<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">George Miller <<a href="mailto:georgemiller87@gmail.com">georgemiller87@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">May 9, 2013 12:45:14 PM EDT</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>15.366: Energy Ventures</b><br></span></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">Could you please share this class opportunity with members of the graduate and undergraduate Biology community ? Biology holds many great candidates that could benefit and contribute to the Energy Ventures class, where they can work on commercializing innovative technologies out of MIT. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">*********************************************************</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; ">Want to join the greatest generation of energy entrepreneurs yet at place that is the hub of energy innovation? Apply for Energy Ventures today!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; "><b>APPLY NOW for MIT’s 15.366: Energy Ventures (Fall 2013)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">(<span><a href="http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/course/15366-energy-ventures" target="_blank">http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/course/15366-energy-ventures</a></span>)<br><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Successful companies founded through the class include FastCAP Systems, Altaeros Energies, KWhOURS, Covalent Solar, OsComp Systems, kWattHours, Pellion, XL Hybrids, and CoolChip Technologies. Energy Ventures teams have performed exceptionally well in business plan competitions after the class has been completed. Last academic year, teams from the class went on to win the MIT Clean Energy Prize, the Berkeley-Stanford Cleantech Launchpad, and the energy track of the Rice Business Plan Competition. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Energy Ventures is a project- and lecture-based course during which teams of students create a new business in the energy sector. Student teams form during the first three weeks of the class (comprised of engineering, policy, and business students), and work together to write a business plan throughout the remainder of the semester.<br><br><b>Apply by 11:59 pm on Friday, May 17: <br></b>1. Send an email with subject heading “Energy-Ventures-Application” to the class TA: George Miller (<a href="mailto:georgem@mit.edu">georgem@mit.edu</a>). Submissions with a different subject will not be considered.<br><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">2. Include as an attachment to the email (in PDF format):</p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal">prior energy- and/or entrepreneurship-relevant experience</li><li class="MsoNormal">personal statement of interest (why you want to be in the class)</li><li class="MsoNormal">any prior activity in the Cambridge energy community</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">3. Attach your resume or CV (PDF format)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><i>4. **Optional: If you would like to bring a technology to the class (NOT a requirement), include a statement describing:<br></i></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal"><i>the technology</i></li><li class="MsoNormal"><i>stage of development</i></li><li class="MsoNormal"><i>any current researchers and/or faculty affiliated with the project</i></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">Please include this optional information as an attachment to the e-mail in PDF format.</p><b>An ideal applicant is:<br></b><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal">Engineering/science/policy students with a passion for the energy sector (from any school in the region!)</li><li class="MsoNormal">Business students committed to the energy sector that have taken an introductory entrepreneurship class or have equivalent experience</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b>**The TA will tell you by early June if you have been selected for the class so that you can make course selections accordingly. Don’t hesitate to contact him (<a href="mailto:georgem@mit.edu">georgem@mit.edu</a>) if you have questions in the mean time.</b></p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Additional Information</u></b><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Prerequisite: </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Prereq. of 15.910 or 15.911; 15.390 or 15.371J; 10.391 or 19.579; or permission of instructor (see guidelines below).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Co-requisite: </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">15.933 recommended</p><p class="MsoNormal">You can apply if you haven’t completed the pre-requisites or are not taking the co-requisite. It will be up to the instructor if you are going to be admitted.</p><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>