UM Laws Sarah Klein just did something pretty remarkable recently. Klein and her team took first place at last weekend’s inaugural MITx Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Competition for her original idea, UpLook, A Startup Concept to Turn Fashion Blogs into Retail Outlets.” But just putting herself in position to win the prestigious honor, and the competition she beat out, was a feat all its own. Klein was one of 54,856 students to enroll, while nearly 600 students would go on to apply to be considered for the bootcamp. Of those 600, just 220 candidates would be interviewed and, in the end, only 47 were selected to travel to Cambridge -- including a medical doctor, a technical director of Halo 4, an Olympian, and Klein. All 47 students, from 22 countries, presented their ideas for startup companies, and of those, only nine survived through elimination. 47 pitches were cut to 20, then 20 down to nine. All those eliminated then joined into teams with the nine survivors and Klein’s original pitch was one of the nine chosen. Wow -- very impressive! Congrats Ms. Klein and UM Law! Read the full story here: law.miami.edu/news/2014/september/2826.php
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:12:39 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015