Yale Entrepreneurial Society
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The Yale Entrepreneurial Society (YES) is a student-run nonprofit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to encouraging entrepreneurship and business development in the New Haven, Connecticut area. YES was founded in 1999 by Yale undergraduates Sean Glass and Miles Lasater. Its social entrepreneurship program -- focused on not-for-profit and socially-responsible organizations -- was founded the same year, with efforts led by fellow student David Pozen. Today, YES members include Yale undergraduate, graduate, professional students, and faculty, as well as several hundred Yale alumni around the world.
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[edit] Y50K
The Y50K is YES's annual business plan competition. Y50K winners have been named every year since the competition's inception in 2000. Each year, a total of $50,000 in grants are given away to new businesses in the Yale community. In 2004, a biotechnology category was added to the usual two categories of competition, social entrepreneurship and for-profit.
[edit] The Yale Entrepreneur
The Yale Entrepreneur (YE), published and supported by the Yale Entrepreneurial Society, is Yale's only magazine of entrepreneurship. First published in 2001, the YE went out of publication in 2003 until being redesigned and relaunched in the spring of 2006 by editor-in-chief Julie Swerdlow. The current co-editors are Daena Ramiah and John Loser.
[edit] YESnet and Website
In Spring 2007, the three Chief Technology Officers of YES, Sean Mehra, Jeffrey Reitman, and Aarlo Stone Fish, developed and implemented YESnet - an integrated alumni network, contact management, and competition administration system for the organization's use. This new system accompanied a brand new web site design.
[edit] Presidents of YES
| Presidents of YES | Years in Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Glass | (1999–2000) | |
| 2 | David Pozen | (2000–2001) | |
| 3 | Julian Revie | (2001–2002) | |
| 4 | Nathan Taft | (2002–2004) | |
| 5 | Nick Shalek | (2004–2005) | |
| 6 | Ben Boese and Christian Jensen | (2005–2006) | |
| 7 | Brad Hargreaves | (2006–) |
