncheon 
($25 registration is through our student organization only) Regular cost: $65
http://www.tampabay.org/subpage.asp?navid=7&id=28

November 20th: Innisbrook Golf Outing (following the TBPA luncheon)

This event starts at 2PM until dusk. A typical 9-hole game takes about 2hrs 15mins.
Reduced price!!!!   $60/person includes golf fee & golf cart. 
If we get 20 people tp play, Innisbrook will renegotiate price.

Last time, they dropped it to $45/person.
http://www.innisbrookgolfresort.com/golf/index.cfm

3) SOCIAL EVENT:
November 21st: USF Tailgate Party for Homecoming

In conjunction with College of Business Alumni group.

4) OTHER EVENTS:
December 4th: Graduates’ Dinner
Also, just like we did in the spring term, we will hold a graduates’
dinner that will be open to all of our members sometime near December
10th-11th. (More details to come).

For those of you that didn’t get your application for Startec’s Idea Camp in, the deadline has been extended a week.  Get your applications in by October 7th.  See Startec’s website for more information.

Do you have an innovative technology, product or process in the early stages of development? Would you like to work with industry experts and coaches to create a winning product pitch and value proposition for your technology concept? Then register to participate in STAR Technology Enterprise Center�s inaugural IDEA Camp. This collaborative event will help inventors, entrepreneurs and small businesses refine their �60 second elevator pitch� and effectively communicate their product�s competitive attributes. 

 Through Idea Camp, participants will:  Redefine their business model and value proposition, test product message in front of 75 mentors, industry experts, and peers, engage in collaborative workshops, Elevator Pitch, branding.

 Only 20 projects will be selected.  Visit this site to register.