Heads Up! MPowered is Launching a New Website at Beginning of September

Currently the Tech Team is working on developing a new website for MPowered Entrepreneurship. Come back to visit us again during beginning of September when we launch the new website!

U-M student, founder of baby clothes network, named finalist for College Entrepreneur of the Year

Allen Kim, founder of Bebaroo.com and a student in the University of Michigan Department of Industrial Operations and Engineering, is one of five finalists in the running to become Entrepreneur magazine's 2010 College Entrepreneur of the Year! Please check out the University's article about him. Also check out Bebaroo.com to learn more about this baby clothes network!

Job Opportunities: Start-Up Opportunity

Danny Bin, a graduating senior from University of Michigan's School of Literature, Science and Arts, is looking for entrepreneurial minded engineers
with web design/programming background to join him in launching a new business. There will be a potential payout towards end of summer. Depending on the individual's contribution and commitment, this individual can possibly become the co-founder of the company.

For more information, please contact Danny at dannybin@umich.edu or (917) 292-8318.

Job Opportunity 2: Urban.ag

Join Urban.ag this summer for Momentum Incubator.
Web Developer/Designer Needed

Urban.ag, an online community for urban gardeners to learn, share, and be inspired, is seeking an intern to join its team for the summer. The intern will play a lead role in crafting, coding, and bringing to life a social and user-driven site that targets the needs of young urban gardeners. This paid position will be located in Zeeland, MI and last 12 weeks and is part of the Momentum, a nation-wide competition to find the best web-based business ideas and incubate them with seed capital and technical support in Michigan.
We are looking for a self-directed and motivated person who would thrive in a start-up environment and can take significant ownership in driving the technical development for urban.ag. Specifically, we are looking for an individual who has:

- Previous experience with web design and web application development
- Front-End Skills: HTML, CSS, AJAX
- Backend Development Skills: Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP
- Good design taste
- Mobile/Facebook application development experience a plus
- An interest in gardening and food systems a plus

Benefits include: $5000 stipend, first-hand experience in an incubator and setting up a company, experienced team with Google/Amazon experience, networking with other web entrepreneurs, and significant responsibilities.

If interested, please contact Matthew Neagle (mneagle@umich.edu) and Dan Cantor (dancan@umich.edu)

Job Opportunity 1

The ideal candidate is fluent in PHP, MySQL, javascript, CSS, knows MVC through CodeIgniter or similar framework, and can use SVN. Linux skills are nice to have. We like young, flexible, entrepreneurial candidates, than are fun, passionate, and can adapt to circumstances (ie, the possibility of being admitted to a 3-mo mentorship/incubator program in a major city in the US).

A more thorough description is as follows -

Developer / Product Manager

Attention to Detail
Focus on Architecture and Performance
Big Picture View
Ability to Manage other Developers
Clear Business Communication
Ability to Asses Project Status and Report Status Clearly
Identify Project Risks and Ask for Assistance or Feedback
Develop Product as it Relates to Customer Needs

Will primarily interact with Business Manager and other Developers.

Required Technical Skills

Experience with PHPCodeigniter Framework or similar (CakePHP, Zend, Symfony, Kohana)
Database Design and Management
Performance Metric Tracking and Analysis
Automated Unit Testing
SVN
Continuous Deployment Concepts and Agile Programming Techniques
E-Commerce good to have
Internet Security including SSL good to have

Please send resume + intro email ASAP to Mo at msyehia@gmail.com.

Yuri's Night 2010: Ann Arbor

April 14, 2010. Doors open at 9 PM
The Necto, 516 East Liberty, Ann Arbor

Yuri's Night - a worldwide holiday commemorating the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, and his historic flight on April 12th, 1961. Yuri's Night - a celebration of the spirit of human space exploration and the advance of human technology. This will not be your typical night at Necto - expect engineers, scientists, space cadets, and dance enthusiasts to fill the floor and the MEDMA's space-y sound to fill your ears. Brought to you by the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, the Michigan Electronic Dance Music Association (MEDMA), and the Russian Student Association (RSA).

For more information please email yurisnight2010@umich.edu.

2010 US-China Media Symposium

April 13, 2010, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Colloquim Room (6th Floor), Ross School of Business

The 2010 US-China Media Symposium aims to facilitate mutual learning between media groups from China and the US on advertising and market development. Entrepreneurs from leading businesses in China's media and advertising industries will come to University of Michigan to initiate an exchange between media practitioners, scholars and entrepreneurs from both countries. The symposium will include keynote speeches on new media in China and the US.

If you are interested, please visit here for more details.